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UPDATE 2: A new portal named iConsumer is currently offering 1.6% cash back at GiftCards.com. I tested and received email confirmation the next day.
UPDATE: The cash back rate for GiftCards.com at Simply Best Coupons has dropped to 1% regardless of whether you go through the “Visa Gift Cards” or “GiftCards.com” links.
I stumbled across something interesting the other day. GiftCards.com (which sells $500 Visa gift cards online) is available through Simply Best Coupons portal. If you search the portal for GiftCards.com, you’ll find a 1% cash back rate. That’s not bad. However, if you search for Visa Gift Cards, you’ll find a 1.5% cash back rate even though this link also goes to GiftCards.com!
Direct Link: Visa Gift Cards at Simply Best Coupons
Link to iConsumer (1.6% cash back): iConsumer
Disclosure: I will earn a referral bonus if you use the links above
Each $500 Visa gift card includes a $6.95 card fee, plus shipping charges. Visa gift cards from GiftCards.com do have PINs and each can be personalized with your name on them (that can be useful at some stores that insist you use a debit card with your name on it).
I tested two separate $500 Visa gift cards online purchases (at 1.5%):
First, I bought a single $500 Visa gift card and paid $1.99 for shipping & handling. The total came to $508.94. Within a few hours, Simply Best Coupons emailed my pending cash back information. Order amount: $506.95. Pending cash back: $7.60. So, my net total cost for this $500 gift card will be $508.94 – $7.60 = $501.34. That’s an excellent price for a $500 gift card!
Next, I bought four $500 Visa gift cards and paid a fixed $7.45 shipping fee for all four. The total came to $2035.25. Again, within a few hours, Simply Best Coupons emailed my pending cash back information. Order amount: $2,027.80. Pending cash back: $30.42. My net cost for four $500 give cards will be $2035.25 – $30.42 = $2004.83. The average cost per card will be: $501.21.
UPDATED rates at 1% cash back
With Simply Best Coupons now at 1% cash back, the price after rebate should be as follows:
One $500 Visa with $1.99 shipping: $508.94. Expected rebate: $5.07. Final price after rebate: $503.87.
Four $500 Visa cards with fixed $7.45 shipping: $2035.25. Expected rebate: $20.28. Final price after rebate: $2014.97. Final price per card after rebate: $503.74.
UPDATED rates at 1.6% cash back (via iConsumer)
I bought a single $500 Visa gift card and paid $1.99 for shipping & handling. The total came to $508.94. One day later, iConsumer emailed my pending cash back information. Order amount: $506.95. Pending cash back: $8.11. So, my net total cost for this $500 gift card will be $508.94 – $8.11 = $500.83. That’s an amazing price for a $500 Visa gift card!
Keep in mind that portal cash back can take months to go from pending to payable. Also, iConsumer requires earning $25 or more before they’ll send a check.
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| Name / Link | Offer | Frequent Miler Notes: |
|---|---|---|
| iConsumer | Earn free shares shares of iConsumer stock (promotion details vary over time) | With this portal you earn both cash back and shares in the iConsumer business. Requires $25 payable before they'll pay out the cash back. |
| Simply Best Coupons | You will earn a $5 bonus after you register, and I’ll earn 5% of any cash back you earn, up to a maximum of $50. | I've had very good luck with this portal. |
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It’s impossible to order from giftcards.com! They cancel the order within minutes of placing the order every time, supposedly for “security reasons”. I’ve tried 8 orders so far on two different credit cards and all of them have been cancelled. I also tried from the Android app.
Customer no-service is no help. They just tell you it’s for security reasons and tell you to have a nice day!
Are you sure you weren’t ordering from giftcardmall? that’s exactly what happens to me with them, but I haven’t had any trouble with giftcards.com.
I’m 100% sure it was giftcard.com. I’ve now tried to order 15 times and it never works! Here’s part of the email I get –
Invoice #xxxxxxx, placed through GiftCards.com, has been cancelled. The order was unfortunately not approved by our security screening process, and as a result, the gift card will not be shipped. No funds were collected from your credit or debit card for this order.
We consider online security, which protects both our customers as well as our company, to be a top priority. Please review the billing and shipping information to ensure they were entered accurately.
Our goal is to make our customers smile, which is why we are so sorry to have disappointed you!
Please accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience,
GiftCards.com
Now they seem to have modified the code so as soon as I click Submit to place an order I see this error – We’re sorry. We were unable to charge your credit card. The address provided does not match the billing address of cardholder.
If you believe you are receiving this message in error, please contact your issuing bank.
For my bank address I copied the address from the USPS Zip Lookup and did the same for Giftcards.com so they match, but they still think I have an incorrect address.
cash required for all gc purchase in 7-11. ><
Some things that I found out today:
1) My bluebird card: no email received that said loads were disabled.
With the cards bought from giftcard via iconsumer- Could not reload BB @ WM.
This could be due to my card being blacklisted however, I could transfer funds into my account from my wife’s One VIP serve account and think if my account was blacklist , transfers into the account would be disabled as well. I will try Simon GC and see if it works… Any advice meanwhile?
2)Wife’s new One VIP serve card: Successfully loaded @ WM but failed at 7Eleven and CVS does not allow debit reloads. I will try the Simon GC @ CVS and 7Eleven. Any advice on gift card reloads at locations other than WM?
Thank you.
1) I’ve heard from others with accounts that were shut down that transfers in were still working, but no other loads work. So, I’d recommend giving up on that card.
2) 7-11 and CVS haven’t allowed debit loads for a long time. Don’t bother with those stores. For loading Serve, try Rite Aid, Family Dollar, or Dollar General.
Thank you-I guess its time to say addios to BB. The physical cheque is a feature that I will miss but maybe there is a similar work around with the Mail to feature @ One VIP.
below is a recent reply on tweeter: (wonder what else or other retailers they exclude the 2x CB although they have advertised it; feel iffy at best)
iConsumer Corp. @iConsumerShop 4m4 minutes ago
Unfortunately the double cash-back does not apply to http://giftcards.com at this time.
Just wanna chime in about iConsumer being running their DOUBLE CASHBACK promo till 1/30 or something. So, ebay for 16% back and GiftCards.com for 3.2% back.
Could you confirm the 3.2% cash back on giftcards please? The Website still shows 1.6% unless you get 3.2% after an order is placed?
The 1.6% rate is already doubled for the promotion. You won’t get 3.2%. So, we can expect the rate to drop to .8% at the end of the month.
Thank you . Just read your other post too. It is a little confusing as it was 1.6% 4 days ago and this double cash back offer started today.
Anyways, I did a trail run today- lets see what comes up on their portal as cash back offered.
Does anybody have experience with the Yazing.com portal that is offering 2% cashback?
GiftCards.com is now at 1.5% cashback on Yazing. We offer quick turn around on payments! Check us out!
http://yazing.com/deals/giftcards.com/
I’ve ordered quite a bit from there these last two weeks through yazing, so a fast turn around would be nice. Frequent miler commented somewhere that he got his payout in less then a month so that was why I was using yazing so much now. Thanks
All,
I did a test purchase with iConsumer (currently at 1.6% cash back for GiftCards.com). The next day I received email confirmation of the order with the correct 1.6% cash back tracked. I’ve updated this post with the iConsumer info and added my friend referral link.
It’s worth mentioning that iConsumer gives out shares of their stock along with cash back, but it is not yet know what those shares are worth. So, my recommendation is to proceed on the assumption that the shares are worth nothing and then be happily surprised if they end up being worth something.
CAUTION: Just because the portal seems to track correctly doesn’t mean that they’ll pay out reliably. They probably will, but you never know.
So, how many shares are you getting for the one gift card purchase?
Right now it’s the equivalent amount as the cash back, with the shares valued at .09c. Once they get 50,000 members, they will increase the share price, decreasing the share equivalence. The price per share for conversion will step higher at other levels of membership. For more details, refer to their SEC filing. A couple weeks ago, I inquired about their membership and it was about 1000 members.
90.13 shares. If they’re really worth 9 cents each (which I doubt), that will be about $8.
Think giftcards.com is down. Can’t login. Secure Connection failure.
It is working now
Still down for me. Tried two different computers, with 3 different browsers on each. Weird.
Downloaded the app. That works.
A portal called iConsumer is offering 1.6% on Giftcards.com. You might want to use that instead of Simply Best Coupons.
http://www.iconsumer.com/html/store.cfm?vendorid=15298&m=615&p=13
Thanks. I know. I placed an order this morning through there. I don’t want to publish it until I’ve tested that the cash back tracks properly.
It appears above that gift cards.com have pins.
Do gift card mall cards come with pins?
GiftCardMall: Sometimes they have PINs and sometimes not. If shipped from Incentive Card Labs, they do not.
The reduction to 1% renders it dead for me, given shipping costs and the higher load fee. If everything worked perfectly, you’d end up with net ~$15 in fees per $2K. It’s not worth the risk or hassle to me, so I’ll stick with local MSing @ $19.80 per $2K.
Could be brought down to $15.8 /2K -Simon GC.
I accidentally ordered 5 $500 gift cards from Gift Card Mall..These do not have pins correct?
If so how can one cancel their order?
Apparently they DO have a pin. As stated above.
Some gift cards from Gift Card Mall have a PIN, but many do not. Cards from GiftCards.com do have PINs.
UPDATE: Rebate price has dropped to 1%. I’ve updated the post. New price after rebate for $500 give cards is under $504. That’s still a good deal in my opinion. I also plan to look into other portal options that advertise higher payouts.
I don’t know your policy on other people sharing their own referral links, but here’s mine for Dollar Dig. https://www.dollardig.com/?ref=2103
They currently have 1.2% back. They do sometimes have issues tracking it, but in my experience, customer support is great with still giving cashback so long as you follow the restrictions and guidelines.
Note that if you use my referral link, you get $2.50 and I get $2.50, as opposed to you just getting $5.00 if you signup straight through the site.
I’m only seeing 1% as well. Any suggestions Greg?
Price is showing as just 1% cash back now.