Www.topcashback.co.uk

[no1special]

Does anyone use this site?
I was told about it last week. I was buying some wooden blinds online last night, so signed up to topcashback, and sure enough got 5% cash back!
How exactly does it work!? I mean how are topcashback able to give you the money back?? Do the companies let them have the goods cheaper??

[cslgirl]

I use Quidco.com. Have had about £350 back to me in the last year or so

[no1special]

cslgirl said:

I use Quidco.com. Have had about £350 back to me in the last year or so

Great!! Should come in handy for Xmas shopping!
I assume these sites are all pretty Mich the same, but TCB claims to give the biggest cashbacks! Might be worth you checking then out, csl?

[cslgirl]

Definitely! I just renewed my husbands car insurance and got £60 cashback. Will check that site out too, no harm using both

[HalfMoon]

I used it for an Experian credit check. Cancelled the 12 month experian contract the next day, so got a free extended credit report plus £10 cashback - so basically got paid for checking my credit status!

[Penny-lope]

Another Quidco'er here

Since I opened my 'account' two years, I've made over £200.

[Glyn84]

Is there a reason Quidco seems more popular than Topcashback? TCB is free where Quidco, if I remember rightly is £5 a year taken from your earnings. Am I missing something here?

[Shinobi]

Partner uses Topcashback, I personally am to lazy but I should as she makes quite a bit of money back.

[trooperiziz]

Glyn84 said:

Is there a reason Quidco seems more popular than Topcashback? TCB is free where Quidco, if I remember rightly is £5 a year taken from your earnings. Am I missing something here?

Mainly because it was the first and is the most well known.

[Neil H]

"Cashback!"

[SC7]

Neil H said:

"Cashback!"

[Iain328]

Penny-lope said:

Another Quidco'er here

Since I opened my 'account' two years, I've made over £200.

I'm owed about 160 quid at the moment - some from a car insurance deal & some from a gas/electric deal - and both were at competitive rates to start with without the cashback

[u13rr1]

Iain328 said:

Penny-lope said:

Another Quidco'er here

Since I opened my 'account' two years, I've made over £200.

I'm owed about 160 quid at the moment - some from a car insurance deal & some from a gas/electric deal - and both were at competitive rates to start with without the cashback

£622.35 since January 2007 for me, £55 off an insurance policy which only cost me £50!

[SuperBaaaad]

no1special said:

Does anyone use this site?
I was told about it last week. I was buying some wooden blinds online last night, so signed up to topcashback, and sure enough got 5% cash back!
How exactly does it work!? I mean how are topcashback able to give you the money back?? Do the companies let them have the goods cheaper??

Top Cashback, Greasy Palm, Quidco etc are all affiliate program aggregators.

Merchants - Currys, Homebase, TopShop, HMV etc all run affiliate programs - where site owners can promote the products of the merchant, and receive a commission from any sales that result from someone clicking a link or banner from that person's website.

All Top Cashback, Greasy Palm and Quidco do, is share the commission between you (the punter) and themselves. So I expect if you got 5% off, the merchant (blind shop) would be offering affiliates 10%, so top cashback also make 5% commission.

Because of the huge volumes of sales these types of site do every day, they also often have special commission rates negotiated so might be getting say 12% on sales and giving you 5%, so they get 7%.

Great business model.

[Gareth79]

I use Quidco a lot, eg. car insurance was £244 got £55 cashback, £65 back for Virgin Media etc. Definitely worth looking if you are wanting a financial product or making a big purchase. eg. was buying a TV for somebody, checked Quidco, the company was a member so clicked through from the site, got £10 back.

Edited by Gareth79 on Monday 4th October 17:24