# Rakuten Button Canada: Get Cash Back for Shopping

> Always forgetting Cash Back? Let us help. Shop like you normally would at your favourite stores and we’ll alert you when Cash Back is available. Trust us, you’ll never forget Cash Back again!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/ebates-express-cash-back](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ebates-express-cash-back)

## Overview

- **ID:** `ebates-express-cash-back`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Rakuten
- **Category:** shopping
- **Daily users:** 12,099
- **Weekly downloads:** 20
- **Rating:** 3.68 / 5 (22 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.8.1
- **Last updated:** 2022-05-24
- **First published:** 2015-06-23
- **Size:** 4.76 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ebates-express-cash-back/)
- **Website:** [http://www.rakuten.ca/express/help](http://www.rakuten.ca/express/help)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ebates-express-cash-back/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ebates-express-cash-back/privacy/)

## Description

Rakuten Button Canada is an essential browser extension designed to save you money effortlessly. Formerly known as Ebates, this tool automatically alerts you to Cash Back opportunities at your favorite stores, ensuring you never miss a deal. Activate Cash Back in one click directly from your shopping sites, bypassing extra steps.

Key features include automatic application of the best promo codes with Coupon Magic, access to exclusive weekly Bonus Cash Back events, and the ability to compare Cash Back rates directly on Google, Yahoo, and Bing search results. Monitor your account and shopping activity conveniently in one place, making savings simple and efficient.

## Rankings

- #702 — Overall
- #27 — Shopping
- #2 — rakuten
- #11 — shopping
- #20 — benefit
- #20 — shop

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `cookies`
- `tabs`
- `webNavigation`
- `webRequest`
- `storage`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has medium user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users appreciate the Rakuten Button Canada's ability to help save money through easy cashback activation and notifications. However, multiple reviews highlight issues such as annoying pop-up notifications, conflicts with ad blockers, high CPU usage, and login loops. Privacy concerns and limited participation from major stores also diminish its usefulness. Overall, while beneficial for cashback savings, technical problems and intrusive behavior reduce user satisfaction.

### Pros

- Helps users save money by automatically notifying them of cashback offers and coupons.
- Simplifies activating cashback with one click, making the cashback process easy and user-friendly.
- Saves more money compared to other cashback extensions like Honey for some users.

### Cons

- Annoying persistent pop-up notifications on websites that cannot be permanently disabled and must be turned off every session.
- Compatibility issues with ad blockers like UBlock Origin, causing functionality problems unless specific whitelist actions are taken.
- High CPU usage reported when the add-on is enabled, indicating possible performance or background process issues.
- Login loop problems since September 2020, where users are repeatedly asked to log in but cannot successfully access cashback features.
- Lack of support for certain major stores (e.g., Amazon.ca), making the add-on less useful for some users.
- Concerns about privacy and data collection, with some users suspecting the add-on collects browsing data for ad targeting, labeling it as spyware.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ebates-express-cash-back)