The Best Cashback Sites in the UK

imutual

imutual - is a new concept in cashback shopping online. When you join this site for free you have the option to become a shareholder in the company, imutual PLC, and thus a part of it's future success. It aims to be an ethical consumer co-operative and the more members it has the greater it's bargaining power is for great deals online at popular retailers. It is primarily a cashback site where you not only earn cashback each time you shop through imutual, but also have the chance to earn shares in the site too. There are money-off voucher codes and a forum where you can share great deals with other shareholders and members of imutual. There are lots of free offers and it looks like a promising cashback site to be a part of.

Swagbucks - New Rewards Site

Swagbucks - is a very promising and popular rewards site where you can receive Amazon (UK) gift certificate vouchers, paypal payments (in US$), and other fun rewards for participating . You accumulate Swagbucks when completing certain everyday actions on the site which then become redeemable for these fantastic rewards. You can earn Swagbucks by searching the web, watching videos, playing online games, taking daily surveys and the daily poll, by using the Swagbucks toolbar, looking out for special Swagbucks codes, and completing tasks and offers. You can also earn Swagbucks in many other ways, including referring active friends to the site, and we have found that the rewards can add up relatively quickly compared to many other rewards sites, and that you can get your rewards within good realistic timescales. 700 Swag Bucks will currently net you a $5 paypal payment and 849 will get you a £5 Amazon voucher. We are impressed with the site and have redeemed our Swagbucks 8 times since joining just over a year ago.

Number 1 - Top Cashback

Top Cashback - is now an established cashback site which rewards members with all the commission payment it receives (i.e. 100% cashback rates). There is usually no bonus on signing up but you can normally receive £1 for referring any friends or family to the site who go on to earn £5 in cashback. The site does not charge you an annual fee and if you are loyal to the site and earn lots of cashback through the site, you are able to earn cashback top-ups which mean you get even more cashback per transaction (i.e. between 101% and 110% cashback depending on how much cashback you made the previous month). These cashback top-ups are unique to Top Cashback and make it our number one choice as it rewards your loyalty to the site, which is great customer service in our opinion. You need to regularly use Top Cashback and earn the minimum cashback amounts (from £10) each month so that you qualify the following month for the extra cashback payments. It has a very good range of online shops and there are sometimes a few 'free' clicks available (where you receive a small amount of cashback for conducting a price comparison for example). The cashback transactions seem to track well and payment is by paypal or bank transfer once your purchases are confirmed by the retailer. We have been paid several times. Payout by cheque also but you must have made £25 confirmed cashback before claiming this. You can choose to donate a proportion of your cashback to charity or Top Cashback itself. We have also tested their support and have received replies relatively quickly which is a positive sign for an active cashback site.

Number 2 - Maximiles (previously iPoints)

Maximiles - is possibly the best reward website that rewards you in terms of points rather than cash. This site used to be called iPoints, but the recent name change has coincided with an updated website which is very active and fun to use. With Maximiles you do not just get rewarded for shopping online, but also by completing various online offers through the site. There are several interesting extra point earning opportunities that you can opt in for too, such as completing maximiles surveys and for receiving maximiles e-mails (called Maximail). Although the site does not pay out your rewards in the form of cash, it has an excellent online reward catalogue where you can exchange your maximiles points for some really great stuff to buy or do. Such rewards are also achievable from a low starting number of points, which is also a good benefit of membership of this site as points generally do seem quite easy to accumulate. We recommend this site to be a part of your cashback site portfolio as it is very well-established and provides something a little different to other cashback and reward sites that are available to you.

Number 3 - Quidco

Quidco - is one of the established 100% cashback sites which is one of the popular sites around. It charges you an annual £5 administration fee taken from your cashback account once you have earned enough funds to pay it. It has a good range of competitive cashback offers and the site is nice to use. It sends you your cashback on a monthly basis either by BACS or by paypal. You can also earn cashback 'offline' if you register your debit and credit cards with the site and then use those cards in the high streets with the shops listed on the site. Quidco has also recently started rewarding users who refer friends and family to the site. It would be a top rated site if its support was quicker and not so erratic at dealing with queries. You normally do get responses but it can take time. It is a site that tries hard to do what it can for its users and is keen to earn your loyalty, but with all cashback sites, it is best to shop around for the best rates and find the sites that suit you not those that tell you they suit you!

FREE UK Lotto Tickets at Search Lotto (must be over 16 and UK resident)

Search Lotto - is a brilliant new search site with a simply great idea. Whn using this site to do your online searching you can receive up to 2 FREE entries each week into the UK National Lottery. How it works: Quite simple, you receive a free lotto syndicate ticket entry for every 25 genuine searches you complete on the site. Only the first 10 unique searches you make EACH DAY will qualify towards your 25, so you need to use the site most days. You are limited to two lotto ticket syndicate entries per week. Each lottery ticket is shared by 10 other searchers and thus so are any prizes. You can check your syndicate lottery numbers on the site on the Friday and then you can check if you win on the Saturday. The syndicate entries are only valid for Saturday lottery draws. Any winnings you receive are paid to you by paypal or bank transfer. Sign up now...

UK Offer - iBOOD

iBOOD - This is a brilliant little site. Each day it lists a popular shopping product at a very special offer price (anything up to 50% off normal price), at which you can buy it, just for that day. It only lists the special offer for 24 hours or until the product is sold out so you have to be quick if you want to buy it! You can sign up to their email list to be notified of each days special offer so you can look out for something you want at a bargain price. We like it a lot.

Number 4 - Fat Cheese

Fat Cheese - is an unusual name for a cashback site. This particular reward website started last year and has a good design which makes it easy enough to use. It offers probably the largest number of comparison site offers (where you earn up to a few pennies for conducting a genuine price comparison search) of any cashback site we have seen at the moment and a comprehensive section on 'no spend cashback' offers. The cashback rates for general online shopping do not appear to be as high as some 100% cashback sites. Fat Cheese does offer refer a friend payments (once the friend has earned a minimum level of cashback) and a section for online vouchers. This is an ongoing review, if you have any experience of Fat Cheese then please don't hesitate to let us know about it.

Number 5 - Give or Take

Give or Take - is a fairly new cashback site with a slight difference in that you can donate all of your cashback to a charity listed on the site (of which there are many to choose from) or you can of course choose to take the cashback yourself. The site states that it is a 100% cashback site (passing on all commission it receives from the participating retailers). You will only be charged a £5 annual admin fee should you choose to take the cashback for yourself. The site states no fee will be charged should you Give your cashback to charity. This site is obviously a good choice if you want to donate to charity in such an easy manner. If you take the payment yourself, it is made monthly by cheque once you have at least £25 confirmed cashback funds in your account, or you can choose to set payout at a higher level. It is a nice idea and the design of the site is pleasant and calm. The site does not have a huge number of retailers yet nor any unique cashback gimmicks which may make it stand out from other similar sites, but it is one we are watching to see how it develops. It did not start out as a 100% cashback site so that improvement is certainly promising.

Number 6 - Click Cashback

Click Cashback - is also a cashback site which states it will pay you 100% cashback rates and it will no longer charge you an annual admin fee. Payments are made monthly by BACS, cheque or paypal (maximum of £50) whatever your confirmed cashback balance is. There are a good number of retailers listed on this cashback site, some of which we have not seen on other sites. The site no longer offers any referral fees for friends or family member you refer to the site, but now runs a monthly prize draw for those who do make referrals.

Number 7 - Mutual points

Mutual Points - is an established and fairly popular cashback website that rewards you in the form of points when you shop online through the site and complete various free offers. These points are ultimately convertible into cash. They are currently offering you the chance to win a new car if you join the site and you should receive 300 points to get your account up and running. It is a professional site with a large number of opportunities to earn rewards. The site has a good range of free offers and well known shopping partners as well as price comparison points. You can also sign up to receive emails which normally give you five points every time you check out a particular offer (although we have not received one of these for some time). The site 'pays out' when you reach 3000 points, this is the equivalent of £20, by cheque. The cashback rates are not always competitive with the best sites and it is worth comparing them with other cashback sites to ensure you do not miss out. The fact they reward with points can make it difficult to compare so be prepared to do some maths! Nevertheless they do list some retailers not found on many other cashback sites.

UK OFFER - Get paid cash for your unwanted CDs, DVDs and Games

Music Magpie - offers you another easy way of making some extra money. We have all bought CDs, DVDs and games that we now no longer want and this site will buy them back off you as long as they are the original CD, in working condition and with the original artwork and booklets. It is simple and free to use the site and they even send you the packaging for you to send them your unwanted items. Postage is free too! You may even be able to buy a second hand CD, DVD or game from the site at a fraction of the price you would buy it new!

Number 8 - We Promise To

We Promise To - used to promise to pay you the full 100% cashback and only charge you a £5 annual administration fee once you have enough funds to cover it. Unfortunately that no longer seems to be the case and its cashback rates have become more uncompetitive when conducting a quick comparison with the same retailers on other 100% cashback sites. It was therefore been removed from our top cashback sites and we are monitoring the site closely with regards to its claims. It does appear have some more unique features such as the capability to earn cashback offline at a few major high street shops. The site is professionally run with various other ways of increasing the cash you get from the site, plus it will reward you with a varying referral fee for every friend you refer to the site who goes on to earn £5 in cashback. The site support has been good in the past when we have used it and they continue to take pride in that aspect of their site. Payment is by BACS, or you can receive Amazon vouchers (and get a 5% bonus for doing so). The site also details lots of regular coupon codes for further retailer discounts. Overall this is a decent UK cashback site which has fallen down our listings for failing to offer the best cashback deals and one we are becoming wary of recommending due to its changing cashback rates.

Number 9 - eCashback

eCashback - will give you £2.50 for signing up, a further 10p for making their site your browser homepage and a further 20p for installing the eCashback toolbar. The site design is pleasant and easily navigated. They have a wide range of retailers including a few that do not have links on many of the other cashback sites, so this for us can be a good reason to join the site. Unfortunately, the main reason we used this site was for Amazon cashback, but this appears to have been stopped for the time being, which makes the site less attractive to us at present and we have downgraded it to three stars. Their cash back rates are fairly competitive (although not 100% cashback) and they occasionally run special offers of increased cashback for some retailers. If you request it, they will e-mail every time you receive cashback. You can receive easy 1p cash back too for a simple web search through the site where you click on search results. You can also presently earn 3p for every competition you enter on website win4now if you click to that site through ecashback. The payout level is £25 by cheque, paypal, BACS (or Amazon gift certificate), which is high compared to some newer sites, but regular online shoppers can reach this more quickly. It also runs a friend referral scheme where you are rewarded £2 for referring active users to the site (friends that actually earn cashback through the site).

Number 10 - Money Back Madness

Moneyback Madness - is the one of the newer sites. It offers a big £10 sign-up bonus and offers you a further £5 for every friend you refer (check out the site for conditions). Payment occurs once you reach £35 of 'confirmed' cashback by paypal, BACS or cheque. It also advises its members of vouchers to get money off what you buy too. The site has a fun and attractive design, easy navigation, and lots of popular cashback offers. In spite of this however, the cashback rates are not the best you can get, which may make it unattractive to some, although they have increased some to try and stay more competitive.

Number 11 - Cashback Junction

Cashback Junction - is a relatively new site which we recently joined and which appears to offer good cash back rates for some popular shopping chains in almost every category such as fashion, computers, finance and gifts. It does not appear to be a 100% cashback site anymore (it did start out as one) but pays generally higher rates than a lot of other older cashback sites out there. There is no annual admin fee, but no sign up bonus either. For every friend you refer who goes on to request payment you should earn £1.00. Payment is made by BACS or cheque once you have £20 confirmed funds in your cashback junction account. The site design is nice and easy to use, and the site runs a handy blog with useful information on earning cashback and sometimes giving you discount voucher codes.

Number 12 - ebuyandsave

ebuyandsave - claims to be established cashback site of three years which offers you £5 as a sign up bonus. The payout limit is at £15 of 'approved' cashback and the site offers its members 2.5% of the cashback earned by friends they refer to the site for life, which is certainly a nice feature if you have friends who do a lot of shopping online. There are several payment methods including by BACS, cheque or paypal. The site is not particularly easy to use and lacks the large number of cashback offers some other sites have, although it still lists about 600 retailers! It has the feel of a site still in development in many ways and its navigation is not as intuitive as other sites. It does list an Amazon store but does not seem to pay cashback for purchases there. This is not a 100% cashback site either. In its favour it does post fairly regular offers and voucher codes.