Shopping on the Internet gave us the opportunity to choose not only goods in stores, but also in stores ourselves. If you want - buy in your city, but if you want - order directly from China. The distance does not matter. But in terms of saving such a choice, Internet commerce almost did not offer until recently. Now there is a cashback.
There were ways to save money, but they were all some kind of crutches. For example, sales are essentially a legacy of offline trading and are not at all suitable for regular savings. Not everyone is interested in buying winter clothes in the summer, besides, at this time, money is needed to buy topical summer goods, so such savings can only be made by those who have two budgets at the same time. All kinds of loyalty programs announced by stores and banks are less affected by seasonality, but they limit the freedom of choice. We are forced to buy a different smartphone model that we want - simply because another model is sold in a store with which we do not have loyalty. Finally, the third way is with discount coupons. They are more convenient, but they force us to constantly monitor various stocks. Agree, it quickly gets tired and many, having played enough, stop using this kind of services.
It's good that a new modern way to save money has recently appeared right in the shopping process. The so-called cashback services are gaining popularity. The principle of their work is elegant and simple. You make a purchase in a store, and then you get back a certain part of the money you spent. In some stores, you will be refunded a fixed amount, in others - a percentage of the order, which is convenient when purchasing expensive goods.
What is the catch of cashback services
In fact, there is no catch. The scheme is quite transparent. Let's analyze it using the example of the popular service "Otkat".
- The store wants to attract new customers with its discounts;
- Cashback service enters into an agreement with stores and provides a discount through a refund to the buyer from each purchase;
- The store gets loyal users;
- The buyer receives goods at a lower price in hundreds of stores;
- Profit!
Which online stores are refunding
In the Otkat service, the list of partner stores is quite large and it is constantly expanding. Sports stores Nike and Kant, construction hypermarkets Axon and OBI, clothing stores Buy VIP and Tom Tailor and many, many others, including the Chinese megamall AliExpress and other Chinese online sites. Moreover, you can get cashback not only for goods, but also when ordering services - this is flower delivery, car services, and even dozens of various services of private masters from PROFI. RU. Services such as Getcashback, Alme, Shopopro work with such large stores, there are plenty of analogues on the market.
To make it easier for the user to navigate, on the Otkat website, all partners are divided into thematic sections:
- Car goods;
- Housing;
- For kids;
- Food delivery;
- Leisure and hobbies;
- Chinese shops;
- Beauty and health;
- Clothes, shoes and accessories;
- Gifts and flowers;
- Travels;
- Sports and Fitness;
- Engineering and electronics;
- Products for adults;
- Services.
How to get cashback?
Register at https://otkat.me - this service has a very simple and convenient registration form. Then go to the card of any partner store, evaluate the size of the cashback offered by them, and follow the link to make a purchase. Next, place your order and the system will automatically charge you a refund. You can see this return (here it is originally called “Rollback”) in your personal account. Just do not forget that you need to buy through the shopping cart of the online store so that the system can see your order and your payment. If you place an order by phone, cashback, for obvious reasons, will not be credited to you.
How to increase your cashback?
There are two ways. The first is the referral program of the Otkat service. You just invite your friends to save on cashback. If friends follow your referral link and register in the Otkat service, then you start receiving 15% of their cashback from each of their payments to your account. If you have many friends, the amount can be very substantial - even more than your own cashback. Moreover, you will always receive your share - as long as your referrals buy goods through Otkat, a similar functionality is also provided by the Shopingbox service.
The second method does not provide a direct refund, but together with the cashback it significantly reduces the purchase prices. These are promotional codes and promotions that are regularly posted on the Otkat service website. There is no need to track coupons and promo codes across different sites. When you make purchases through Otkat, all the stocks are already in front of your eyes. The savings can be quite significant. So, for example, BuyVIP often arranges promotions where discounts reach 50%
In conclusion, let's estimate how much money you can save by buying through the Otkat service.
AliExpress. Power Bank for iPhone ORICO 2600 mAh for 588, 91 rubles. Cashback - 6%. The total cost, taking into account the return from the Otkat service, is 549, 78 rubles.
Shop "Volt Market". Cashback - 10, 5% A cool Citycoco Harley LUX electric scooter for 75,000 rubles, taking into account the return from the Otkat service, will cost 7,875 rubles less, that is, 67,125 rubles.
Timberland Store. Cashback - 5, 6% Newport Bay Boat Oxford sneakers worth 7,950 rubles can be purchased for 7434 rubles, returning 516 rubles.
The size of the cashback in each store varies, but in general, experience suggests that for a year with the amount of purchases of 100,000 rubles through Otkat, you can get refunds of about 7-8 thousand rubles. And this does not include referral payments!
Happy shopping and never overpay!
