Reviews & Comments of Rakuten Button Canada chrome extension

It doesn't fully work as you'd expect. The seller you buy from must be IN THE Rakuten button program to even give us our percent back. Otherwise just stick to using the Rakuten page as a portal to login to your shopping sites. Customer service is a pain to deal with as not all online orders send us confirmation emails. I am a BIG shopper on the AliExpress site where I am a Diamond member. I shop for stuff as little as 1¢ to as much as $1500. The most annoying thing about the Rakuten program is they use the USD number value to calculate CDN incentives. But they don't give it back to us in the equivalent. Example is AliExpress is a 2.75% refund site. If I buy a $100 CDN item, they won't give me back $2.75. They convert the number into a USD number ($72.85) and calculate it from a USD amount. So I'll only get $2.00 instead of $2.75. Which may not seem like much but remember I said I bought items as much as $1500. Twice infact a 60v 2000W eBike and a 60v 5000W eScooter. Both times I had to fight customer service and wait upto 6 months to get the $30+ for each purchase put into my account. Technically I'm still waiting to get the $$ for the eScooter. They were suppose to give it to me in my February payout but because of this pending battle, they pushed it to the May payout instead. The sellers must be IN THE Rakuten program and must acknowledge the sale before we get the promised refunds. The two sellers I bought the eBike and eScooter from. Both were not part of the button program and both did not acknowledge the sale. I bought the eBike in 2021 and it took til 2022 to get the Rakuten refund put into my account. The eScooter I bought last year summer and I'm still waiting to get it in my account.

it's working great so far

enjoy to shop with Rakuten !!

Extension is handy but I really wish it had a whitelist option so that one can tell the button to not activate on some sites. Every time I visit my bank the button blinks and flashes and has the popup - it is not relevant! But there is no way to avoid it. I also wish you could disable the popup entirely and only have the blink, I will click it if I care, I don't want the popup.

Awsome!

Intrusive popups with no way to disable

Thanks, Rakuten, for saving us money!

Great cash back add on!

Why wouldn't anyone want to get a real cheque in the mail for shopping on line. Disappointed in Amazon to credit for buying books now, so I switched to bookout.ca now that they are connected to Rakuten. Love this site!!!!

It's nice to have this in your shortcut bar notifying you when you visit a site that qualifies for Rakuten rewards. However as soon as you activate Rakuten on that site, it completely reloads the page and takes you to the main webpage for the merchant you were looking at, completely losing the page you were originally on. For that reason alone I am deleting the extension as it's causing more headaches than convenience.

used this since 2015, so far saved almost $1,000CAD

Love this extension as it just kicks in when I visit sites I want to buy from and reminds me. :)

Saves you money!!

I do love the Rakuten extension but my one gripe would be that although I have added my usual online retailers to my adblock whitelist through Rakuten over and over again the next time I'm shopping on that site I know I will have to do it again. .It's not a long process but it is extremely frustrating.

It's essentially a rebate program without all the paperwork. Very happy with it, though it was better when Amazon.ca was included. Coupons, in addition to the rebate, can help lower the cost of a purchase. It could be better, but I'm happy enough to use it.

It worked fine for an Ancestry purchase, but locks me up in other sites.

I love the cash back and the coupon 'creep' feature. I don't think they do much with Amazon anymore because of my last like... 40 Amazon orders... almost zero of them qualified for Rakuten purchases...

I've been using Rakuten (Ebates before) for years and I just love how easy it has been to get rewarded for the online shopping I needed to do anyway.

good first time user.

Works as advertised! No gimmicks.

Great way to save a little more while you shop online, and even better now that Rakuten notifies me when additional savings (coupon) may be applied to the deal I am about to purchase! Saving every bit helps especially during this very unusual economically stressful time.

Helps you save money and pays you for shopping!

Love that I don't have to log in and it automatically works every time.

Love this extensions. It has saved me money everytime I use it. Thank you !!!

works sometimes

I love it. it works great. customer service is always very helpful.

Works well

Love it! Have earned so much money easily

I always use Rakuten/ebates! Now it is even easier...they tell you that they have found coupons, and alert you whenever you go on a site that you can apply Rakuten on. Forever a member here!

Raketun is amazing. Customer service is quick and service is amazing. If you do not get the percentage, you just contact them and they give it to you with proof. Also notifies you of any active coupons. Only have good things to say about it!

As always, Rakuten has found the best price for me, and gives me serious cashback too. I love Rakuten!

Rakuten is great, it's nice getting those rebate cheques and if you watch for double cash back it's yet better!

works great!

Great extension to Chrome. I've been using Rakuten since the Ebates television advertising days. Love it and have received a good amount of cash back from the service.

So easy, it should be a crime if you don't shop through Rakuten! I love that when I start online shopping, Rakuten opens up automatically and looks for extra coupons while I'm checking out - I never miss an opportunity to make money while buying things I was going to purchase anyway! Keep up the great work!

This was great. I found my product at the Bay and compared it to another big box store. Pretty much the same price in both stores. The Bay offered a bigger Rakuten rebate. When I was checking out, the Rakuten app stepped in and searched for a promo discount and saved me $25. Between that and the rebate, I'm up about $33 on a purchase that was originally $178.

As a Service it's great but the extension needs work. Automatically activates cash back on some sites but not Amazon for example so I have to go through the actual site.

Great site - Simple and easy and also saves you money even when you don't expect it!!

Excellent! I love free money.

Love it! Highly recommend.

I always find good deals through Rakuten. It is a good site to get some cash back. Works fine on computer as well as on phone.

Easy to use and easy to earn.

I have already saved almost $ 75 and I've only been doing this since mid-fall, on things I buy anyway. My neighbour was recommended this by his accountant. Well worth it.

Just new but so far LOVE IT! You don'r make millions but 3 to 5% discounts add up fast

Love it! Automatically know if there is a coupon I can use. I've learned to activate before putting items in my cart so I do it even if it's not necessary.

With the reminders provided by the extension, I am making the most of my cash back! Making more than ever now that no purchases get forgotten.

Have used this service for over two years now. Very happy with the service and continue to use after it became Rakuten. The recent App that helps streamline the use of Rakuten is even better. Very happy customer!!

i LOVE Rakuten! you save money AND earn money!!!

Very handy to get all cash back for those of us that can forget to go through Rakuten.

Love Rakuten (ebates), but do wish the extension activated when going to Amazon. I get around that by putting what I want into a wish list (because if it is already in your cart when you go to Rakuten you won't get the cash back), and just add the items to my cart from the wish list...

love it use it all the time have gotten over 200$ cash back so easy no bs i even find stores that i didnt even know exsisted and fall in love with

Always use this site. Love getting cash back.

Good that it saves you money for quite a few stores! Wish that there would be more cash back for sports brands. Super easy to use, just have to click active cashback and shop online like how you normally would.

Works great, saves me money and gives me cash back on things I was going to purchase anyway!

Awesome!!

Love Love Love!

Great money saver!

SAVED ME OVER $100.00 ON MY FIRST TRY! I got the cash back and then a pop up on Fossil to save 30% Awesome app

I get paid to shop. What is better than that??? I LOVE Rakuten!

Great using Rakuten!

I had a few purchases not accounted for but their live chat helped and credited the cash back to my account right away.

Love seeing what I'm saving right away and then getting a BIG FAT CHEQUE! Love that I don't have to do a thing, but activate an extension.

Excellent easy to use app! Get paid to shop!!

Rakuten really works and is totally seamless. I have saved over $125.00 since using it for online shopping.

Easy to use

Been using it for a few years now, zero issues. I double check every purchase, but have not missed one yet. One of the few extensions I use and recommend.

Was a little surprised to see a coupon pop up immediately. I am pleased.

I like the way it saves me money

I have been using this site and app since 2016 when my daughter was born as online shopping has been convenient with children! I love booking online vacations as well! Thanks

Love this app!

I've been using ebates then Rakuten for many purchases, including Amazon for a few years now without issue. All but one of my transactions were correctly captured and they readily dealt with the one that fell through the cracks by a single email. Today was the first time I've encountered problems. Rakuten was applying coupon codes to godaddy.ca and there's something in the workflow where it doesn't retain a coupon after it's been applied. By the time it was done attempting 9 coupon codes the valid one was removed and I lost the discount. I'd give 5 stars until this issue occurred.

I have had no issues with receiving my cash back or my Big Fat Cheque!! I do have one criticism: we used to receive an email when the cash back was added to our account, but this has stopped and you actually have to go on the site to see if it has been added.

found me a coupon! love it!!!

Works great!

I really very strongly like Rakuten. (I preferred the former name, Ebates). How can anyone complain about free money? I have had a couple of instances where the rebate for some reason did not apply, and that was sad and annoying, but I am hoping that the company is merely working through some glitches associated with renaming and expansion. If not for those errors, I definitely would have rated Rakuten with five stars.

LOVE RAKUTEN! Love cash back for my regular purchases. If Rakuten could supply more coupon codes as well as the cash back then Id say its the perfect shopping assistant!

We absolutely love Rakuten! Works every time, earns us money for the home and we love shopping online so it only makes sense to go through Rakuten!!!

Such a handy add on to have while shopping! Although the cash back amount is not a lot, it definitely adds up over time if you are an avid online shopper. I like the add on aspect on my Chrome because it also detects and finds promo codes that I wouldn't have known of otherwise!

good

Works well, and saves money!

Really happy with this extension for Chrome. Saves me forgetting to use the site and gives me coupons I wasn't expecting!

Really convenient, nice perk esp if u were going to buy the item anyway!

I love it! Through Christmas, I racked up a fair amount of cashback, and it often found me extra coupon codes. Saved tons. Great stuff!!

Love it. I always used to forget to go through the website first but since I added the add-on it not only picks up the website I'm on and tells me to turn on cash back but also finds me additional coupons so I pay even less!!

First time use it saved $8 on a $130 bill, not bad, better than nothing.

I was pleasantly surprised when Rakuten offered to apply coupons and it saves me money when I least expect it.

Great company, very useful and lots of options, very easy to use for smart shoppers.

Absolutely love it. Good job!

If you love shopping, this app is for you! Amazing how much cashback I have received from Rakuten (formerly Ebates) over the years. Highly recommend!

It works (for me) everytime. No, not every business I shop at is a client of Rakuten but that is okay as many are. I find Rakuten saves me money pennies at a time, and that all adds up! Thank you Rakuten.

i love the chrome extension - all of the stores that I shop at use rakuten! i love it

Great App! Get money back for place I'd be shopping anyway!

Love it!! Easy to use and free so why not!!

I am happy to receive money back on purchases I would make anyway. Easy to use, and especially enjoy the pop up reminders from the extension. Although it hasn't happened often for me, automatically finding coupons is a great bonus.

I love it and always check to see what stores are available before I start shopping at some stores. I use it for amazon all the time, it has always worked for me. Sephora, old navy, walmart and more

Can't believe there was a time in my life when I didn't know ebates existed. So useful. I use it in conjunction with Honey. Ebates have better returns but Honey is better with promo codes. It's such a blessing for making big purchases like plane tickets and hotel bookings. I saved so much money when there was a 7% back and I booked 4 plane tickets to Asia and hotels as well. Who doesn't like free money.

Good to earn some cash back while shopping.

Love Rakuten! lots of stores including ones I've never shopped at before . Highly recommended.

Love Rakuten!! After all, who wouldn't love getting free cash for a purchase I was going to make anyways!!

I love Rakuten!!! I have received so much cash back already! It's amazing how quickly the amounts add up... I only wish I knew about it sooner so that I could have earned cash back on my many purchases before I knew about it. I can't say enough good things about it!

Works well! It also scans for promo codes, saving me dollars and still getting cash back.