QuickRewards.net Shopping Blog

New Merchants at QuickRewards

He's at it again!  Dmitry is busy adding new merchants to QuickRewards.net -- here's the rundown:

Bidz.com (8% cash back for QR members):  Live jewelry auctions with an interesting feature to eliminate last-minute sniping: if an auction gets a bid in the last 15 seconds, the auction time extends another 15 seconds.

Bistro MD (15% cash back):  Home-delivered gourmet diet food endorsed by Dr. Phil! 

Care.com ($10 cash back):  Find pre-screened, background-checked applicants for babysitting, nanny, and pet sitter positions!

Dell Financial Services (1.75% cash back):  Refurbished off-lease Dell computers at awesome prices!  Laptops as low as $260!

Experian Automotive (12% cash back):  Vehicle history reports for used car buyers.  Find out before you buy if a car's been wrecked, flooded, stolen, repo'd, auctioned, and more!  Check unlimited VINs for 60 days for just $24.99!

Four Points by Sheraton (1.5% cash back):  Comfortable, quality hotel at bargain rates!

illy caffe (6% cash back):  Famous Italian espresso, coffee, and tea!

The Lighter Side (5% cash back):  Great gift ideas including funny t-shirts, novelties, and retro and other collectibles.  M&Ms, Elvis, I Love Lucy, and much more -- lots of neat stuff here!

Qwest ($20 to sign up):  High speed internet access!  You don't have to be a landline customer to sign up.  Bundle with phone service and get internet starting at $14.99!

Tool King (3% cash back):  Where pros get tools!  Accepting your Amazon login for speedy checkout.  Find brands like Bosch, Makita, DeWalt, and more!

QuickRewards members, forward your confirmation email to support for cashback credit if you use these links!  Not a member of QR?  Click here to sign up!

QuickRewards.net Elite Membership Program

If you're not a member of QuickRewards.net yet, I have another reason for you to join:  QR has just announced a new, 100% free, Elite membership program to reward its faithful shoppers and/or survey respondents!  Here's the announcement -- post a comment if you have any questions and I'll do my best to get 'em answered for you!  And if you'd like to sign up for QuickRewards, here's the link to click!

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Introducing QuickRewards.net's New Elite Membership Program!

In appreciation of your loyalty, QuickRewards wants to reward you even more!

Beginning October 1, 2008, QuickRewards will be rewarding select members with the status of QuickRewards Elite Membership.

QuickRewards Elite, a 100% free benefit for our most loyal members,  offers the following benefits:

• The ability to cash out QR Tokens for gift certificates
• Double tokens every month no matter what you earn monthly (no need to earn $50 in two months for it to double)
• 10% bonus* on all shopping cashback earned following the fifth purchase each quarter
• Special contests for Elite members only
• Limited-time promotions for Elite members only, such as cashback and survey bonuses
• Advance notice of sales
• And other surprises and gifts for Elite Members only!

To achieve QuickRewards Elite Membership status, you must meet ONE of the following qualifications:

• Be a current member of the QuickRewards.net Frequent Shopper Program (with at least one order in September)

OR

• Have completed 75 or more surveys of any type (OTX, Greenfield, and targeted) through QuickRewards in the time period of July 1 through September 30

OR

• Have made five purchases (at least 3 must be over $10) through QuickRewards between July 1 and September 30

OR

• Have been a member of QuickRewards.net since 2002 or 2003 and request to join the program before its official launch on October 1, despite not meeting any of the above requirements.

To maintain Elite Membership, members must continue to meet the requirements of either 5 purchases (at least 3 must be over $10) or 75 surveys (combination of OTX, Greenfield and targeted) each quarter.


Interested? If you meet any of the above qualifications, and you would like to request Elite Membership status, simply send an email to support@quickrewards.net with the subject line, "Elite."

QuickRewards appreciates your loyalty and as always, is at your service!


Terms:
1. Ebay and iTunes orders have to be over $10 to count toward the 5 required orders to maintain Elite membership.  For all other merchants, at least 3 out of the 5 required orders must be over $10 before shipping/taxes/coupons.
2.  Orders and surveys are counted toward the requirements of the quarter in which they were completed (although due to crediting delays they may not credit until after several days after the quarter ends).
3.  Failure to meet the requirements for one quarter will result in a loss of Elite privileges for the next quarter.  If you meet the requirements again, you will be reinstated into the Elite program the following quarter. Grace periods are only given on a case-by-case basis upon request.
4.  Surveys that are manually credited do not count towards the 75 required surveys to maintain the membership.
5.  Quarter 1 is defined as JAN/FEB/MARCH, Quarter 2 is APRIL/MAY/JUNE, Quarter 3 is JULY/AUG/SEPT and Quarter 4 is OCT/NOV/DEC.
6.  Shopping orders that are returned or canceled will not count towards the minimum required to maintain the membership.
7. QuickRewards reserves the right to cancel the Elite membership program, change its program benefits or requirements, or ban a member from the Elite program any time.

*Within two weeks after the end of a quarter, Elite Members will receive a bonus of 10% extra cashback earned on all orders placed after meeting the five order requirement. This bonus is an extra 10% of your cash back earned, not an additional 10% added to the merchant's cashback rate.  Note that the 10% bonus will not apply to  purchases made at a few merchants, including merchants that pay 1% or less in cashback rates.

Lakeside Collection - Bonus for Frequent Shopper Program Members

QuickRewards is now rewarding for purchases made at Lakeside Collection!  Our introductory rate will be 5% cash back on all purchases.  And, if you're a member of the Frequent Shopper Program, you'll receive an additional $0.50 per purchase!  Just start your shopping session through QR's link to Lakeside Collection -- and be sure you're logged into your account before clicking through to the store!


You may have seen Lakeside Collection's catalogs delivered by mail -- they are known for having nice quality, VERY reasonably priced gifts and items for the home.  Some examples of wonderful bargains you'll find there include:






The Tinker Bell Bag Collection:  $3.95 for the cosmetic case, $5.95 for the handbag, and $9.95 for the messenger bag!  They have Tinker Bell, Princess, and Dora Musical Jewelry Boxes, too, for just $7.95!







Fiber Optic Harvest Scarecrow:  Just $4.95!  It's a nice size, too:  15" x 10" x 7.5".  Cute!






Dianna Marcum Scrapbook Kits are just $4.95 and include papers, icon and word stickers, punchouts, and alphabet and number stickers.  Both Fall and Winter kits are available!




You'll have fun looking through the selection at Lakeside Collection.  They have some really amazing bargains!  And don't forget, for a limited time you'll receive 5% cash back on your purchases, when you shop through QuickRewards.net!

Frequent Shopper members, remember to request your $0.50 per order bonus!

QuickRewards.net's Summer Frequent Shopper Promotion

QuickRewards.net Frequent Shopper Program members, please don't forget about the ongoing summer promotion!  FSP members will receive points for each purchase they make through QuickRewards from the start of the promotion (July 14) through 9/15/08. 

How many points will you get?  It's a mystery...but it'll depend on each order's total and cashback percentage.  (Larger orders will usually mean more points.)  After you forward your shopping confirmation email to QR, they'll mail you back to let you know how many points you received.

What do you do with these points?  You can redeem them through 9/15 for a bonus to your QR account.

How much of a bonus are you talking about?  The points-to-cash schedule is here, but it ranges from $1 to $25 plus a free QuickRewards t-shirt!  (I have one!  It's VERY high quality, AND it's a good way to talk up the site to potential referrals, which'll earn you even more cash to your QR account!)

Can I just make 75 $0.01 orders and get the $25 bonus?  I don't think so, Smarty Pants!  There's some fine print in the promotion to make sure people don't try to abuse it this way.

I'm not a Frequent Shopper Program member!  Can I get in on this promotion?  Sure!  When you make your first purchase through QuickRewards, forward your shopping confirmation email to QR support and tell them you'd like to join the Frequent Shopper Program.  QR will get you signed up, AND they'll give you ten points in the summer promotion!

There are some other details in the promotion about leftover points, an order total minimum required for Ebay purchases to qualify, canceling or returning an order nullifying your points, etc., so be sure to read all of the details here... then go shopping!