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Great News! Rakuten/Ebates Now Lets You Switch to Earn Membership Reward Points with Shopping Portal!

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Written by Charlie

Find out how to quickly switch your existing Rakuten/Ebates account to earn Membership Reward points with the shopping portal! Quick and easy and valuable!

Earlier this year, Rakuten (formerly Ebates) allowed people to sign up for a new account and to select to earn Membership Reward points instead of earning cash back. However, this was only for new accounts and people who already had an account couldn’t switch to earn Membership Reward points instead.

Earn Membership Reward Points Through a Shopping Portal

That has changed now! Now, you can switch to earn Membership Reward points instead of cash back – and this is definitely something you should consider doing! While cash back is nice, it is very easy to get more value from the Membership Reward points than the cash back. And, this could not come at a better time with Black Friday/Cyber Monday coming up next month!

It is important to note that you will not have any existing balance pay out as Membership Reward points but that will be given as cash back and then all future earnings will be Membership Reward points.

Another nice tidbit is that if you want to go back to cash back, it is just an easy button press to do that!

How to Switch to Earn Membership Reward Points Instead of Cash Back with Rakuten/Ebates

To get started, simply click this link and login. This is Account Settings. Part way down the page (as seen before) you will see the option to earn Membership Reward points instead of cash.

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Once you select that, you will have a pop up window to login to your American Express account. To earn Membership Reward points, you must have a MR earning card tied to the account you login to.

Next, you will be sent a 6 digit code by Rakuten to verify that it is truly you – enter that code and you are good to go!

I definitely will be using my Rakuten account more with this since there are some great ways to earn big points on shopping online!

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About the author

Charlie

Charlie has been an avid traveler and runner for many years. He has run in marathons around the world for less than it would cost to travel to the next town - all as a result of collecting and using miles and points. Over the years, he has flown hundreds of thousands of miles and collected millions of miles and points.
Now he uses this experience and knowledge to help others through Running with Miles.

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