Cashback with Transparent Affiliate Links
Cashback can sometimes sound too good to be true. Where does the money come from? The answer is simple: from shop affiliate programs. To ensure you know when a link is an affiliate link, we disclose them transparently.
Example with a made-up store: the partner link note sits right below the "Activate cashback" button.
Where the cashback comes from
Many online shops pay sites like ours for referring customers. If you click "Activate cashback", the shop opens via our affiliate link. If you make a purchase, the shop pays us a commission. We pass a portion of that on to you as cashback. Whether and how much cashback you receive depends on the shop's terms, such as exclusions for certain products or vouchers.
Your price stays the same
The commission is paid by the shop from their advertising budget. Using an affiliate link doesn't make a product more expensive. Cashback is a genuine benefit for you, not a hidden surcharge.
Where we disclose affiliate links
- In the extension, directly below the "Activate cashback" button: Affiliate link, we receive a commission, the price stays the same.
- In the extension's description in the store before you install it.
- On daily-cashback.info at the top of every page, with a link to this explanation.
This isn't just our policy. Google requires in the Chrome Web Store policies that extensions disclose affiliate programs in their description before installation and only use affiliate links when they provide you with a direct benefit, such as cashback.
In short
We earn a commission from the shop and share it with you. You will always see a notice when a link is an affiliate link. You can find more about the extension on our browser extension page.
This article is part of our series on transparency and control within our browser extension. You can find an overview of all our principles here: No automatic cashback: You decide with a click.