Shopkick - Cash back on groceries and other essentials
Shopkick Referral Code: BEST768380 | Non-ref
Shopkick is an app that gives you cash back when you purchase specific products, and it also gives you points for scanning products in stores and for simply walking in certain stores. This app doesn't have many offers, but since most offers don't have size or variety requirements and they allow for coupons, it's often possible to get products for cheap, free, or sometimes even make money off of the offers.
| Minimum Cash Out | $5 Amazon. $2-25 minimum for most other gift cards. $10 for PayPal |
| Cash Out Options | PayPal comes in $10 or $25. Most gift cards are available at $25-50, but some are lower. Tiffany & Co only offers $300. There's also a Vespa which costs 1,875,000 points |
| Minimum Age | 14 |
| Countries | Legal resident of the 50 United States (or the District of Columbia) |
| Personal Information Required | First and last name, email, phone number, birth date, gender |
| Referral Program | Both the referred and the referring user earns 250 points ($1) when the user completes a walk in or scan within 7 days of signing up. A user may only earn up to 25,000 kicks from referrals (100 invites). |
| Point Expiration | Points expire if you are inactive for 6 months |
| Contacting Support | Support page |
| Ways to Earn | Purchasing specific products and scanning your receipt, scanning specific products in store, opening the app while in certain stores, link your credit or debit card and make purchases, referring users |
Pros
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You can set a reward goal and it tells you how many more points you need to get to that reward, and it prompts you to redeem when you reach that amount.
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You are able to use e-receipts when you link your email account.
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Many offers stick around for a while and reset multiple times.
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Some rebates have bundles where you can get bonus points for redeeming all of the products in the bundle.
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Support is fairly quick to respond, and they're almost always helpful. Missing points are easy to get credited. You don't even need to send them a photo of the receipt (although it can help if you highlight the specific product).
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You can use coupons and other rebate apps/sites.
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Most offers don't specify size or variety requirements. They show a picture of an eligible product and they give the name. Sometimes products that won't work for the scan still qualify for the rebate. As long as there aren't any specific requirements mentioned in the photo or the name, you can always contact support to get an offer to credit.
Cons
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The app uses points which can be annoying to convert. It's 250 points per $1, but there's an additional fee for PayPal. $10 PayPal is 2,550 (255 pts/$1), and $25 PayPal is 6,300 (252 pts/$1).
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There aren't a lot of good products (imo). There are always magazines, but most other products are either limited time products that I can't find at the store, or the products are super expensive. That being said, they do have a lot of common name brands right now.
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Receipts seem to be manually reviewed, and if you have a long receipt it doesn't always credit properly. I usually put my Shopkick items on a separate receipt, or at least group them all at the very start.
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They don't alert you if a rebate didn't credit. You have to review your kick activity and click on the specific receipt to see if everything credited properly.
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It can take a few days for a receipt to be reviewed.
Overall opinion
There aren't a whole lot of worthwhile offers on Shopkick, but when there is one, it's usually a good offer. Since most offers can be redeemed multiple times on different shopping trips, and the offers often stick around for a while, I've gotten a near lifetime supply of quite a few things. I have a ton of bar soap and taco seasoning right now which I got for next to nothing. I also have a ton of cereal, almond butter, and candy bars which I was paid to take.
I've heard of people making a good amount of money by scanning items in the store, but that's not my cup of tea so I usually only scan the products I'm purchasing. For reference, my local Walmart currently has 1,005 points ($4) from scanning items right now. Each scan gives ~10-20 points ($0.04-$0.08).
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