Thursday, 22. May 2008
Get Paid for Buying Products Using Windows Live Search
Microsoft has recently revealed that it will pay users a rebate for buying products they found through the company's Windows Live search engine.
Under the Live Search cashback program, participating merchants will pay Microsoft a fee for each product purchased through Live Search cashback. When the transaction is complete, Microsoft will return the fee (a percentage of the product price) to the consumer.
Those users who are willing to enroll in Microsoft’s Cash Back should sign up for a Live Search cashback account at the time of their first purchase. They will receive the rebates in their cashback account directly from Microsoft 60 days after completing purchases.
“We believe search can offer much more value to consumers and advertisers than it does today, and we see Live Search cashback as an important opportunity to deliver additional value,” said Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates in a statement.
Gates also added that it would partner with more than 700 retailers online auction house eBay, bookstore chain Barnes & Noble, longtime retailer Sears and Home Depot Inc.
The rebate program appears to be part of a fallback strategy by Microsoft in the wake of a failed bid to buy pioneering Internet firm Yahoo.