Update 6/4/25: Few updates:
- 10% back at DoorDash, up to $10 per order. Valid through June 5th.
- 15% back at Walmart (select categories), Shein, Temu, and on Booking.com Accommodation Bookings (stack with Travel Quests offer). Valid through June 5th/6th.
- Quest offer for $10 with a purchase from 3 brands ($50 minimum each purchase). Valid June 1 – June 15.
- Bonus for new member is still at $20. There are often other Quests for new members to get additional bonuses as well.
- Finally, I wanted to thank anyone who signed up using my referral link. These types of things encourage me to keep on hammering. Thanks!
ShopBack Highlights
Direct Link to ShopBack (this link contains my referral code)
ShopBack is a cashback portal and extension – click through the portal or the extension and earn cashback on purchases at hundreds of retailers.
Here a few interesting offers that I see right now; these offers will change over time. You should be able to see many of the current boosted deals at this link.
- Amazon (portal link)- ShopBack is offering $1 back for each purchase on Amazon. Note, the terms exclude purchases paid with your Amazon gift card balance. For the Amazon cashback you need to click through the extension, whereas for other retailers you can click through the online portal without the extension. Note: ShopBack does insert their affiliate cookie on the Amazon purchase which will supersede any other affiliate you clicked from.
Walmart (portal link) – currently they are offering 20% back on Walmart purchases in select categories. Max $15 cashback.Doordash (portal link) – 10% back, up to $10 back on an order.Uber EATS – earn $4 on each order (not limited to first order like on other portals).
Referral Bonus $20 & More
ShopBack has a nice signup bonus of $20 for new members who sign up using a referral link. The $20 will reflect immediately in your ShopBack. Within 180 days, the new member has to earn $5 in Confirmed Cashback. The $20 referral bonus will then become available if you’ve confirmed your Paypal withdrawal details.
There’s also a $30 bonus for the referrer. After signing up, you’ll be able to find your referral link on this page.
If you ever wanted to buy me an expensive drink, here is my ShopBack referral link. Thanks. 
(You’ll see the referral bonus reflected when clicking through the link. You can also go directly to Shopback.com and enter referral code 9f41g1 during signup and you’ll see the $20 signup bonus reflected that way as well.)
$5 Extension Bonus
I believe they also typically have a special offer for new members to get $5 for adding the Shopback browser extension and using it once. These offers vary, but keep a lookup on your Quests.
$6 Shipping Bonus
New users should also be able to get another $6 in bonuses with two $2.99 shipping rebates if you shop through the Shopback browser extension. You have to apply the rebate at checkout and then the cashback shows up in your account afterward. Some report getting those shipping rebates even when there was no shipping cost. YMMV. New users should see this shipping rebate offer on their Quests page. It only works at select retailers (including Walmart, Best Buy, eBay, Petco, Temu, DoorDash, Newegg and more), and only when using the extension. Easy-ish $5.98 in bonuses.
Quests Bonus
You can also get various other bonuses on Shopback by going to the Quests tab at the top of the page, or use this link. Be sure to ‘Join’ the Quests and then afterward ‘claim’ the bonus. You might be doing some of these activities anyway and these are easy additional bonuses.
Here are some of the Quests bonuses, these bonuses will change over time; I’ll leave these here just as examples:
- $10 bonus for shopping any 3 brands
- $20 on first purchase with a minimum spend of $10 or more
- $20 for spending $250 on travel brands
- For Ulta and Bed Bath & Beyond: shop $100 and get $10 (that’s on top of the regular portal rates)
Note: Quests are sometimes shown only to selected users, and they also have a quota which runs out; it can run out until you ‘Claim’ it so do that as soon as you can. Click on each Quests offer separately to find additional details and terms of the offer.
Cashout
ShopBack offers Paypal to cashout. $5 minimum required to cashout.
Update History
- Bonus for referrer is down from $30 to $20.
- 15% back at Home Depot, up to $50 each purchase. Valid June 1 – June 3.
- 20% back at AliExpress, up to $15 each purchase. Valid June 1 – June 3. There’s also a Quests offer for AliExpress to get $10 with $100 purchase.
- Opt in for the Quests offer to shop at 3 stores and get $10. May 29 – May 31.
- 110% back on ExpressVPN (potential $14 moneymaker), valid through May 31st
- There’s also a new Quests deal for new users to get $15 bonus cashback when you spend spend $15 on any brand with the Shopback extension. I believe this offer will show for anyone who never made a purchase through the Shopback extension, whether you sign up new now or you recently signed up and never made a purchase. It should end up being a $35 signup bonus for new users with the $20 + $15. Check if you see the Quests offer, then Enroll in the offer, and then Claim the bonus afterward. Valid May 20 – May 26.
- New Quests deal to shop at any 3 stores (any amount) and get $10. Valid May 20 – May 31. Remember to opt in first and claim afterwards. I’ll try Amazon, Walmart, and one other. (Walmart is tricky since only certain purchase are eligible for portal rewards with Walmart.)
- Referrer bonus has increased from $30 to $40. Offer ends May 26th.
- May 26th get $4 on each UberEATS order
- May 24th get 10% on Home Depot (up to $20 each order)
- May 23rd: get 15% on Walmart (up to $10 per order); just note the category restrictions
- May 23rd: Trip.com, get 8% back on flights and 12% on car rentals
(May 21 only) Trip.com: 15% cashback on hotel bookings, 13% on car rentals and 13% cashback on flights. No cashback limit. (Stack with Quests deal for $25 with $300 travel booking.)New Quests deal to shop $100 on Amazon and get $3.99. Valid May 20 – May 21.May 20-21, get 10% back on Best Buy (up to $40 each order).- Update 5/20/25: Today only (May 20) get 18% back on Expedia hotel bookings, up to $100 per order (stack with Quests deal for $25 with $300 travel booking).
- Update 5/19/25: Some travel booking deals: Today, get 8% at Hotels.com for hotels and cars (max $80 per booking). Tomorrow, get 18% back on Expedia hotel bookings (max $100 per booking). Upcoming May 21-23, get up to 15% back on Trip.com bookings. These should stack with the Quests offer to get $25 with $300 Travel booking (be sure to save that offer and claim it afterwards).
- Update 5/17/25: There’s a boosted cashback rate of 10% at Walmart, eBay, and DoorDash through May 19th. Cashback max is $10 per order.
- Update 5/13/25: a few interesting new Quests offers; remember you have to first ‘Join’ the offer and then afterwards ‘Claim’ the bonus: $10 with $200 purchase at any merchant, valid May 12 – May 19. $20 for $500 at Homedepot.com, valid May 12 – May 26. $10 for $150 at Shein, valid May 12 – May 26.
$3.99 with $100 Amazon purchase (plus the regular $1) – this is valid today only, May 13th. The $10 bonus at any merchant should be stackable with the other bonuses.Through May 19, new users can sign up with a referral link and get $20, see below. After signup you’ll probably have access to these Quests offers (though the Quests offers are sometimes targeted to some users and not others). - Update 5/7/25: A few interesting cashback rates this week: May 7-8 get 10% back at Walmart (capped at $10) and $4 per UberEATS order; May 9-11 get 15% back at eBay (capped at $10), 10% back at Giftcards.com (capped at $30), and 10% back at DoorDash (capped at $10). (You can combine these with the $20 signup bonus or potentially the $10 Quests bonus as well.)
- Update 5/1/25: The $20 signup bonus (when using a referral link) has been extended through 5/19/25.
- Update 4/28/25: There’s a new Quests bonus you can join and get $5 when spending $30+ at two merchants from 4/28 – 5/4.
- Update 4/21/25: The $20 signup bonus for signing up via a referral link has been extended through April 30th.
There is also a $10 Quests bonus for shopping at any 3 brands (and some other deals there as well) – these are for new members and existing members. - (Updated 4/8/25: Through April 11th, sign ups should be eligible for three bonuses: $20 referral link signup bonus, $20 first purchase Quests bonus, $10 with 3 purchases Quests bonus. Total $50 bonus on top of the regular cashback earn. More details below.)
- Update 4/7/25: Actually it appears that the ‘Quests’ for $20 back on your first purchase tracked for me separate than the initial signup bonus. And so I think this will be $55 for signing up and meeting a few requirements: $20 for signing up with a referral + $20 if you activate the Quest for first purchase and then claim it + $10 for making 3 purchases + $5 for first browser extension purchase. Note, some of these bonuses end tonight 4/7/25 11:59 PT.
- Update 4/6/25: A reader points out there are also Quests which you can do which will help you earn more (some of the things you’re probably doing anyway). It should add $15 on top of the $20 referral signup bonus; see details in the new Quests section, below. Be sure to ‘Join’ and opt into each Quests offer. If you already met the signup bonus requirement, you can still opt in and do these bonuses pretty easily for an added $15 for a few purchases and a browser extension added.
Our Verdict
This looks to be an easy $20 with the initial signup referral bonus if you can get $5 in cashback earnings (e.g. five Amazon purchases or any other merchant). And hopefully you’ll get a few Quests bonuses or other increased offers which can spruce up your earnings further.
Other than the initial signup bonuses, the portal can be useful for the $1 cashback earn on Amazon and for some of the other boosted cashback offers as well. Always compare rates against other shopping portals on Cashbackmonitor or another aggregator.
ShopBack has a Wikipedia page and has apparently been around since at least 2015. They seem to be an established company in other countries and are now expanding into the U.S. (We have no direct relationship with ShopBack.)
I only learned about ShopBack today and browsed around their site a bit. Overall the entire platform has a sleek and professional feel. I also like that the terms are spelled out clearly for each retailer. Hopefully this will be another useful shopping portal/extension. Feel free to chime in below with your experiences.