Anyone else using cashback programs to save on purchase, renewal and transfer costs?

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Is anyone else using cashback programs to save on costs?

I'm using:

• topcashback.co.uk (and its .com version > topcashback.com) when purchasing from GoDaddy and NameCheap
  For GoDaddy I'm getting 15.75% cashback (yes, it works for DDC too ).
  For NameCheap I'm also getting 15.75% cashback but I've had some issues with orders that did not track. Those did track eventually but I had to contact support to claim the cashback.
• extrabux.com when purchasing from Dynadot
  For Dynadot I'm getting 25% cashback which is huge in my opinion.
  For example, with the latest transfer promo they had > $7.99 for a transfer you get $2 back > this mean the transfer basically costs you $6... and that's the lowest I know of right now.
  Not only that $6 / transfer is the lowest but you get your domains with Dynadot which is kind of a big deal since they are one of the "better" registrars around.

Of course, you need to remember to click the cashback link before all purchases... But if you have a large portfolio - trust me - it's worth it. For 100 transfers you save $200.

You can join using my affiliate links below (sometimes there are bonuses for doing so):
topcashback.co.uk > https://www.topcashback.co.uk/ref/namedawn
topcashback.com > https://www.topcashback.com/ref/namedawn
extrabux.com > https://www.extrabux.com/r/52978b822e (at this time they offer $20 sign-up bonus... which is a lot for this kind of program)

If you don't want to use my affiliate link (for whatever reason) just copy the name and avoid accessing the link.

I tried many of these programs and, from my experience, these are the most serious ones. They actually track the orders most of the time and, unlike others, they actually pay.

You can use these programs even for other stuff you can get cashback for. For example I used them for plane tickets with Lufthansa, ebookers and skyscanner, train tickets with trainline, bus tickets with flixbus, car rental with Priceline, hotel room with Hotwire and booking.com, Adobe subscription, NordVPN subscription, BestBuy purchases, etc...

If you need clarifications, instructions, whatever (even proof of payment) - post here or send me a DM.

Full disclosure: I do prefer topcashback.co.uk because they are the fastest paying and they were the most helpful when I had issues with orders that did not track.

 

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@justlife - don't know what's that about. For me it tracked both on topcashback.com and on topcashback.co.uk but I mostly use the .co.uk because the cashback rate is a bit higher (15,75% vs 15%)
I see on the co.uk there is no such mention about existing customers. You might want to try using the .co.uk just to be on the safe side.

Received another question via DM but I think it's better to have the answer available here:

So, all I do is go to extrabux, type Dynadot in search, click on Start Shopping, it will redirect me to Dynadot account. I pay for my items, and then I'll get 25% cashback? How long does it take to show in my extrabux account?

And the answer:
Yes - you basically search for the store you want to purchase from and you use the link before the purchase. I usually keep a "clean" browser for doing this (not incognito, I just use Chrome most of the time and use firefox just for this).

There is a small catch at extrabux with Dynadot:
The normal cashback rate is 20% and it becomes 25% if you apply "cashback boost" cards. You get these for all sort of reasons, I never ran out. You just need to apply them to the purchase once it shows.

Purchases from Dynadot usually show in my account in 1-2 days. If it doesn't show (I've had cases like that - don't know why it happened) just add it manually.

@Recons.Com: I buy a lot of closeout / auctions domains and for most of those you have to pay a renewal. It tracked all the time and it worked for me.

About the limit - I am not sure there is one actually. I've read somewhere about $5000 per calendar month per customer when doing affiliate stuff (which this basically is) so my guess it that the limit should be $5000.

[later edit]: I know that getting paid in GBP with topcashback.co.uk might not be to your liking and you might prefer topcashback.com for getting paid in USD but I am telling you from experience that it is better. The rates are better and it looks like the conditions are less restrictive. It's not that hard to use GBP or convert to USD.

 

[xynames]

I waited a week for my Dynadot purchases (over $2K worth), and they did not add to my Extrabux account automatically. Three days ago I added them manually, which is a bit of a process involves a combination of copy/paste and screenshots and filling in fields, still show as pending nothing yet.

Well that was a colossal waste of time. Extrabux is refusing to give me any cashback because my DynaDot account is not a new account. Duh. As if anyone at NamePros' affiliate account is going to be brand new. Further, they are saying that the cashback is available only for the FIRST order on a new account, which is even more restrictive.

@blank unless you have some suggestion, I suggest you not create threads like this again, at least not without explaining how it won't work for close to 100% of us. So was the point of all this to get twenty bucks referral credit from each of us for wasting all of our time, or did you genuinely not know that this wouldn't work? Or is there something that we should have done differently here?

I mean, above you answered my question about whether the cashback applies to renewals at DynaDot

with a "Yes, it does"

and you also told @Recons.Com that it applies to renewals, which OBVIOUSLY any account that is being used for "renewals" could not possibly be new.

Anyway, just to make absolutely sure I was reading the email correctly I wrote back to Extrabux, playing dumb, saying that my Extrabux account is new. But I am sure that what they mean is...that my DynaDot account is not new.

 

[Jv1999]

@blank your answer just costed me about $12

I renewed 10 and it did not add any cashback. Apparently, that counts as bulk. I assume upper limit for non-bulk is 5.

i really don't think it's worth it renewing at GD for these cashback promos. Simply because they don't allow "domainers." Literally state no selling of domains.

If you have to hide your domaining activity just to get a very low amount back, then the time involved is not worth, imho.

But if there are no restrictions at dynadot for that cashback program, then it's safe to use that instead.

 

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@Jv1999 - these are not promos. It's ongoing.
I believe your opinion just comes down to registrar preference rather than using cashback programs vs. not using them.

Latest development from my side:
I am now also using Revolut Metal to get another 1% cashback from everything purchased in the US (including all domain names purchases). With this you get 1% back from everything (including the price you pay for an auction domain). This is pretty important for me because I regularly (read few times per week) win auctions for ~ 100, 200, 300 USD.

Give it a try here:
Revolut
(by using the referral link above you do get the standard account and card for free [normally has some cost] but you have to pay to upgrade to Metal)

 

[Recons.Com]

@Recons.Com > don't use it then. You wanted to prove a point and you did. I'm not going to make it my life purpose to convince you to use cashback programs.

@Jv1999 > I don't think they're dumb, they're just support for a generic cashback program. They don't know / understand this area just like I don't understand quantum physics and you probably don't understand advanced astronomy. They just read the ToS, read the wording of the question and give a reply.

No need to be rude. You created the thread to earn affiliate money and I and others helped you, although no one had to.

And I ran into multiple problems with them, including no cashback for multiple days. When I contacted them, they asked why am I buying so much and I replied that I am a domain investor. And then ... you saw the response.

 

[Blitzpotz]

Good deal for me, too: I did not receive any rewards but Extrabux received a lot of my data.

 

[Nem0]

Thanks, will use your aff link for topcashback.com

 

[DomainNerdz]

Just signed up for both using your link. Thank you!

 

[justlife]

Thanks for sharing. I signed up using your links too. But I'm just a bit confused about the terms of topcashback for namecheap purchase:

"All domains are not eligible for cash back for existing customers." (...?)

And note: Only purchases made on NameCheap's US site are eligible for cash back.

 

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@vravis9 @Recons.Com @justlife @DomainNerdz @Nem0
Thanks for signing up using my link. Much appreciated.
Hope you will find it as useful as I think it is.

@tonyk2000 - don't use it then
I really doubt the remaining nP community (which shrunk a lot) will make a difference.

 

[vravis9]

@blank saw some rules ...

On Godaddy page...not applicable for resellers not applicable for renewals and some more...
In that case it won't help that much...

Am I wrong?

 

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@vravis9 - I replied to a similar question above.
Anyway - in short:

• for me it worked (though last time I used GD with topcashback.com was a few months ago)
• I use topcashback.co.uk beacause it has better cashback rate. It looks like it is also less restrictive. Maybe use that to be on the safe side.

 

[Recons.Com]

@blank your answer just costed me about $12

I renewed 10 and it did not add any cashback. Apparently, that counts as bulk. I assume upper limit for non-bulk is 5.

 

[Jv1999]

@blank it turns out, domain investors are not welcome at topcashback

LOL they're so dumb they think that GD doesn't allow domain reselling :O :D not like AFTERNIC EXISTS OR ANYTHING?!?!

 

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@Recons.Com > don't understand what you removed but ok - great. {LE: okay, understood, you removed the "little cashflow" part}

It's not mentoring tone. From the "Thanks for getting in touch" start of the reply, even if English is only my third language, I was assuming you went and simply asked for a clarification for something that is engineered to be vague - affiliate ToSs. In my book that's looking for trouble, not looking to solve an existing issue (like your missing cashback).
I did not know it was a cherrypicked reply from a longer conversation. Now I know.
Can you please accept my apologies and let's just move on?

 

[xynames]

I was going to give you the benefit of the doubt, but the tone of your post is not worthy of any doubt.

And by the way, this is all I wrote in my inquiry

and I sent in even just those few words only after waiting silently nearly a month for the cashback.
I find it particularly representative of your character that you would not only refuse to at least admit that you made a mistake in thinking that renewals will earn cash back, but even go so far as accusing those who followed your advice of being the cause of the problem.

As well, the final response just came in:

You must have known that Extrabux's policy is that only new affiliate accounts are eligible for cashback. As well, unless you're clueless, you must have known that any accounts seeking renewals could not be new. Duh. "Renewal" means - an established account. Not a new one. A new account couldn't possibly be seeking renewals, in that extrabux is saying that the DynaDot account must be created at the same time as the order is first made. And, even then the cashback is good only for the first order, no others.


Stepping back from all this, it's inconceivable - too good to be true - that anyone could get 20-25% back when paying just over cost (just over eight dollars per) on thousands of dollars of dot com renewals. I am certain that you have never received any such cash back yourself on renewals. I mean, where would extrabux find the money? Dynadot isn't going to kick them back twenty cents on each dot com renewal when they are already practically giving it away at cost.

"Reporting" this thread is childish, there is nothing "report worthy" here and you know it. All that came out of this thread was evidence that you're the type of person who accuses others instead of standing up tall and admitting you made a mistake.

 

[Jv1999]

Yep. . . as I said... just was not worth it if we all read the fine print beforehand...

No idea why OP is angry with us. I think he expected us to give him an income stream without caring whether or not it would actually benefit us.

 

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@Grand - there is no direct cashback option for those as far as I'm aware

 

[xynames]

Scroll up to read about how more than a few of us were suckered into wasting our time with any of these cash back programs.

If you do sign up I recommend that you do not use any sort of affiliate link - sign up on your own that way after you’ve wasted your time and gotten not a penny of cash back for any domain related purchases at least you won’t have lined the pockets of whoever convinced you to sign up.

 

[Domainstore]

I'll do that, but this thread is very confusing and scares me to begin with it.
(also because the money can be used elsewhere : do you get lots of spam from them ?)

 

[mayhemalex]

Thx mate. Big fan of cashback co's. Signed up under your aff on both

 

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min pay for me to take cashback? pay via PP or CC?

Multiple payment options - including PayPal, wire / ACH, card, various gift cards (with bonus), etc.
Very low payout limit - $10 as far as I remember.

 

[Recons.Com]

registered with topcashback using your referral.

Does it work with renewals at GD? Because it says it doesn't? Limits on number of domains per transaction?

 

[vravis9]

Signed up using your link...

Hope it helps...

I am yet to do any purchase..
Thanks