Capital One Shopping is back again with a targeted referral promotion. This time around, it’s awarding $40 for both sides when you refer a new customer and they sign up for Capital One Shopping and install the Capital One Shopping extension in a desktop or mobile browser and keep it for at least 90 days. That’s a pretty low bar in terms of what your friends & family need to do to trigger the bonus, though we’ve seen some higher targeted bonuses in the past.
The Deal
- Capital One Shopping is out with a targeted referral offer to get $40 for both sides when you refer someone who signs up for a Capital One Shopping account, installs the Capital One Shopping extension in a desktop or mobile browser and keeps it installed for a minimum of 90 days
- Note that there is a $500 limit for referral bonuses per referral period and terms prohibit the referree from getting the bonus if the referrer has maxed out their referrals.
If you’re new to Capital One Shopping, feel free to use one of our referral links with our thanks.
Key Terms
- For either you or your refer-ee to qualify for a referral sign up bonus, your refer-ee cannot have or have had a Capital One Shopping account, and your refer-ee must sign up and install the Capital One Shopping desktop computer or mobile browser extension via your referral link.
- By participating in the referral program, you are telling your refer-ee that you’re a Capital One Shopping customer.
- Bonuses will be automatically applied to your account and your refer-ee’s account within 30 days after satisfying these requirements.
- You may only earn up to $500 in referral bonuses per referral period.
- Bonuses will be awarded as Capital One Shopping Rewards, and are subject to the Capital One Shopping Terms of Service.
Quick Thoughts
Capital One Shopping has been a favorite portal of mine over the past couple of years for their sometimes awesome targeted offers of up to 30% back. I’ve used many offers (and in many cases for large enough purchases to earn hundreds of dollars back on a single purchase). I think it can definitely be worth having a Capital One Shopping account and installing the extension in a browser where you’ll do some shopping in order to encourage some good targeted offers.
If you’re playing in two-player mode, it might be worth giving this a shot in Player 1 signing up through a referral and hoping to get targeted with an offer to refer Player 2. Getting this $40 bonus each (plus maybe a referral bonus if Player 1 refers Player 2) would certainly beat no bonus at all (which is what we’ve mostly seen since the beginning of this year).
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Currently dealing with Gift Card fraud after redeeming for $250 StubHub gift card. Customer service has been giving me the runaround for weeks since Cap1 does not actually process gift cards themselves. No one is actually helping or following up and it really has me second guessing Cap1 shopping. Seems like it’s just “oh well, not our fault” no matter who I talk to.
Has anyone had problems with creating an account? I’ve tried multiple browsers and computers. Whoever clicks on my link and then tires to create an account gets an error saying “Unable to create account” and nothing happens.
Same here. I was never able to create an account. I just gave up and c1 is not the best company to deal with. Most blogger even don’t acknowledge the existence of the problem and how bad c1 is when it comes to problem resolving
Can’t seem to create an account is this because you maxed your referral already? I read that if you are maxed and people use it they also won’t qualify for the bonus is that true?
I don’t know why you keep promoting this app. It’s honestly the absolute worst. Many people never get the bonus even after they have completed the spending. To actually get the gift cards you have to sign away your first born as well as give them loads of private info in addition to all the browsing info they take from you. It’s seriously scammy and if you don’t believe me see the 89% of trustpilot reviews that rate the company 1 star. https://www.trustpilot.com/review/capitaloneshopping.com
I didn’t automatically get the $200 bonus at the end of last year, but after following up with Capital One it did get credited to my account and it seemed to work for other readers too https://frequentmiler.com/didnt-get-your-200-from-capital-one-shopping-drop-them-an-email/
To redeem the cashback, I think I’ve only ever had to get confirmation emails and texts from them. While it’s added a couple of minutes to the redemption process, I wouldn’t describe it as onerous considering other shopping portals often want to send verification emails or texts themselves.
The reason we sometimes highlight Capital One Shopping deals is because they can be incredibly generous, with far higher rates than you’ll get through other portals. Those rates are targeted but can be incredibly lucrative, so although the portal isn’t perfect, it’s one of the top three portals I use from day-to-day.
Unfortunately, I and others who didn’t bug them until a few days after your post never received our referral bonuses, nor did our referrals. Just responses insisting the terms were not completed (with no specifics, likely because the terms were completed).
I’ll have a very high bar to use COS (e.g. 15% vs <5%) in the future given that experience plus the gift card redemption requirement.
This. A variety of friends did everything for that bonus last year. None of us got bonus, referral, etc. This wasn’t a one off. Emailed, etc Eff them
Just to add a counter data point …
While I have no doubt about the legitimacy of the negative experiences reported, I can definitely say that C1S has been hands down the best and most profitable shopping portal for me. (I also use Rakuten, Swagbucks, and a couple of others.) As often reported on this site, the targeted offers are oftentimes ridiculously high (25%+), making them hard to resist. Now, I have certainly had a handful of purchases not automatically post (in particular car rentals for some reason), but my customer service experience has been nothing short of excellent, with them manually and quickly crediting my account virtually every time (except rarely where I legitimately missed an exclusion; that’s obviously on me).
Now, I will say that I am VERY careful and patient in how I make my purchases and claim my rewards:
Also, I don’t think I’ve ever had an issue redeeming my rewards. We regularly redeem for Safeway, Ebay, and TJ Maxx gift cards, among others, and they always come through quickly and reliably.
Again, not trying to suggest any of the negative reviews are anything but legit. And that’s definitely concerning. But in defense of FM’s continuing to post about C1S, I’m at least one data point who has benefitted greatly.
In the mobile app, I don’t see an option to refer anyone.
I have met the previous 500$ quota, that might be the reason.
Have to login into the laptop and see whether I have the option or not.