We’re highlighting great cash back programs each weekend during the holiday shopping season so you can make sure you’re earning cash back on all your purchases.

Next up in online shopping cash back programs for Free Money ^[1]: Ebates!

Ebates

Ebates ^[2] is one of our favorite cash back programs! It offers cash back for over 1,500 stores, including Target, Apple, Best Buy, Gap, Lands’ End, Bloomingdale’s, Toys R Us and 1800 Flowers! The cash back rewards range from 1% to 26%.

How it Works

You can continue to shop as usual at your favorite online sites but if you go to Ebates ^[2] first in order to click through to your target site, you’ll earn a percentage of your purchase back in cash!

Payments

Ebates ^[2] sends rewards via check or Paypal every 3 months as long as you’ve earned a minimum of $5 in rewards (excluding bonuses) during that period. The payments are sent in February, May, August and November.

Referrals

Make even more money by referring a friend to Ebates ^[2]. You get $25 when you refer your first friend ever and $5 for each additional friend after that. Plus, get a $50 bonus if you refer 5 friends!

Tips and Tricks

Daily double. Check out the Daily Double each day. Ebates selects one store each day and gives double cash back for purchases between 12:00 AM and 11:59 PM PST that day.

Compare rewards. Don’t forget to check evreward ^[3] whenever you buy online to figure out which program has the highest cash back!

Stacking. Don’t forget, you can also stack ebates with the Discover More 5% Cashback on Holiday Shopping ^[4]!