Ebates $5 Bonus Offer and Apple iPad Giveaway Contest

The Ebates cash rebate shopping network is currently offering a Free Apple iPad to Ebates members who complete 50 referral bonuses.

If the minimum amount of referrals is met by our readers, Maximizing Money will give away the free Apple iPad to 1 lucky reader.

In order to qualify, you must sign up through our Ebates Referral Link and qualify as a referral according to the promotional terms outlined below.

Ebates offers a $5 sign-up bonus when you join Ebates for free and make your first qualifying purchase, plus you’ll have a chance to win an Apple iPad (if the minimum amount of 50 referrals is met by our readers).

We figure that the average person won’t likely be able to get 50 referrals, and we’re unlikely to reach that number without some extra help from our readers, so hopefully offering to give away the potential prize of an Apple iPad will provide the extra motivation needed, so that we can all benefit.

Basically, if you sign up through our referral link, then qualify for your $5 bonus and as a referral for us, and we reach the 50 minimum need to receive a free Apple iPad, then you’ll have a chance of receiving the free Apple iPad that we’ll give away to 1 referral, which is a chance that you wouldn’t otherwise have if you sign up through somebody else’s referral link.

The Ebates shopping network offers cash rebates when you make purchases from brand-name stores and service providers through the Ebates website.

Details of Ebates Apple iPad Promotion

Ebates offers current Ebates members a $5 referral bonus for each new member that you refer who makes a qualifying first purchase.

Ebates is currently running a special promotion that offers: a free Apple iPad or $500 if you refer 50 people; a home theater or $1,000 if you refer 100 people; a 55″ LED HDTV or $2,500 if you refer 200 people; or a trip to Hawaii or $4,500 if you refer 300 people.

A qualified referral is a new user to Ebates who makes a purchase of $20 or more earning cash back.

To qualify for the special prizes, you must refer the new users between 4/23/10 and 7/31/10, and they must make their qualifying purchase by 8/10/10.

The highest bonus level qualified for will be awarded, and only 1 bonus will be awarded per person.

In the event that any of the bonuses as described are not available, a similar bonus will be awarded.

This promotion is open only to individuals who are legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico, and are 18 years of age.

Maximizing Money Ebates Giveaway Offer

Simply sign up as a new member through our Ebates Referral Link between 4/23/10 and 7/31/10.

Make your first qualifying purchase of $20 or more earning cash back by 8/10/10 to qualify as a referral and receive your $5 bonus.

If Maximizing Money gets 50 referrals within this time frame and qualifies to receive a free Apple iPad, we will pick a random referral to receive the free gift.

If the 50 minimum is not met, then no prize will be rewarded. We don’t expect to reach any higher prize levels, but special arrangements will be made if that occurs.

Basically, you’ll get a $5 bonus for signing up for Ebates and making your first qualifying purchase, and if you use our referral link and we reach the minimum amount of referrals, we’ll give that prize back to our readers and pick a random referral to receive the reward.

Ebates provides partial tracking for us to know who signed up and qualified as a referral, but if you do so and would like to participate, please leave a comment below with your email included in the email field (it doesn’t show online), so that we can contact you later if needed.

The prize will only be rewarded if we meet the minimum amount of qualified referrals within the promotional time frame, and if Ebates indeed provides us with the prize.

Check out our Ebates Bonus Offer Review for more details about earning cash rebates when shopping online through Ebates.

If you’d like to sign up for Ebates and earn a $5 bonus, use our Ebates referral links above, and then you also might have a chance to win a free Apple iPad.