On-line shopping rewards - Rewards Central

If you shop on-line you should think about joining Rewards Central.

Basic membership is free and you can earn cash or voucher rewards for shopping on-line using Rewards Central.

The program works on an affiliates basis. Rewards Central have corporate affiliations with on-line retailers which means that they get rewarded for referring you to the retailers to do your on-line shopping. Depending on the extent of the referral fees that Rewards Central earn will depend on how any points you ear.

The key with this rewards program - like with any other is not to change your purchasing behaviour too much in order to earn rewards.

Generally the retailer offers published on Rewards Central include discounts which mean that it is actually cheaper to purchase through Rewards Central.

There are other components to Rewards Central, including a survey option, where you earn points for completing surveys on-line, but these are generally extremely time consuming.

The best way to use Rewards Central is to find what you want to buy on-line, and find the best price. Then log on to Rewards Central and see if the the retailer you identified is a member of the program or if there is another retailer listed on Rewards Central that has the same product for the same price.

Rewards Central works if you make it work for you. If you need to buy - try to buy through Rewards Central, but do not buy what you do not need just to get point - that defeats the object!

Over the last 3 years I have not changed my on-line purchasing behaviour and I have pulled $250 in rewards from the program.