If you haven’t started earning cashback, these offers – including a decent welcome bonus – could be the ones to get you started!
I’ve earned thousands of pounds through TopCashback and Quidco in the last 10 years – and that’s just by doing some normal shopping.
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New member sign up deals
I think the best welcome bonuses are the ones that aren’t linked to a specific retailer. These open-ended offers mean you can get cashback no matter where you shop.
There are sometimes other deals that will pay a similar amount but they are restricted to specific retailers or require a higher minimum spend (eg £30). I’ll share these below if they are better than the generic offers.
You can only get one new sign-up offer.
Free £20 bonus when you spend £10
This £20 new member bonus is one of the best offers we’ve ever seen – and it’s exclusive to our readers. You need to spend £10 via one of the retailers listed on TCB to get this bonus (excluding takeaways). You must go via this link or the button below.
Ends 23:59 15 May 2024 or when 1,000 people have redeemed the offer.
Free £15 bonus
Or there’s a £15 new member bonus. You need to spend £15 via one of the retailers listed on TCB to get this bonus (excluding takeaways). You must go via this link or the button below.
Read the full terms and conditions here. Ends 30 June 2024.
In-store cashback
TopCashback is offering a new way of earning cashback via your debit or credit card.
You can register and connect cards here. In terms of doubling with other cashback cards, Amex is on there, but Chase isn’t.
It looks like you need to activate the offer at TopCashback before spending, so it won’t just automatically happen when you spend. Offers showing at launch (for me) varied from single use to multiple use and lasted either 28 or 56 days. The retailers will change but at launch I was shown:
- 5% cashback at Sainsbury’s
- 10% cashback at Honest Burgers
- 10% cashback at Leon
- 5% cashback at Costa
- 10% cashback at Fatface
Existing customer deals
From time to time there are special bonuses you can activate. Often it’s £2.50 when you spend a tenner, though sometimes they are higher or linked to a specific type of purchase. Any good ones I’ll add here
Topcash new instore cashback seems to have restrictions. My bank (Virgin Money) is listed but my sort code begins with with 05 thus cannot sign up. When I click on the link to signup for the instore cashback I am taken to a virgin money page which only allows you to link your card if sort code begins with 08. Why aren’t they allowing those with different sort codes sign up
This is not a TCB problem, but is down to TrueLayer the bank linking API commonly used in Open Banking. TrueLayer does not currently support VM 10-digit customer IDs (the customer ID that VM customers have is related to what bank you had your original account with before it joined the Virgin Money group). TrueLayer say that support for VM 10-digit IDs is coming soon, but they have been saying that for a few years.
Hi Andy I need your help. I signed up to topcashback on the 6th january via your £10 bonus link. It seems like your link was inaccurate and it referred me via the refer a friend scheme instead. Meaning that I have to make £10 cashback in order to withdraw the £10 bonus. (Order Id JanuaryTell-a-Friend Sign-up Offer
Referred Friend Member1111672772852
Last Updated 06 Jan 2023
This cashback will become payable when you earn £10 of payable, eligible cashback) Can you please help?
Thank you,
Hey Andy, Any idea on what to do here?
Thank you
Hello, I registered to Topcashback from you link, now I have 15£ in pending, On 06/13/22 I made my first trade of 15£ on Phemex via Topcashback to have 50£ and for the 15£ welcome bonus, but I still can’t see the Phemex cashback so the 15£ bonus is still in pending.
Please let me know how to do
Thanks
It’s worth checking with TopCashback
Hi there Andy,
When will the £15 general bonus be back? I have been waiting for it to come back before I sign up.
Look forward to your response
Halik
Hi Halik, afraid I can’t say if it will or not. I thought it was just end-of-financial-year changes but all TCB offers so far this year have been capped at £10.
Sorry if this is a silly question but which is better of the two?
When you earned your cash back is there a set limit for u have to earn before u can get the money back and how do you get it does it come in vouchers or cash just asking as I’m new to this i did try it 1s b4 and earned 6.50 but couldn’t get it back
Hi Claire, it depends on the service but both TopCashback and Quidco have a 1p minimum payout level so there’s no problem cashing out. You can choose between cash to your bank or gift vouchers. The latter often come with a slight additional boost on top.
No not normally, you get the amount of cash back you earn on that product you bought, you can then take vouchers with bonus cash on or have the money in your bank account. Really good. It takes time for the money to be cleared it should say with each shop etc so some maybe six weeks some nay be three onset its all different and set by the shop on when they will pay cash back back.
Where is the link for the 15 pound bonus for topcashback?
Many thanks
Hi, it’s there in the article!
Hi andy,
Is there any chance in renewing the £15 topcashback bonus link? I didnt get a chance to use it whilst it was active
Look forward to your reply
Sadly I’ve asked and the answer for now is no. But there are a few £15 offers with specific retailers you could try. If not, it’s the £10 generic deal.
Hi there how long should the topcashback bonus take to come through? I followed the link in November, but my sign up bonus still not payable. Thanks, Abi
Have you spoken to TopCashback? Get in touch and see what they say. I’d expect you to have had it by now
For people’s information, I always DID wonder about Top Cashback and their PLUS! account as I got charged for it twice, even though I was sure I’d selected not to have it.
Well it turns out that they AUTOMATICALLY override any choice you make when you sign up – whatever the site tells you, at the end of the “grace” period, you’re automatically signed onto their PLUS! Membership and will be charged £5 for it, which is great if that’s what you want, but shitty if you specifically didn’t want it.
To get out of this, you have to submit a support ticket complaining, and they reset your membership level and remove the £5 charge.
TC are a good site, but this is bloody cheeky imo!