Rakuten Cash Back Button: Earn Cash Back While You Shop

Cash-back sites pay you part of what a store pays them for sending you there. The catch is remembering to start from the cash-back site every time. Rakuten’s extension removes that step: it notices when you’re on a participating store and offers to activate cash back.

Main features

• One-click cash back: Go straight to a store’s site; if cash back is available, the extension tells you and activates it with a click.
• Coupon Magic: Finds and applies coupons at checkout.
• Price Magic: Looks for lower prices while you shop and tells you if it finds one.
• Search results: Shows stores’ cash-back rates on Google, Yahoo and Bing results.
• Travel: Cash back on flights, hotels, cruises and car rentals at participating partners.

The listing says Rakuten works with over 3,500 stores. The extension belongs to Rakuten’s US cash-back service at rakuten.com, so check whether it covers stores in your country.

How it is funded

As the listing explains, merchants may pay Rakuten affiliate commissions, which it shares with users as cash back. Installing the extension means accepting the Cash Back Button terms linked on the store page. The listing’s privacy section says it handles web history, user activity and website content.

Installing it

1. Click Download to open Rakuten on the Chrome Web Store.
2. Add it to Chrome and sign in to your Rakuten account.
3. Visit a participating store and click Activate when the extension offers cash back.

For Amazon price history, see Keepa; Honey is another coupon and rewards option.