How to get Cash Back and Discounts in Australia

Anytime you spend money you want to make sure you are getting the best price, right?

On top of discounts and sale prices, some places or items also have cashback options.

Here are the sites and apps we use regularly for discounts, coupons and cashback on our purchases. They are all free to join. 
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Shopback

With offers for numerous stores and a handy pop-up to let you know where there are discounts, Shopback is a popular choice.

Shop as you would normally and click when it pops up or shop through the site and get your cashback.

They also offer Afterpay making it easier. Join Shopback and get a $20 bonus after your first purchase of $20 or more.

This means you get the cash back on the purchase and a $20 bonus.

Get extra cash by joining challenges, doing surveys, uploading receipts and utilising the upsized offers.

Honey

Honey is an extension you add to your internet browser which pops up when you can save money.

It will search for discount codes, cashback options and anything else to make your purchase cheaper for you.

Join Honey for free here.

Your Bank

Many banks have accounts where you can get cash back with different brands if you use your card with them.

Plus you might get cash back from them AND cash back from Shopback or Honey too so you get double the deal.

Some of them require you to activate it (such as Commbank) others do it automatically such as ING, who also offer $100 to new customers.

Others

ReceiptJar is an app that awards points for scanning receipts but it takes an extremely long time to accrue enough points to cash out. It’s not worth the time.

Shippng and Kickback are two others that haven’t been great for me.

Cashrewards is CLOSED

CashRewards is closed now.

Reward Programs

Aside from cash back, there are reward programs which can get you discounts, freebies and special offers if you know how to use them.

They can be hard to keep track of so I tend to stick to the programs for places I shop regularly such as Coles and Woolworths.

Learn about how to maximise their programs here.

Other Discounts

There are lots of other ways to get discounts. Read how to get a discount on everything.

And learn how to combine coupons and discounts to save even more.

Trailing commissions

Any services you get such as a bank loan, mortgage, health insurance etc charge commissions.

There are services you can use to claim this back from the moment you sign up with them.

If you have a few services this can result in thousands over a year or two.

I have reached out to a few but haven’t heard back and since I haven’t personally used them, I don’t have specific ones to recommend.

Other Discounts

Aside from the above sites searching for coupon codes, you can also join VIP or loyalty clubs to get rewarded (we listed the Australian ones we know of here).

Check out these 10 ways to get discounts or coupons in Australia or sign up for all the birthday freebies at your favourite cafes and stores.

Apps With Discounts

There are so many apps you can use for different things, depending on how you want to save money.

Below are some of my favourites for my most used categories.

Shopping Apps

Frugl compares and makes it easy to find discounts too. Coles and Woolworths have their own apps so you can track your spending, work out your groceries, order and streamline your groceries.

FuelMap shows you petrol prices anywhere so you can get the lowest price. The 7/11 app allows you to lock in low prices if you see them too.

Too Good To Go offers surprise bags from various restaurants and cafes.

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