The Offer
Offer page | Signup for BeFrugal using Chuck’s link or Will’s link (with our thanks!)
- BeFrugal members can refer their friends to the BeFrugal portal and get a $40 bonus after your friend earns $10 or more in Cash Back.
- The new member will earn $10 bonus cash back after they earn $10 in regular Cash Back.
The Fine Print
- To qualify for a $40 Refer-a-Friend bonus, new referrals must click on your unique Refer-a-Friend link, join BeFrugal and earn $10 or more in Cash Back (not including bonuses and earnings from non-purchase activity) within 365 days of account creation.
Our Verdict
The regular bonus is $10/$10. This offer keeps the new member bonus the same while sweetening the referrer bonus considerably. Someone can sign up now for BeFrugal, then refer their spouse, and end up with $60 total: $10 for signing up + $40 for referring + $10 for second signup. Just remember you need to earn $10 in cashback on the new account before the referrer and the new member are eligible for the bonus.
What they didn’t mention, until after the fact, was that the $40 bonus ENDED on July 13. My referral signed up and shopped on July 16 and the $40 went pending in my account. I even got a screenshot. Later, the $40 disappeared and I emailed them. Here’s their excuse:
“Due to an error, some bonuses mistakenly reflected $40.00 for referral sign-ups that occurred after the promotional window. Those have all been updated.”
If they don’t want to pay, they won’t and they’ll find an excuse not to.
Dead
@guest_1407193 I have used them consistently for a number of years. There are positives and negatives.
The biggest positive is the 125% rate match: https://www.befrugal.com/help/termsandconditions/#cashbackguarantee This is nice if you have a moderately expensive purchase to make (there is a cap on the amount they will match).
The biggest negative is that if anything goes wrong, don’t expect them to advocate for you with the merchant beyond simply submitting a claim. They are honest and will pay you your share when they get paid, but if things go awry, you are out of luck.
Used them a few times. Zero issues posting and paying out.
The one time I used them they never paid out $18 in cash back. It was not user error I have always received cash back from SB, TCB, Rakuten, etc. Fought with them endlessly, reported to BBB, etc. They never took any action to resolve or explain why they wouldn’t pay out the cash back, just parroted the same BS copy-paste response to my inquiries. That $18 is still pending to this day. Use them at your own risk.
They are just okay. Not as competitive as Rakuten/TCB, but never had any issue of not tracking cashback.
They used to have good rates with reliable payouts, still occasionally nice cashback rates. But yeah, Rakuten and TCB are usually better.
Can we get a post to share our referrals ?
Since this is mainly a deal for the referrer, not the new member, I don’t think there’ll be a lot of signups so I don’t think we’ll do a referral post.