Join Capital One Shopping Via Referral & Get $40/$40

Update 3/29/24: Capital One Shopping has brought back their referral program at $40 for referrer and $40 for new member. It’s not quite the $200 from last year, but it’s still excellent for a simple shopping portal signup. No referrals in the comments below. I’d recommend not using a random link floating around – you have no way of knowing whether the referrer already maxed out their $500 limit for the year, and terms limit the referree getting the bonus only if the referrer did not max out their referrals. Asking someone you know for a referral is the best bet. Personally, I earned $500 from the last referral round when I had my link in the post (thanks to those who used my link!). The system shows a progress bar with my $500 being maxed out. This seems to indicate the limit did not reset since the last round.

The Offer

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• Get $40 when you signup for Capital One Shopping, install their browser extension, and then shop $10 through the portal/extension within 30 days.
• Referrer gets $40 as well, up to $500 total.

The Fine Print

• To qualify for a referral sign up bonus, your refer-ee must be a new Capital One Shopping user, sign up and install the Capital One Shopping desktop computer or mobile browser extension via your referral link, and make Qualifying Purchase(s) totaling $10 within 30 days of signing up.
• A Qualifying Purchase means a purchase via Capital One Shopping that earns Capital One Shopping Rewards.
• By participating in the referral program, you are telling your refer-ee that you’re a Capital One Shopping customer.
• Bonuses will be automatically applied to your account and your refer-ee’s account within 30 days after satisfying these requirements, but issuance may be delayed during the determination of whether a Qualifying Purchase has been made by a new user.
• You may only earn bonuses for a limited number of referrals per referral period.
• Bonuses will be awarded as Capital One Shopping Rewards, and are subject to the Capital One Shopping Terms of Service.

Our Verdict

It’s not quite worth $30 since you can only redeem for select gift cards. Still a very nice bonus for any easy shopping portal signup and small spend. Find signup links in this dedicated post.

Capital One Shopping is one that a lot of us find useful as well for their high rates and targeted offers. You can always remove the browser extension later if you don’t want it; I personally ended up keeping it on my browser. See these related posts:

Deal History: 

• Update 1/23/24: Some people didn’t get their $200 bonus. Many are reporting having success getting their $200 bonus by simply emailing and submitting a request ([email protected]).
• Update 12/22/23: A lot of people are seeing their $200 bonuses reflected now
• Update 12/18/23: Capital One is removing the referral program. I’m guessing the $200 referrals were a big mistake, will be interesting to see what happens.
• Update 12/11/23: Back down to $40
• Update 12/9/23: Some people now have links for $200/$200. Do not leave referrals in the comments below and do not make fake comments to indicate you have a referral link. (Hat tip to FM) Feel free to go through the comments in the referral post to find a good link (that page is closed for new comments). Just note that there is a report of a new member not getting a bonus since the referrer had already met their referral max, and the terms indicate such a thing as well (“Referrer must not have exceeded their referral-based Shopping Reward payout maximum…”). So it’s really best to signup directly from a friend, not clicking a link on a blog.
• Update 12/2/23: Links have apparently been lowered down to $40.
• Update 11/22/23: Max referral earnings limit has been increased from $300 to $500. Referral bonuses are still showing at either $75/$75 or $50/$50. Valid through 12/1/23. Do not leave referrals in the comments below and do not make fake comments to indicate you have a referral link. These will be removed and will affect your future ability to comment on the site.
• Update 11/20/23: It’s now up to $75/$75 for some people. Other links show $50/$50. (ht Shawn) Pretty insane to get that much for a simple portal signup, extension download, and $10 of shopping. Do not leave referrals in the comments below. 
• Update 9/28/23: Most links are still showing $30/$30, but now there are some links that are offering the new member $40 or $60 for signing up. 
• Update 9/5/23: I believe everyone is seeing the $30/$30 now (previously some were seeing lower offers). Updated below.