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BEGINNER GUIDE

Cashback for beginners

The easiest way to start is to treat cashback as a shopping habit: check before you buy, click through, complete the eligible purchase, then monitor the transaction.

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Your first cashback purchase

Choose a retailer you already planned to use. Check the live cashback offer and exclusions, sign in or join the cashback service, click the retailer button, and complete your purchase in the resulting session. Keep records of the order until the cashback has tracked and been validated.

Step 1: plan the purchase

Start with something you were already going to buy. Cashback works best when it changes how you pay for a planned purchase, not what you decide to purchase.

Step 2: check the offer

Look for the retailer, read the exclusions and confirm the rate. Promotional rates can change.

Step 3: click through

Use the cashback platform's tracked retailer button, then complete the purchase in the same session.

Step 4: save your evidence

Keep the order confirmation and note the purchase date and amount until cashback has tracked.

Keep researching

Bottom line: Cashback should be a by-product of a purchase you already want to make. Check the live offer, exclusions and terms before clicking through.
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