Quidco, can someone explain what this is?

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I feel like I'm missing out as I hear this being mentioned, but don't understand it
 
It is a website that enables you to get the commission offered to sales guys by cutting out the middle man.

I think Quidco make money by taking a very small cut. They act as an agent, you don't pay them anything, your contract is with the seller, but by accessing the seller through quidco then a commision is paid to quidco and most of that comes to you.

Can take a while for the money to come through, but some of the commissions are fantastic deals.
 
I've had a couple of good quidco deals in the last few months, O2 sim only 1000 mins 1000 texts and unlimited internet £19.38 a month and £100 cashback through quidco makes it about £11 a month.

changed gas and electric suppliers and got £100 for it too
 
If you're going to buy something on the web, rather than go direct to the retailers web site go to quidco (or one of the others) and click on the quidco link. That sets up a referral cookie so that when the retailer pays the referral fee to quidco, quidco pass most of it on to you.

You register and set up either a paypal account or bank xfr and your money goes in. Amounts available vary - some very good numbers for eg mobile phone contracts and insurance policies, down to the 2p I got the other day for a cheapy ebay purchase.
 
who? said:
If you're going to buy something on the web, rather than go direct to the retailers web site go to quidco (or one of the others) and click on the quidco link. That sets up a referral cookie so that when the retailer pays the referral fee to quidco, quidco pass most of it on to you.

You register and set up either a paypal account or bank xfr and your money goes in. Amounts available vary - some very good numbers for eg mobile phone contracts and insurance policies, down to the 2p I got the other day for a cheapy ebay purchase.
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Thanks - that clears it up for me!
 
i kind of get the principles.

i had a quick look and they had say an Argos sign. so do you access the Argos website via link on Quidco and buy whatever and then get cashback by cutting out middle man, or is it on specific purchases only etc.?

I know someone mentioned set up with paypal etc. But when you buy can you pay with a different credit card?
 
p1tse said:
I know someone mentioned set up with paypal etc. But when you buy can you pay with a different credit card?
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Paypal or you bank account is where quidco pay your commision.
You can still use a credit or debit card for your purchases.
 
If you have been browsing say Argos then think you might buy something but want the cash back that quico can give you close the browser first. Quidco works on referral - tracking that you have gone to a retailer on quidcos reccomendation ... for which quidco should get commission (that they then pass to you).

So you need a clear trail and the browser may have cookies saying you went from google to Argos... so start afresh. (i'm no expert - just playing safe).

Quidco pay you all the cashback money they receive. They charge £5 a year fee but take it only when you have earned more than that in cashback so there is no bill to pay.
 
Theres also Topcashback, http://www.topcashback.co.uk/ which unlike quidco does'nt charge you for their service, also when using these sites you have to clear your cookies if you've visited a site prior to returning through a cashback site. Alan.
 
thanks

might as well sign up, but don't seem to order much online due to limited funds LOL
 
alanwjones said:
Theres also Topcashback, http://www.topcashback.co.uk/ which unlike quidco does'nt charge you for their service, also when using these sites you have to clear your cookies if you've visited a site prior to returning through a cashback site. Alan.
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The fact you can get 110% commission from this topcashback site indicates that there is a rabbit off somewhere and they are not being completely transparent about how the commission rates work. It may be even that they are in fact an 'advertising' vehicle for the retailers where money is paid to topcashback on top of the commission rate in order for the company to claim that you are getting cash back at 100%.

Personally if the rates between quidco/topcashback are the same then who cares but I would deffo check to if the percentages (of commission/cash back) differ between the two sites.
 
RobertP said:
Quidco pay you all the cashback money they receive. They charge £5 a year fee but take it only when you have earned more than that in cashback so there is no bill to pay.
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ah, sorry if I maligned them.

I don't really care what they get paid as they are very clear about how much you get and you are free to decide if you want to do it that way.

I've done very well out of the few things I've bought that way. My biggest problem is remembering to check if the retailer I want to use is in the scheme.

My biggest to date was a Dell computer. I paid for it with my company credit card and the commission went to my personal paypal. In my case I own a third of the company but if one of my employees did this and it was still a good deal for the company I'd have no problem with it. No different to getting Tesco clubcard points on fuel purchased with a company credit card to my mind.
 
Think I might have to sign up for this even though I havent bought anything online in a while
 
I got my MoreThan House Ins last year and I think I got £80 cashback. I did my dad's car insurance and saved him about £150 after cashback. He was happy. Ok so you have to wait 1-3 mths for it, but most people pay for insurance over 10-12mths anyway!
 
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