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Update 8/27/21: Available again. Not as good as the $40 deal. \
The Offer
Direct link to offer (my referral link)
- Shopping portal Rakuten (formerly called eBates) is offering a referral bonus of $30. When you invite a friend to become a member and they spend $30 you’ll both earn a $30 bonus.
The Fine Print
- Valid until September 30, 2021
Our Verdict
You can convert eBates/Rakuten cash back into American Express membership rewards as well at a 1¢ = 1 point rate which is nice. Readers generally seem to have a lot less tracking issues with eBates/Rakuten than other shopping portals, although the rates are also generally lower (always a good idea to use cashbackmonitor to compare). This is a very generous referral bonus, the standard offer is the person referring gets $25 and the person being referred gets $10 so this is a significant increase on that. Most readers already have an account, but if you don’t then I’d appreciate you using my link. Please do not share your own referrals in the comments below, instead you can share them on this linked post (if using one of these, make sure it says $30 and not $10/$15).
Post history:
- Update 5/8/21: Available again. Not as good as the $40 deal. Hat tip to GC Galore.
- Update 5/2/20: Extended until 5/11.
- Update 8/13/20: Deal is back, no end date listed. I wasn’t targeted for the $30 offer this time so do not use my link. Hat tip to Chase-ing UR points
- Update 7/23/20: Deal is back, no end date listed.
View Comments (83)
Is Rakuten strict on cancelling bonuses? I used a $40 bonus for a new account if I spend $40. I spent $40 with Raise, but raise ended up cancelling my order / closing the account, but I still got the $40 bonus shown in my Rakuten account. Will Rakuten claw back the bonus you think?
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Just got an email, the referral reward went up to $40!
https://www.rakuten.com/referral/default.do
@will
YMMV, mine still shows $30
Last time I did this the person I referred only got the standard 10 not 30.
I signed up in July and got $30.
Yea! To any promotion that is not TCB.
Rakuten is the best!
On my raukuten payout, I have a $100 "verified" valued customer bonus. Is this referrals? I didn't generate referrals as far as I know and have no clue what this $100 is...
@chucksithe The links only show $10 now.
Joined Rakuten when the referral bonus was $30 and it posted on Nov 11 but when I checked on Dec 15 it was there in the morning but gone in the afternoon. So far no response from Rakuten as to the status of my signup bonus. Anyone else experience this?
They probably auto-detected multiple accounts from you/your household and took away your bonus.
Sounds like some experience...
Now it’s $40 for signup
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I opened your referral link, and it says $40 bonus. Nice!