QuidCo

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Summary

Quidco rewards you with real cash for making your purchases through them. It’s completely free.

Cashback can be either withdrawn as cash (via PayPal or BACS) or as gift cards. Quidco give you a bonus for withdrawing as gift cards, with the total bonus varying based on shop.

Signing up through my referral link has the benefit of rewarding you with a £10 bonus when you reach £5 cashback. I’ll also receive a bonus.

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How does it work?

Quidco is a cashback site which is very similar to TopCashback. I tend to check both before making a purchase as they sometimes have different offers and rates available.

Quidco rewards you with real cash for making your purchases through them. The amount of cashback varies but can sometimes be very substantial. Regardless of the amount, provided you were intending to purchase the product/service anyway you can’t lose as Quidco is completely free to use.

The process is very simple; once you have decided what you want to buy and from where you visit the Quidco site and search for the company you plan to purchase through. If there is cashback available simply click on the “GET CASHBACK” button. You will be taken to the company website and you can shop normally. If your purchase qualifies, a few hours or days later you will be credited with cashback in your Quidco account.

Cashback can be either withdrawn as cash (via PayPal or BACS) or as gift cards. You get a bonus for withdrawing as gift cards, with the total bonus varying based on shop. For example, at the time of writing, you get a 15% bonus when withdrawing gift cards for Virgin experience days.

The site offers two membership levels: Basic and Premium. Premium costs £5 per year, which is taken from your cashback. This offers a number of benefits which are outlined in the below image taken from the Quidco site:

It can take quite a long time before the money becomes payable so it’s best not to rely on the cashback for paying bills or anything else important.

One thing to note is that on rare occasions the cashback will not track correctly (usually if you’re using an ad block program) so the safest thing to do is only buy from a merchant if it’s the cheapest/best regardless of the cashback. That way, although it’s disappointing to miss the extra cash, you won’t have lost anything.

Opinion

So far I’m impressed with Quidco although I haven’t used it anywhere near as much as TopCashback.

Personally, I haven’t signed up for a Premium account yet as I’ve only used Quidco for a short while but if I start to use it more then I imagine I’ll make the leap.