As frequently happens these days, I am a little late to the Bing Cashback party. Bing, the search engine which debuted earlier this year (as the next generation of windows live search & msn search) has been offering cashback when shopping online through selected merchants after going through the bing web search portal.
Some fairly large merchants, such as Home Depot, Macy’s, and Barnes and Noble. There are many, many others, all of which can be found here: Bing cashback stores.
Shop through the bing cashback site, or alternatively, look for the coin with dollar sign symbol (shown above) when searching on bing- as shown in the image shown below from searching for “Walmart” this past weekend:
As you can see from the screenshot, Walmart was offering a whopping 20% as of this past weekend. The percentages change frequently for different merchants, going up and back down over time, though, so you need to check frequently to see what percentage they are offering- I do not see the link for 20% for Walmart anymore.
The best way to take advantage of it I have seen thus far is through deal websites, such as slickdeals. Posters to site like slickdeals are quick to point out when a good deal can be combined for even bigger savings.
A few caveats- it has been pointed out in a few sites that sometimes the price you see going through Bing can be different (i.e., higher) than if you go directly to that merchant’s website. Microsoft responded to that by saying it was an isolated incident , and prices are not always update as quickly as they should be.
As always, it pays to shop around- but if you are buying something already, it’s an added benefit to get cashback when you do so.
If you are interested in trying it out, you can sign up for a bing account.
Have any of you been using Bing Cashback when online shopping? What are your thoughts on the program.?
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I just recently fell in love with Bing cashback after I was awarded 12% on a contact lens purchase. Ebates and Fatwallet were only offering 7%. You’re right when it comes to shopping around because some deals are exclusive to certain sites. Coupon Cactus is another cash back site I’ve taken a liking to. They even tell you about coupons that may be available.
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