Just made withdrawals from the 3 cashback sites (all on 23 Dec 2024, all into the same account, and all for between $100 & $200), and payment times were as follows:
27 Dec 2024 - TopCashback
27 Dec 2024 - Shopback
2 Jan 2025 - Cashrewards
So it got me thinking - which cashback site you all prefer and why.
+1 to TCB, approval times are reasonable and their highest cashback guarantee has yet to fail me.
Now waiting until they open a gift card store..
Just made withdrawals from the 3 cashback sites (all on 23 Dec 2024, all into the same account, and all for between $100 & $200)
You must be a novice, right?
Or a risk seeker?
I mean, soon we'll see a post… My cashback account was closed with $100, $200, etc. in it. What do I do?
TCB followed by CR and then SB. Shopback have gone downhill now that they put higher rates behind paywalls. It was bad enough requiring X card.
SB for me. Have earned ~$2000 in CB from them, always reliable for me at least.
I honestly don't get the love for TCB. I've never seen any particularly good deals or anything from them personally, but I do mostly buy Coles/WW or Amazon gift cards to be fair. 🤷
Their AliExpress and Amazon rates (not gift cards) have consistently been the highest the majority of the time
Sometimes CB will edge out on the less popular stores tbf
Thanks. Sounds like I need to sign up to TCB as well.
TCB needs to start doing giftcards to wipe the floor with the other 2.
My main use of SB and CR is giftcards.
Man I remember when cr was king. Ta was such a great rep.
Man I remember when cr was king
Yep, it's called burning cash to grow revenue and sell the business for a motza. The husband/wife founders did this very well and IPO investors paid the price for it.
Not all investors. Bought it when the price dropped low and accepted the ANZ offer to buy out. I swear no one read the documents. It was pretty obvious ANZ we're going for a buyout when it showed they owned nearly half of the shares 😜
Note that I said IPO investors. :)
@Clear: I don't know if you attended the Christmas party the founders held with OZB years back in Chatswood (you did attend one at Ippudo that I organised a while back), but the founders were really driven operators, so if you were a savvy investor, you'd know that they knew their business back to front, and if they were selling, you'd run for the hills.
None they all suck
Maybe you don't know what to buy or don't feel the need to buy things with cashback. I get it that everyone has different needs and preferences. I don't know if you like profitable cashback transactions or not for example ;-) Usually I give useful/helpful comments in cashback deals, so that help other people too.
Read my comment below:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/16124310/redir
In my account for 2024:
Topcashback >1k
Cashrewards >$500
Shopback >$400
Maybe I don't shop much if compared with other people that can easily spend at least hundreds $ in one transaction.
Usually I buy mostly what I need. I like the 40% or more Temu cashback from Topcashback deals for example. I have shopping list, so I know what I'll buy already and from which sellers (not impulse buying). Sometimes I buy from AliExpress too (I compare the prices and things that I'll buy as more products and brands are available in AliExpress). Some were impulse buying when/if the price is really cheap and/or if I like the product. The rest is mostly profitable cashback transactions ;-) like $4 profit/order in Pizza Hut deals from Shopback recently, profit from sim card deals, and profit from PureVPN (sadly no same deal last month).
Which Cashback Site Do You Find to Be The Most Rewarding in 20XX?
The place that tightass works.
TCB > SB > CR
TCB: Good rates with the best customer support rep tightarse.
SB: Love their gift card portal. Can still contact SB rep on OzB.
CR: Slow in response to queries and slow to pay overdue cashback. No rep on OzB.
We need a pipeline of new kids on the block.
Thank goodness SB came and kept CR honest, then TCB came and kept the others honest. But we need some emerging startups to keep TCB honest or things will go crap for affiliate CB users.
TCB especially over the past year or so has been 👌
Rates are consistently the best and the one or two times orders haven't tracked for me submitting claims were extremely easy. The support team responds quite fast too.