Holiday Shopping at Bing.com
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas - crowded malls, black Friday… With all the holiday shopping that everyone will be doing in the upcoming weeks, I want to share a great feature of Bing.com: the Cash Back program.
I think this feature is amazing, it literally provides you cash back on a majority of purchases you make online with little hassle to the consumer. Microsoft is basically subsidizing your purchases to encourage use of their search engine.
In short, all one needs to do is create a Bing.com Cash Back account here. Then when planning to make a purchase online, make sure you navigate to the store you want to purchase from through a Bing.com search first. You will receive a refund for the purchase (I’ve seen up to 25%) which can be seen in your account online. The money is deposited directly into your bank account after 60 days (to protect against consumers returning items). For a more detailed explanation of how this all works, go here.
The amount of stores where the cash back program is eligible is pretty extensive; a complete list can be found here. It even works on eBay.com if you purchase an item with the BuyItNow feature! While some might argue that the additional cost of shipping negates the savings, I strongly disagree. With a little effort in searching for deals, store coupon codes, or using site-to-store shipping options, shipping costs can almost always be avoided – especially during the holiday shopping season. So if you are planning on making the purchases anyways, get yourself an extra discount… you can earn up to $2,500 back a year and you might as well get it if you were already planning on spending the money.