June 17, 2001
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Upromise.com - Finally, someone has organized one of these "reward for purchase" programs into something that I can actually make use of. This site has Biz Dev relationships with a number of large companies including CVS, GM, Toys 'R Us, AOL, AT & T, Exxon and Fidelity to name a few. By registering your credit card, any purchases that you make with their partner companies nets you a percentage of your puchase into a college savings plan for your loved ones. What is really cool is that friends, relatives, heck even perfect strangers can opt to have their savings be directed to another persons fund! Hint, hint.
StockBack.com - Here is another reward program that I participate in from time to time. Purchases made with any of their member companies gets you a percentage of your purchase (up to 10%) that is placed into the StockBack Mutual Fund. Negative to this is that their system relies on the merchant reporting back to them that the purchase has been made.