For as much money as Microsoft has been putting into the Bing advertising campaign, I am surprised at how they give very little mention to one of Bing’s best features – their cashback rewards program. Thanks to Pochax for the reminder. It seems to be a somewhat upgraded version of the Live Cashback program before Bing was on the scene. Simply put, if you use Bing to search for items that you are going to buy online anyway, you will get a % as a cashback reward. The percentage differs depending on the store, but they go as high as 20%.
The basic rules:
- The cash doesn’t hit your account for 60 days after the purchase
- You can only redeem the cash after you have accrued at least $5 in your account
A few simple steps to follow
1. Type in Bing.com and you will see this…
2. In the menu to the left-hand side, click the “Shopping” link. This will take you to this page…
3. In the Search Box at the top of the page type in whatever item you are looking to purchase…
4. In this case, when searching for “Snow Leopard” we see many results showing different prices from various retailers. Also notice at the bottom of each listing it shows the Bing Cashback % that you will receive if you purchase from that retailer. If you click one of the retailer’s links it will lead you to this page…
5. By entering your email address on this page Bing can now track your purchases and calculate your cashback rewards as well. Once you enter your email address it will lead you to the retailer’s page for you to complete your purchase as usual.
6. Complete your purchase and you can expect to see the cashback rewards from Bing in your account within 60 days.
A few interesting comments from the forums about it
by TheWealthSquad on Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:12 am
It works great with Ebay and Buy it Now auctions. I saved $300 on my last laptop purchase doing it that way. I also bought several silver bars on ebay using this method and got a 10% cash back doing it. They do limit the maximum amount of cash back you can get so don’t think you can set up a business doing this
It is a good way to save some money on things you were already going to buy. Just don’t go buy things you don’t need simply to “save” the money
i just bought a new computer monitor through it and got 10% cash with Bing. (monitor was ~$190) and i am getting $19 cash back. i think the site works best for these bigger ticket electronic items or books or clothes.
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I haven’t tried bing but I’m signed up for something similar with Quicken. It’s Quicken Picks. They send a check when you reach $10. With the toolbar its automatic. Just shop online as you normally do and a Quicken pics pop up box will let you know how much your cash back % will be with the site you are shopping.
One thing i have noticed as i do more “comparisons” between competitor websites (such as Amazon) is that oftentimes the “price after cashback” (Bing) will come out about the same as the discount price on another website (eg. Amazon). Thus it will actually come out a wash in the end. i think you will get the best outcome when you find an item that is discounted by the seller who happens to belong to the Bing.com family of stores and you will basically get a “double discount”. hope that makes sense…=)
I love Bing cashback! We just bought a 50″ plasma tv that we had been saving for for months – and we saved 16% off the price by shopping through a bing sponsored link. We haven’t gotten the cash yet, but we should get the money in another $45 days. $115 dollars off is definitely worth it!
Well,
It is not good to have cash back in just selected items, like in bing.
Each merchant selects only some items,
Come and visit us at rescue.net, we have discounted prices every day, lowest prices on the market, and in TOP of that we give crazy cash back rewards.
The reason is simple, our program uses the power of buying together to obtain more diswcounts from merchants and from importers, manufacturers, just check our food prices, they are not so many in quantity, but check the discounts
I think I got the best Bing deal ever (and then it was promptly removed). AT&T was offering a 30% rebate in their online store when they launched the new iPhone 3GS. After the rebate, my $299 phone only cost me $199. $100 OFF!
Yeh, i agree with Amiel Bibliowicz, there are millions of Cash-back and rewards programs, but the one in http://www.rescueforever.net is unique.
it’s just awesome, first of all they offer a great variety of products, from food to electronics, and it’s way cheaper. Really cheaper because of theyr loyalty program with some great companies supported by the power of buying together;
And the cash-back programm is the best part, u just sign up for free, buy, and they give u a useful cash-back at the end of the month, they also have a common share bank.
Its just amazing, go and check it out
http://www.rescueforever.net the power for the consumers
im a member myself and i love it
I have to agree with Sam and Amiel, after reading this, i wnet to the page their talking about (rescueforever.net) and i started checking their products and cashback awards and OMG that page is awesome. I recently became a member, and im doing my daily shopping on that page (what you usually get on the supermarket, i get it on that page with cashback). Plus, the idea of the page is great, becacuse is a way to help us eachother in this time of need. 10/10 on that page, you should go check it out.
Hey, great info about the Bing Cash-Back program. I checked it out and have to agree with Pochax, after your Bing “cash back”, you still really paid the same as you would’ve paid at Amazon.
Also checked out that RescueForever site. It has some good and bad points. It appears that you MUST buy $100/ month in purchases or you lose your cash back for the month and must start over.
There is a site launching called http://www.amazoniandeals.com that is going to be offering 2% and up Cash Back on items from Amazon.com.
So, it appears that you get the Amazon.com discounted price PLUS a CashBack Reward on your purchases made at the site.
I put the link in my title. Looks interesting though.
Thanks again for the great info.