I always love to hear about rewards programs in the news, because it helps bring consumers’ attention to the money they could be saving by simply making a few extra clicks.
Yesterday, KABC in Los Angeles did a story on cashback sites (read about it and watch the segment here). I thought it was very well-presented, showing a real consumer who uses rewards programs explaining how much she’s earned in cash back and how easy it was to do it, just a matter of a few extra clicks.
The consumer said that Ebates was her favorite program. I love it, too! Just checked my account and I’ve earned $1,573.24 since I joined, many years ago — and when you sign up for Ebates (aff) they’ll give you a $10 gift card when you make your first purchase through their program. It’s like getting a gift for yourself when you buy something for someone else! 
The reporter went on to mention that there were other rewards programs out there, and among them is Extrabux. Noah Auerhahn, one of the site’s co-founders and a student at USC, talks about Extrabux and their plans to incorporate cashback, coupons, and product price searches. This is going to be wonderful when it happens — it’ll bring together the best of all 3 money-saving online shopping methods.
I also want to mention to my new site visitors that I do an annual comparison of how much cashback rewards programs offer for specific merchants (because different rewards programs offer different cashback rates) — here’s the 2008 cashback rewards analysis if you want to read it in-depth, but Extrabux did extraordinarily well. They were third overall out of 19 programs I compared, only behind Microsoft’s Live cashback (which doesn’t reward for a lot of big-name merchants) and Citibank’s ThankYou Points (which requires you to be a Citicard holder). You can join Extrabux here (aff) and start earning up to 30% cashback right away…it’s totally free to join.
