What is it?
Quidco advertises itself as the UK’s #1 cashback rewards site,
with over 5 million members. It offers cashback for a number of High Street
retailers such as M&S, Tesco, Boots and Amazon, and members receive, on
average, £280 a year.
Only £280 a year?
That’s less than £1 a day!
Correct, sharp-minded reader. Most of what Quidco offers
comes in small packages, but is still useful.
Shopping in the real world? You can earn in-store cashback (as long as you’ve
registered your payment card) in places like Debenhams (4%) and JD Sports
(3%). Simply activate the offer on Quidco’s site and you’re off. Not only that,
but they update their grocery voucher lists daily, fancy a free loaf of
Kingsmill bread? What about £1 off of your next purchase of Wall’s sausages?
They’ve got you covered.
Planning a trip? Don’t worry – you can earn a bit of
cashback here, too. Hotels.com, booking.com,
National Express, thetrainline; they
all offer cashback for purchases – you’d be crazy not to take it!
How do you do it?
A lot of people will suggest taking advantage of Quidco’s
cashback offers on switching utility
providers – BT offer up to £180 cashback for switching to their Infinity
Broadband at £12.50/month – but I’m too lazy. Besides, I’m not the biggest fan
of change.
Aside from the little things (I’ve earned some cashback from
JUST EAT, Currys, Cineworld, the list goes on…), I’ve found the biggest earners
to be the cashback offers from the Gambling
retailers.
An example:
William Hill Casino Club currently offer £55 cashback for
depositing, and wagering, £35. When you sign up, you’ll probably be hit with a
flurry of bonuses, deposit deals and the like. Decline them all. If you accept, you will most likely be hit with a
block on withdrawal until you’ve wagered, say, 40 times your bonus amount.
Upon depositing your amount, you can head where you like. As
I said – I’m lazy. I just head on over to the roulette wheels and bid the lot
on either red or black. Of course, you could lose – but it doesn’t matter! In
this example, you’re still £20 up on
your deposit thanks to the Quidco cashback. You won’t get it for a couple
of months, of course, but any bank that offered me 83% interest over the course of around 70 days would have me
knocking down their doors within minutes!
If you win – you’ve won! You don’t need to continue betting,
and if you were so inclined, you could withdraw your winnings (£70 here, if you
do the same as me!), and will still get your Quidco cashback once your participation
in the offer is confirmed. That nets you a juicy £90 on top of the £35 you had
in the first place. Not bad, I’d say. Potentially, you could beat Quidco's yearly average earnings in one evening!
Disclaimer, oh no, here we go.
Nothing much to say here. Double check the terms and conditions of each offer before you deposit and wager anything. Occasionally Quidco won’t track
your participation correctly and you’ll need to prove that you’ve done
everything the retailer asked of you. Make sure AdBlock is off for the clicking
through to reduce the risk of this – it takes a little effort to screenshot a
few things and forward a couple emails.
Sign up, and start earning some extra money!
Quidco also slip in a £5 bonus once you earn your first £5 cashback, you're welcome.
