Quidco review: how it works and what else is out there

What Quidco is

Quidco is a cashback service run by Quidco Limited. The idea is simple: click through to a retailer from the Quidco website, app or browser extension, shop as you normally would, and the retailer pays Quidco a commission that gets shared back with you.

Beyond regular online shopping, Quidco also pays cashback on insurance, energy and broadband products booked through Quidco Compare, and it has an in-store cashback option as well, though the details of how that works were not available.

Quidco also runs a refer-a-friend program with a cap on how many successful referrals count within a 12 month period, and some gift card withdrawals carry an extra bonus on top of the cashback itself.

Quidco at a glance

Here is what is confirmed about Quidco from its own help center and account agreement.

Facts checked on 2026-10-06

What to look for in a similar cashback site

If Quidco does not fit because you are outside the UK, or you simply want to compare options, a few questions help sort the real choices from the rest.

• Check which country the service actually serves: cashback depends on local retailer deals, so a site built for one country rarely works well elsewhere.
• Look at how cashback is tracked and confirmed, since most cashback sites have a delay between a purchase and the reward becoming payable.
• Check the payout methods on offer, whether that is bank transfer, PayPal or gift cards, and whether there is a membership fee taken out of your cashback.
• See whether the site charges anything to join, and whether a 'free' tier is really free or just the entry point to a paid one.

Quidco compared with PocketsFull

Quidco and PocketsFull work in different ways, so here is a side-by-side look at the basics.

How PocketsFull is different

PocketsFull is not a cashback site. There is nothing to buy and no retailer link to click through. Instead, members take paid surveys and complete offers, which are often game and app offers from partners, and collect rewards they can redeem.

Where Quidco pays you back a share of what a retailer earns from your purchase, PocketsFull pays for tasks you complete directly: a finished survey adds to your balance, and an offer pays once you reach the steps it lists. Some offers take days to confirm because the partner has to check them first, the same way Quidco's cashback has to be confirmed by the retailer before it can be withdrawn.

Joining and using PocketsFull is free, with no membership tiers and no fee taken out of what you earn. PocketsFull also has a separate section of free browser games with no download and no sign-up, but those are for fun and do not pay rewards.

How PocketsFull pays

PocketsFull shows payout options based on where you are. Gift cards come from brands available in your country, and PayPal and Litecoin are also listed on the redeem screen for everyone.