Rakuten Rewards

Rakuten Rewards
IndustryCashback website
Founded3 May 1998 (1998-05-03) in Menlo Park, California, United States
FoundersAlessandro Isolani and Paul Wasserman
HeadquartersSan Mateo, California
Area served
United States, Canada, China, South Korea, Singapore, Japan
Key people
Amit Patel (CEO)
Number of employees
760 (worldwide, 2019)
ParentRakuten
Websitewww.rakuten.com

Rakuten Rewards (/ˈrækətɪn/ RAK-ə-tin),[1] formerly known as Ebates,[2] is a cash-back and shopping rewards company.[3] Its revenue comes from affiliate network links.[4] Members of the site click through affiliate links before shopping at a retailer's site.

  1. ^ "Ebates is now Rakuten". Rakuten Rewards.
  2. ^ "Ebates is Becoming Rakuten & Super Bowl Ad (How to Pronounce Rakuten)". Travel with Grant. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. ^ Suknanan, Jasmin. "The Rakuten shopping portal gives you cash back for purchases you were already planning to make". CNBC. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Rakuten to Acquire Ebates for $1 Billion". Business Wire (Press release). 9 September 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2015.