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How Rakuten Works Formally known as Ebates, Rakuten is a cash back rewards app that earns you money when shopping with participating retailers. It’s fairly simple to use: If you’re on a website that supports Rakuten, you’ll see a pop-up appear letting you know how much cash back the stores allows, and offering a button that activates Rakuten then and there. Then, you continue to shop on the site, and anything you buy contributes to your Rakuten cash back. You’ll receive the cash back in the form of a check (no gimmicks!), but you do need to earn at least $15 before the check will be sent. Unfortunately, Rakuten’s biggest deals have come and gone following Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but there are still plenty of opportunities to take advantage of. If you’re already going to shop with these stores, why not make a little cash on the side? Not to mention, the app searches for available coupon codes to add at checkout, a feature central to another app you may have heard of ... ...

Photo : Jonathan Weiss ( Shutterstock ) Many of us rely on customer reviews of products when we’re trying to decide what to buy or choose between similar items from different brands. Hearing from “real people” can feel much more valuable and authentic than believing whatever the professional marketing language is trying to sell you. But what if you could be the person who helps others make these decision—and score some free products for yourself in the process? Target offers two such programs in which it sends free products to participants in exchange for an honest review. Here’s a little about each one. Sampler Samplers is a product-experience platform where subscribers get to try different products from brands that have partnered up with them to send free products for an honest review. Recently, Target has partnered up with Sampler to send Target Insider Boxes to reviewers containing products based on the demographic and answers from the questionnaire that subscribers n...

Photo : Ken Wolter ( Shutterstock ) Right now, Sam’s Club is offering their basic tier membership for 50% off right now, which means you can get a year’s worth of wholesale shopping for just $25. And you can sign up online here , using code “C2C44" at checkout. What is the difference between Sam’s Club’s membership levels? Sam’s Club offers two different memberships: the Club and Plus. The Club, the store’s basic tier, is usually $50 a year and has everything the Plus tier does except for their cash back rewards program, free shipping on eligible online orders, and pharmacy and optical savings. You can see the full breakdown here . The fine print The offer is for new member s only—and t he terms say new members can’t have been a member within the p ast six months. ( This also applies if you had their higher tier Plus membership.) T he terms say you also accept their automatic membership renewal unless you cancel the membership 24 hours before your membership is due in ...