Hundreds of online users every day are asking themselves what is cashback?  Cashback for many years have been associated with credit cards, for example when you make a purchase on your credit card you redeem points, airmiles and even sometimes cash. Cashback Shopping websites are no different in the way in which they work. You get rewarded for making online purchases either with points but most of the time in cash.

Cashback sites should always be free unless there is different sorts of membership and most cashback sites will allow you to pay your membership via your cashback account which means you should never physically dip into your pocket to use one of the many cashback sites out there.

I know what you are thinking… what is the catch?  There really is no catch as the simple principle is that brands such as Debenhams, BT broadband, T Mobile and other big brands only pay publishers (like www.poundpig.com) when a purchase is made as this is a commission for them hosting an advert on a publishers site and referring visitors to the retailers shops. And in turn, we then give you the money that is paid to us in the form of cashback. Hence another name for a cashback site is a reward site, as you get rewarded for shopping with us. SO I suppose if there was one catch it would be that you have to shop through Poundpig to get the cashback, but I’d say it’s quite a nice catch seeing that you will be making money on your shopping!

UK cashback is growing at an incredible rate but you have to be a member and logged in to receive cashback, and you can now receive cashback on nearly 90% of the major retailers that have online retail shops as long as you’re a member of a cashback shopping site. Everybody that makes online purchases can benefit from being a member at Poundpig as we are now even starting to share some Money Saving Tips that don’t benefit us but will benefit you financially.

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Take the recent article from The Telegraph about how cashback websites can save each family £123 a year. That’s £123 a year that has no implications attached to it what so ever. Yes, you have to actually spend money in the first place to acquire the cashback, but it was money that you were going to spend anyway on gifts, food, insurance, subscriptions etc.

A quote from the article states that  “Two out of five online shoppers have never used one of the sites, with a quarter of those saying they had never heard of the concept”. This makes you, the reader, fortunate as you have obviously heard about cashback websites or want to learn more as you are on this blog. So, I will aim to educate you in the delights of cashback websites, or just talk you through a few more tricks if you already know about them to enable you to  get some more cashback to brighten up your day!

Although The Telegraph states that three out of five online shoppers use cashback sites, many people tend to join cashback sites and then either forget about them, or think they are too tricky to use or there is some kind of catch to it! The first thing that people can do to remind them to get cashback on all their purchases, is to set Poundpig.com as their homepage. This way, whenever you log onto your computer, the smiling pig is there to tell you to go through the cashback site in order to get cheaper shopping!

If you are new to Poundpig, then you need to register so that we can track your cashback and pay you what you are owed each month. A video of how easy this is can be found here. If you are a returning member, then just log in on the right hand side and off you shop!

Once on the site, you can either use the search facility-here on the top right hand corner- or click through the categories-here on the right hand side- in order to find what shop you are looking for, or what type of thing you are looking to buy i.e books, shoes, beauty products etc.

Once you have located the shop you want to buy from, its as simple as 1,2,3. 1. Click on the retailer’s website, 2. buy your product, 3. get cashback!

There is also more earning potential for you at Poundpig. Firstly, we have a refer a friend section which enables you to earn £7.50 per friend and family that joins poundpig and becomes an active spender! So, with your referral fee and the £2.50 we pay YOU to join, that’s £10 for doing nothing!

Secondly, we have a promotion centre where you can download banners, text links and email templates in order for your to refer people easier. Just put these links or banners on the sites you visit such as forums or other blogs, and when someone clicks through your link and joins, thats £7.50 to you, thank you very much! The email template works the same, but you need to email friend’s with the template, and again, if they join through your link,you get the referral fee.

The finally, and probably the most rewarding, you have the special offers and voucher codes tabs which has exclusive deals, discounts and offers for you plus money off voucher codes!

So there we have it! A whistle stop tour of Poundpig.com. I’m sure you agree that it really is very simple to use, and even simpler to make you money! Please feel free to ask me any questions about the usability of Poundpig.