One of the easiest ways to maximize your savings on Black Friday and Cyber Monday — aside from using a rewards credit card — is to take advantage of a shopping portal.

How to use Rakuten to earn bonus rewards Once you have an account, start all your online shopping trips at Rakuten.com, or check your browser extension to see if the site you're on offers cash back.

Rakuten is a popular mobile app and browser extension that makes it easy to earn cash back rewards when you shop. It's free to join the program. When you see an available offer, you can activate it ...

Why do we feel so satisfied when we score a great deal? Behavioral economists say it’s because of the “pain of paying” — the psychological discomfort of spending money. Coupon apps help soften that ...

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Rakuten is one of the largest and most commonly used cashback sites. For many years, the company was known as Ebates. However, after Rakuten acquired Ebates in 2014, it decided to officially change ...

Rakuten’s $200 million acquisition of Viki — the video streaming site where users worldwide contribute subtitles to premium content — is a clear sign of how Rakuten wants to use digital content to ...