ESET Cashback: Every Portal's Rate, Compared
The best ESET cashback we found is 39% at Rakuten, read from Rakuten's own ESET page.
ESET cash back rates by portal
Every rate below was read from that portal's own ESET page, and every row shows when we last looked. Where a rate has a catch, the catch is printed next to the number rather than underneath it.
| Portal | Rate | Last checked |
|---|---|---|
| Rakuten | 39%source | |
| Price.com | 10%source | |
| GoCashBack | 8%source | |
| RebatesMe | Up to 10%A maximum, not a standing rate. RebatesMe's category table for this store goes as low as 5%.source | |
| TopCashback | ||
| BeFrugal | Up to 35%A maximum, not a standing rate. BeFrugal pays the top rate only on some departments or products, and the everyday rate is usually lower.source | |
| Mr. Rebates | 20%from the portal's store listRead from the portal's store list, not the merchant page. The first visit to this page reads the page itself.source | |
| CouponFollow | Up to 14.5%A maximum, not a standing rate; CouponFollow says not all items are eligible for cash back.source | |
| Lolli | Up to 3.502%A maximum, not a standing rate. Lolli prints only the ceiling, and the everyday rate is usually lower.source | |
| Extrabux | Rate not publishedThis portal lists the merchant but did not show a rate we could read. That is different from paying nothing.source | |
| Hoopla Doopla | Rate not publishedfrom the portal's store listThis portal names the merchant in its store list without a rate. That is different from paying nothing. The first visit to this page reads the page itself.source | |
| RetailMeNot | Rate not publishedfrom the portal's store listThis portal names the merchant in its store list without a rate. That is different from paying nothing. The first visit to this page reads the page itself.source | |
| Active Junky | Not carriedThis portal does not cover this merchant. | |
| Fluz | Not carriedThis portal does not cover this merchant. | |
| Raise | Not carriedThis portal does not cover this merchant. | |
| ShopBack | Not carriedThis portal does not cover this merchant. | |
| Sunshine Rewards | Not carriedThis portal does not cover this merchant. |
Rates move without notice, so treat anything more than a couple of days old as worth re-checking at the portal before you shop.
How to get ESET cashback, step by step
- Open Rakuten's ESET page and click through to ESET from there. That click is what ties the order to your account, so start every ESET order this way rather than from a bookmark or a search result. The rate as we last read it was 39%.
- Shop in that same tab and session. Don't leave for a coupon site and come back, and turn off any other cashback or coupon extension before you check out: the last click before the order is the one that gets credited, and another extension's click can take it.
- Check out in one go, using only codes Rakuten itself shows for ESET. A code from somewhere else can void the cashback on many stores.
- Wait for it to confirm. 3 to 14 weeks for online and in-store purchases; 45 to 120 days for travel. Returning part of the order, or cancelling it, changes what gets paid.
- Get paid. Rakuten pays by: Big Fat Check by mail, PayPal, American Express Membership Rewards points, or Bilt. A confirmed balance of $5.00 or more can also be redeemed as a gift card within minutes. Minimum: $5.01 in confirmed cash back before the payment date; $5.00 or less carries over to the next one. Timing: Every three months: February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15.
Getting paid, portal by portal
Each portal's own help pages, as written there. The source link on each row goes to the page it came from. These are the portal's terms, not ESET's.
| Portal | Paid by | Minimum | Confirmation window |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rakutensource | Big Fat Check by mail, PayPal, American Express Membership Rewards points, or Bilt. A confirmed balance of $5.00 or more can also be redeemed as a gift card within minutes. | $5.01 in confirmed cash back before the payment date; $5.00 or less carries over to the next one. | 3 to 14 weeks for online and in-store purchases; 45 to 120 days for travel. |
| Price.comsource | Debit card deposit, PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, gift cards, a donation to charity, or crypto. | $10 per withdrawal, with a $500 cap per withdrawal and per day. | Typically 30 to 90 days: pending until the retailer confirms the purchase and its return period ends. |
| GoCashBacksource | PayPal, check, gift card (US only) or Helipay. | $10 in withdrawable cash back, not counting sign-up, referral or activity bonuses for the first withdrawal. | It can take up to 120 days for cash back to become available. |
| RebatesMesource | PayPal, credit card, Alipay, check or gift cards. | $10 in available cash back, not counting bonuses. | Cash back becomes available after the 90-day return window. |
| TopCashbacksource | Bank transfer, Venmo, PayPal, gift cards, a Virtual Visa Prepaid Card or an American Express Virtual Reward Card. | None for PayPal, Venmo or bank transfer; some gift cards have one. | No fixed window. Cash back goes pending, then confirmed once the retailer reviews the order, then payable once the retailer's network is invoiced. TopCashback prints an estimated payout speed on each merchant's page. |
| BeFrugalsource | Check, PayPal, direct deposit, Venmo, Zelle or an eGift card. Check and direct deposit are US only. | $0.01 for PayPal or direct deposit; $25 for a check. | Verified cash back sits in the account for 30 to 90 days, set by the retailer's return policy and its payment cycle with BeFrugal. Store pages say cash back is typically available for payment 15 to 60 days after purchase. |
| Mr. Rebatessource | A rebate check by mail, or payment via PayPal, Venmo or an Amazon gift card. | $10 in Available Rebates. | Rebates post to Pending within 1 to 3 business days of the order or ship date, then stay Pending for 90 days from the posting date before moving to Available. |
| CouponFollowsource | PayPal; a valid US PayPal account has to be connected to CouponFollow. | An Available Balance of at least $10. | Pending for up to 60 days, to ensure a purchase isn't returned or refunded. |
| Lollisource | Transfer to any bitcoin address if you're earning in bitcoin, or withdraw to a US bank account. Lolli holds the bitcoin in a custodial wallet until you withdraw it. | $15 in available balance. | Rewards become available once each retailer's confirmation period has passed, typically 90 days after the purchase or completed travel reservation. It can take up to 90 days. |
| Extrabuxsource | PayPal, eGift cards, ACH bank deposit (US only), check (US only), or a donation to a charity. | $10 available balance, with at least one confirmed purchase carrying more than $1 in available cash back. | Usually tracked within 1 to 7 days of purchase, then held through a 90-day window for returns or cancellations at most stores before it becomes available. |
| Hoopla Dooplasource | Check, Venmo or PayPal. | $5.00 in approved cash back per period, for PayPal, Venmo and paper checks alike. A balance under that carries over to the next period. | Usually posts within 10 days of purchase, then becomes yours after 90 days. |
| RetailMeNotsource | PayPal or Venmo, from the RetailMeNot account. | A minimum approved balance of $5.01 is required for a redemption. | In about 45 days the cash back lands in the RetailMeNot account as redeemable. |
ESET cashback rate history
Only changes are listed. Re-confirmations are not noise worth showing.
- Rakuten39%
- CouponFollowUp to 14.5%
- ShopBackmerchant dropped by this portal
- Raisemerchant dropped by this portal
- Price.com10%
- TopCashback60%
- LolliUp to 3.502%
- GoCashBack8%
- Active Junkymerchant dropped by this portal
- Sunshine Rewardsmerchant dropped by this portal
- Extrabuxrate no longer published
- RebatesMeUp to 10%
- BeFrugalUp to 35%
- Fluzmerchant dropped by this portal
- Rakutenrate no longer published
- Price.comrate no longer published
- TopCashbackrate no longer published
- GoCashBackrate no longer published
- Hoopla Dooplarate no longer published
- Extrabuxrate no longer published
- RebatesMerate no longer published
- BeFrugalUp to 35%
- RetailMeNotrate no longer published
- Mr. Rebates20%
- CouponFollowUp to 14.5%
How these ESET numbers were produced
- Read directly from each portal's own merchant page, never copied from another comparison site.
- A rate we could not read is reported as unread. It is never converted into a zero, and a failed check never overwrites a previously good number.
- "Up to" and new-customer-only rates are labelled as such and are not allowed to win the top spot over a lower rate that everyone actually gets.
ESET cashback FAQ
Which portal pays the most for ESET cashback right now?
Rakuten, at 39%. That's the rate a returning shopper gets, which is how the table ranks: an "up to" ceiling or a new-customer rate never takes this spot over a lower rate everyone gets.
How long does ESET cashback take to pay out?
On a click-through portal there are two waits, one after the other: the portal has to confirm the order with ESET, which mostly tracks ESET's return window, and then the confirmed balance has to be paid out, which is the portal's own rule. Buying ESET's gift card through a portal skips the first wait: that cashback is paid when the card is bought.
- Rakuten: 3 to 14 weeks for online and in-store purchases; 45 to 120 days for travel. Payout: Every three months: February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15.
- Price.com: Typically 30 to 90 days: pending until the retailer confirms the purchase and its return period ends. Payout: On request, once the cash back is approved.
- GoCashBack: It can take up to 120 days for cash back to become available. Payout: On request. A payment request is processed within 7 to 14 business days.
- RebatesMe: Cash back becomes available after the 90-day return window.
- TopCashback: No fixed window. Cash back goes pending, then confirmed once the retailer reviews the order, then payable once the retailer's network is invoiced. TopCashback prints an estimated payout speed on each merchant's page. Payout: On request, once the cash back is payable. Adding bank, PayPal or Venmo details puts a 72-hour hold on the account first.
- BeFrugal: Verified cash back sits in the account for 30 to 90 days, set by the retailer's return policy and its payment cycle with BeFrugal. Store pages say cash back is typically available for payment 15 to 60 days after purchase. Payout: On request. Most payouts are sent on the next business day after the request.
- Mr. Rebates: Rebates post to Pending within 1 to 3 business days of the order or ship date, then stay Pending for 90 days from the posting date before moving to Available. Payout: On request, once $10 in Available Rebates has accrued.
- CouponFollow: Pending for up to 60 days, to ensure a purchase isn't returned or refunded. Payout: Monthly: paid on the 25th to the linked PayPal account, arriving by month end; rewards earned on or after the 25th roll to the next month.
- Lolli: Rewards become available once each retailer's confirmation period has passed, typically 90 days after the purchase or completed travel reservation. It can take up to 90 days. Payout: On request, once the balance is available.
- Extrabux: Usually tracked within 1 to 7 days of purchase, then held through a 90-day window for returns or cancellations at most stores before it becomes available. Payout: On request. Requests are processed within 3 business days; PayPal and eGift cards typically land within 24 to 48 hours after that, ACH takes about 5 business days, and a check 1 to 2 weeks by post.
- Hoopla Doopla: Usually posts within 10 days of purchase, then becomes yours after 90 days. Payout: Every three months. Payments go out by the end of January, April, July and October to everyone who qualifies.
- RetailMeNot: In about 45 days the cash back lands in the RetailMeNot account as redeemable. Payout: On request, once the cash back is approved in the account.
Is there a minimum payout?
- Rakuten: $5.01 in confirmed cash back before the payment date; $5.00 or less carries over to the next one.
- Price.com: $10 per withdrawal, with a $500 cap per withdrawal and per day.
- GoCashBack: $10 in withdrawable cash back, not counting sign-up, referral or activity bonuses for the first withdrawal.
- RebatesMe: $10 in available cash back, not counting bonuses.
- TopCashback: None for PayPal, Venmo or bank transfer; some gift cards have one.
- BeFrugal: $0.01 for PayPal or direct deposit; $25 for a check.
- Mr. Rebates: $10 in Available Rebates.
- CouponFollow: An Available Balance of at least $10.
- Lolli: $15 in available balance.
- Extrabux: $10 available balance, with at least one confirmed purchase carrying more than $1 in available cash back.
- Hoopla Doopla: $5.00 in approved cash back per period, for PayPal, Venmo and paper checks alike. A balance under that carries over to the next period.
- RetailMeNot: A minimum approved balance of $5.01 is required for a redemption.