Ebates


Rakuten Rewards, formerly known as Ebates, is a cash-back and shopping rewards company headquartered in San Mateo, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Rakuten Rewards' revenue comes from affiliate network links. Members of the site click through affiliate links before shopping at a retailer's site.

(source: rakuten.com)

Honey Restarts Funding Talks
Honey Restarts Funding Talks
April 03, 2018  |  Retail

After its funding talks were put on hold earlier this year, Honey’s discussions to raise new funding appeared to have restarted. The company has previously...

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Ebates Buys Cartera Commerce To Strengthen Its Loyalty Marketing Business
Ebates Buys Cartera Commerce To Strengthen Its Loyalty Marketing Business
January 30, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Ebates, the online cash back shopping firm and subsidiary of global internet services company Rakuten, announced Friday (Jan. 28) it has acquired Cartera Commerce, a...

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Ebates’ Cash-Back Button Lands On Browsers
Ebates’ Cash-Back Button Lands On Browsers
December 29, 2016  |  Retail

Online cash-back shopping provider Ebates has a new way to help consumers earn free money. The company’s cash-back button, a browser plug-in available for Chrome,...

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Influenster Bags $8M In Series A
Influenster Bags $8M In Series A
April 05, 2016  |  Retail

Having discovered an interest in product discovery, Ebates has ponied up some cash to support a company in that space. TechCrunch reports that the online...

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Shopify Sees Buy Buttons As The Future
Shopify Sees Buy Buttons As The Future
March 23, 2016  |  eCommerce

Shopify is pressing hard on buy buttons. Re/code reports that the eCommerce platform is increasing the number of online sales channels on which its merchant...

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Rakuten To Pay Almost $1 Billion For Ebates
Rakuten To Pay Almost $1 Billion For Ebates
September 08, 2014  |  News

Coupon/rebate site Ebates is being pursued by Japanese E-Commerce giant Rakuten, which is prepared to pay $950 million to take the site over, according to...

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