Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Too many cashback sites!

These days there are so many cashback sites to choose from it can be mind-boggling deciding which one is the best for you. If you ask me, too many people and businesses have jumped on the cashback bandwagon and saturated the market to the point where it is possible a good number of them will not survive. When you have so many cashback sites available it is likely that the less competitive ones will not last the distance and in that way you could risk losing the cashback you have earned.

Be Selective

I still recommened choosing between 3 and 5 cashback sites so that you have access to as many online shops as possible from which to earn cashback. It is important, however, to ensure that you choose the cashback sites that are most likely to survive this particularly competitive period. I have already listed some resources on this blog which can help you to choose such sites. You can use cashback site review sites as well as free money blogs to understand which cashback sites are more popular (and thereby more likely to survive and pay you your cashback!). You should also ensure that you choose the cashback sites that are right for you, which lists ionline retailers where you shop most and where you can get the best rates. At the end of the day, the cashback phenomenon is here to stay, at least for the foreseeable future, so it pays to research a little and choose the best.

Naff Sites

Just be wary of those naff sites. You can tell which they are. The ones with links that don't work. The ones that look like no effort has been put into them. The ones who don't regularly update with special offers or with a blog. The ones that look exactly the same as hundreds of other cashback sites. If the person or business running the cashback site cannot be bothered to check their links, update their site, or even make it an original site and not a copy of another cashback site, then I don't think that they will have your best interests at heart and you could argue that they are not likely to stay the distance if they don't get many users. I could be wrong, but it's the gut feeling I get when I see such cashback sites.

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3 comments:

Zen said...

But the last time I checked, almost non of the "too many" cashback sites offer cashback from Amazon.com. I love amazon -- the largest selection, free supper fast shipping if you have Amazon Prime ....

Until I stumbled upon this site called Cashback Planet, at CashbackPlanet.org. The process is less automatic, but eventually it became automatic. And I got my cashback from Amazon! Just sharing this with you.....

Gonzo Pink said...

Thanks for your comment Zen, unfortunately Amazon shut down the CashbackPlanet account. That's because Amazon chooses not to participate in cashback schemes, not at the moment anyway. I'm sure if they did they would be listed on all the big cashback sites.

vikram said...

As the online shopping is catching up in india and so does is cashback site - like purapaisawapis.com and few others. These are still not growing fast as the cashback concept is quite new in India but will surely catch up in next few years.