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What Quidco Say

“ Quidco is the web's cashback cooperative. Quidco collects referral commissions from online merchants and passes them all on to our members. The Quidco cooperative is a cashback revolution where members keep their full earnings in exchange for giving Quidco £5 out of their earnings once a year. The Quidco model works for both the merchant and you. It enables the merchant to reach a large base of motivated savvy buyers and it enables you to get back big savings by buying from merchants who participate in the model. ”
The number of retailers the cashback site has links to. The more retailers the site has, the wider the range of offers.
Does the site offer any form of points or cash bonus when you sign up? If so, how much? Most sites will offer some form of sing-up bonus, some are more generous than others.
Is there any other type of incentive available for signing up? Some sites offer extra cash for providing extra information during sign up.
Does the site charge you an annual admin fee? This is not common but a few will, we’ll tell you how much it is.
What percentage of the money does the cashback site pass on to you for each transaction? Most will not pass 100% on to you, and those that do will normally charge an Admin fee instead.
What do you collect on the site? Cash is the most common, but on some sites you accumulate points which can be converted to cash. Less common are reward only sites.
All cashback sites are subject to the conditions of the retailers in terms of how long it will take to confirm your purchase. But after that period, each site varies considerably in how long they take to pass the cash on to you, we tell you how each site does it.
What payment methods does the site offer you to get the cash into your bank account?
Most cashback sites will only pay you once you have accumulated a certain amount of cash or points in your account, we tell you how much it is.
Does the site have a forum? Forums can be useful to find out and share information about your experiences on cashback sites. Head on over to ours for more information about all of the cashback sites we feature.
In addition to receiving cashback for retailer purchases, most sites will offer alternative ways to collect cash or points. This can range from performing searches on certain shopping sites to entering competitions and completing surveys to writing reviews. It varies from site to site so we aim to let you know which sites offer which methods. Check out our FAQs for more information on how to earn extra cashback on these sites.
Many cashback sites have a referral scheme, whereby you can refer your friends to the site and if they sign up you will receive compensation in the form of cash or points. Sometimes the friend just needs to register for you to be rewarded, and other times they need to earn a certain amount of cashback themselves before the site will reward you. The best deals are when you earn a percentage of your friend's cashback for life. We tell you if the site has a referral scheme and if so what the deal is.
Some cashback sites use the engine or template of another cashback site and simply re-brand it in in their own image. These are called white label sites, and we aim to tell you which site engine they are using. This can be significant because sometimes they will also share databases which means the offers will be the same between the two sites and if you are member of one site, you will also be a member of the other, meaning you cannot create a new account with the white label site.
Some cashback sites will provide an option to donate some or all of your cashback to charity, whilst others may donate a percentage of their profits to charity. We'll tell you what charity options, if any, the site has.
Some cashback sites will match an offer from another cashback site.

Key Facts (What You Need To Know)

Number of retailers
1,255
Sign up bonus?
No
Sign up bonus comment
n/a
Admin fee?
Yes, £5.00
% of commission given to you?
100%
Collection method
Cash
Payment terms
Payments are normally made automatically starting at the very end of the month. Sometimes payments roll over into the start of the new month. The final payments usually go out by the end of the first week in the new month.
Payment methods
PayPal, BACS
Minimum payout?
No
Forum on site?
No
Additional cashback features
n/a
Referral Scheme
No
White Label Site
n/a
Charity Option
No
Match offers from other sites?
No
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Last updated: 03-05-2008


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Average rating:  (2.6 out of 5 based on 9 reviews)
 Customer service sucks, 11/5/2008 
Reviewer: eleanor
I agree with the other reviewers that the support is terrible. My support tickets are not responded to. Very disappointing.
 Terrible, 7/18/2008 
Reviewer: 
I contacted customer service for help and there answers just lead no where. Their customer service is as bad as Paypals (theres sucks!)
 Poor service, 5/17/2008 
Reviewer: 
Their support is almost useless. Had been using Quidco for over a year without problems till out of the blue they closed my account due to so called "abuse" and stole all my money. tried contacting them for the reason but couldn't see the replys to the ticket as my account was suspended. over £60 lost in total, mostly from gambling offers and buying stuff. keep well away is my advice. it's a good site untill you run in to problems or they close your account for no reason and keep your hard earnt cash.
 Good but maybe not the best, 4/25/2008 
Reviewer: Romesh
Definitely the nicest looking cashback site, and tracking is above average.

The biggest flaws, however, are the lack of a forum and the lack of detail provided on failed claims.

They do seem to payout pretty quick after receiving payment from merchants (I've had two so far).

A good one to keep in your bookmarks
 Definitely worth considering, 4/22/2008 
Reviewer: Dave
Quidco are well established in the world of cashbacking as they were the original pioneers of a 100% cashback scheme. Quidco are also very reliable at tracking and generally pay out more than other cashback sites. Their website is simple and intuitive to use and they no longer charge for BACS or require a minimum payout.

Now for the negative aspects... they do charge a £5 admin fee every year which may not be suitable for some people who don?t do much shopping online. Also, despite charging each user £5 a year, Quidco like to make some extra money by holding onto your money for as long as possible before finally releasing it. They have various scheming ways of doing this such as putting your ?money on ice? for 2 weeks when you submit an enquiry. They also like to make you wait a long time before you can submit queries in the hope that you?ll forget. There are other examples but I?m sure you get the idea.

I know I criticise Quidco a lot but I really feel it?s important that people know that Quidco are not as morally sound as they like to claim they are. They are just another business at the end of the day who want to make money out of you and me. If I had to pick one recommend one cashback site to use it would still be Quidco as they do a good job at what they do.
 Good but not perfect, 4/2/2008 
Reviewer: John
Been with Quidco since June '05 and earned over £1000 to date so have had quite a bit of experience with them.

I like their user friendly website which has improved over the years. Perhaps this is partly where the £5 admin fee goes, I think some of it also went into some of the unresolved transactions of 2005 which is nice. I myself have had my fair share of transactions not track properly which by they way have about a 50% chance of successfully being resolved (despite clearing my cookies every time) and I do appreciate that cashback is a possibility not a gurantee.

The other quibble I have with them is the rather excessive amount of time between purchasing an item and the cashback appearing in your bank account. They do take their sweet time about paying sometimes, as if the £5 admin isn't enough, they seem to like "holding onto" and earning interest on your money as long as possible before finally releasing it. This is also reflected in the amount of time transaction enquiries take to get looked at and resolved. Quidco aren't entirely to blame here, but I do think they could be a bit more efficient.

Having ended on a number of criticisms, I do actually highly rate Quidco overall, as I do feel that they are fairly comprehensive in the number of retailers on offer, as well as offering the best, if not a very competitive cashback rate. I do feel they could do a little more for the £5 they take from us each year. This, as well as some of the reasons I mentioned above is why they are slightly shy of a 5* rating.
 not the best 100% site, 3/22/2008 
Reviewer: serenaturn
quidco is probably the cashback site most people have heard of , I can't really complain from my experiences a few years back , Most things tracked and confirmed without problems , However the reason I left was simply when you needed the customer service to chase missing cashback or help in any way they simply weren't there or replies were heavily delayed , for me personally I use another 100% site now and am very happy with it .
 Once bitten..., 3/16/2008 
Reviewer: siandkerry
I joined this site following a recommendation and the first thing I did was book a trip through Lastminute.com. Unfortunately the cashback wasn't credited and I had to chase QuidCo several times and it took a number of months to resolve. Whilst it was being resolved I used LastMinute again (and other retailers) but didn't bother going through Quidco because of the hassle. I haven't bothered with cashback sites again because of this experience but would give it another go if some of the reviews persuade me that my experience was just a 'one off'.
 One of the best around - but no friend referrals, 3/15/2008 
Reviewer: atkinsar
Most people have heard of QuidCo as one of the first and biggest cashback sites out there. I've been a member now for nearly a year and I have used them extensively and I have say their site is one of the more user friendly around. I particularly like the way they display your earnings and let you know a rough date you'll get paid.

There are a couple of other great things about QuidCo like there is no minimum payout and they will pay to a PayPal account. They have a huge amount of retailers and generally have very competitive cashback rates and I've never had to dispute any cashback deals with them.

However, there are some downsides (aren't there always!) - they don't have any offers for Amazon (unlike other cashback sites like UKRewards, Cashback Rewards, Bakanda etc). They also charge you 5 quid a year for the privilege, but they do give you 100% cashback so you makes your choices I guess. One of the biggest downsides for me is that they don't offer any incentives for referring friends, I really like this feature which is available on most cashback sites.

I'd recommend QuidCo but they are not the be all and end all of cashback sites, I'd always recommend shopping around other cashback sites for better offers.

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