My Favorite Coupon/Rebate App

Ibotta is hands down my favorite coupon/rebate app for your phone.

Use my referral link to get an additional $10 when you redeem your first rebate.

Ibotta is an app that provides rebates for purchases ranging from diapers to groceries to alcohol. It offers a much larger variety of items than other rebate/coupon apps I use, and you get the money back on your purchases almost instantly. Often times they even have "free" items. For example- just recently there was a Tresemme rebate to get back $4.75, on a product that is around $4.94 in stores. Many sites or other coupon apps had a $1.00 off coupon you could also use! That means you could get paid for some of these items. The same happened for Degree and Axe products not too long ago.

A screenshot from my app. 

They also occasionally offer "any brand" items like bread, milk, eggs, fruit etc. This means you can buy any brand (even the cheapest generic brands) and get money back.

What makes this app hands down the best app is not only the variety of items, but the ability to stack coupons on top of your rebates or offers in other apps. Certain apps, like Checkout 51, now state on their offers that you can't pair up coupons AND get the offer. Ibotta lets you use manufacturer coupons in the store, and you can still redeem rebates for that same product in their app. This leads to better deals and money makers.

The other cool feature is that you can team up with your friends to try to earn bonuses by redeeming a certain amount of rebates and a certain amount of money each month. There are also bonuses you can earn yourself - such as buying certain items or redeeming a certain amount of rebates over a weekend.

The above picture shows all of the gift cards you can get with the money you earn on Ibotta. You can also redeem to Paypal or Venmo when you reach $20. 

As previously mentioned, you typically get your money almost instantly. If you shop at Walmart, for example, all you have to do is scan the QR code or your receipt, and I've never had to wait more than 4 minutes for it to be approved with the money added to my account. Cash outs are also received pretty quickly. 

So join Ibotta and use it on top of your couponing to save even more money!

Earn Back on Groceries through Saving Star

Saving Star is a great way to save on groceries or earn a little extra cash. The site has a list of stores you can shop from, and you either tie your rewards/store card into their system to automatically get the savings back, or you can take a picture of the receipt for certain stores (Walmart, Target, etc) and submit it online.

At the beginning of every week they offer one produce item that you can get 20% back on. This can range from bananas, avocados, tomatoes, onions... This week the item is lemons and limes.

Also every week they offer one item you can get 100% savings on. That's right - one free item per week. In the past I've received Morton salt, baking soda, ICE water, candy bars, single serve ice creams, and more. This week the free offer is a 3-4 oz Ben and Jerry's mini cup of ice cream.

They offer many savings similar to coupons, and they also have "one or many" offers where you can save $5 when a certain amount of money on products. One of the examples they have up now is to save $5 when you spend $25 on Ore Ida products. You don't have to purchase all the products at once and can keep submitting receipts until the offer expires or you earn enough.

Once you reach $5, you can cash out via PayPal, send it to your bank account, or donate it to charity.

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