Get Paid to Travel and Shop

This is a multi-part blog about how you can make money traveling and shopping.

Rakuten (formerly known as "ebates") is a website that allows you to earn Cash back (1%-15%) or AmEx reward points (see Part 2 for AmEx hack) for your online shopping purchases. Merchants pay Rakuten a commission for sending you their way, and Rakuten shares the commission with you as Cash Back. Get paid every three months (via Paypal or a check), plus earn a cash bonus when you join and shop.

Becoming a member is FREE (I love FREE) and easy!

It's completely legit. I have received over $1000 from Rakuten simply for making purchases I would normally make.

What to Do: When you are online shopping, go to Rakuten.com and search for the merchant (i.e., Macy’s, Walmart, Expedia) and then click on the merchant to activate your Cash Back. Then shop normally and checkout normally. At the end of the quarter, you will receive your Cash Back.

You can also download the website extension so that if you forget and you go to shop at Nike, a pop-up will remind you to click on Rakuten and you can activate your Cash Back.

You can also link your account to activate cash back for purchases made in store.

Get Paid to Shop!

Sign up for free to activate your Rakuten account so you can get paid to shop online. You will start earning with a $10 Cash bonus.

You can sign up using my referral link rakuten.com/r/SYLVIA8666