Cashback Basics
How cashback works
A practical guide to cashback tracking, merchant confirmation, and payout basics.
Cashback is a commission-sharing model. A merchant pays a partner commission for referred sales, and a cashback site returns part of that commission to shoppers.
Tracking usually depends on cookies, click IDs, order confirmation, and merchant approval. This is why starting from the cashback page and staying in one browser session matters.
Cashback is not always instant. Some merchants confirm after shipping, return windows, or travel completion.