BondRewards.com
BondRewards.com is yet another sevice that helps you save during online shopping. By visiting online merchants thru BondRewards' web site, you can get a rebate from 1% to 15% of your total purchase. Once you accumulate $50 of rebates, you will receive a $50 Saving Bond by mail.
For comparison purposes, I listed the rebate % of some online destinations from Upromise, BondRewards and StockBack, all offering similar saving service (Upromise and StockBack also allow you to save offline, which give you more flexibility). 
Merchant (Upromise/BondRewards/StockBack)
Buy.com (2%/2%/2%)
Barnes & Noble (3%/5%/3%)
Dell (2%/1%/2%)
Eddie Bauer (3%/6%/4%)
Gap (3%/5%/3%)
HSN (4%/5%/3%)
Kmart (2%/4%/2%)
Macy's (3%/4%/3%)
OfficeDepot (2%/2%/2%)
Officemax (2%/4%/2%)
Overstock (3%/5%/4%)
Sears (2%/2%/4%)
Staples (2%/3%/2%)
You may notice BondRewards offers a higher rebate percentage in a number of scenarios, and if you are frequent patron of these sites, you should try BondRewards. However, BondRewards' merchant list is much shorter than its peers, and it lacks its peers' offering to allow saving thru other channels, like
offline shopping, utility and general 1% flat credit card cashbacks, so if you don't make a lot of online purchases, you probably will not see a dime from Bondrewards in years. In this case, Upromise and StockBack are better programs to save a few bucks every month.
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