Slide has updated the rate at which you can earn cashback in the app and it’s good news.
Slide Cashback Thresholds
4% Cashback
As standard, Slide offers 4% cashback. That’s the rate you earn when paying for a gift card using any payment method.
5% Cashback
Slide offers the option to preload your balance rather than paying on an ad hoc basis whenever you want a gift card. In the past, they loaded 1% to your cashback balance no matter what payment method you used, meaning you’d earn a total of 5% cashback.
That’s now changed. You’ll now earn that extra 1% cashback when preloading your Slide balance with one of the following payment methods:
- Apple Pay
- Google Pay
- PayPal
- Credit Card
6% Cashback
Slide is now offering the opportunity to earn an extra 2% on top of the base rate (so 6% total cashback) when preloading your balance using one of the following payment methods:
- Debit card
- Crypto
Note that it’ll take 24 hours for crypto to be credited to your Slide balance, so that won’t be useful if you plan on buying a gift card straight away.
How To Maximize This
At first I wasn’t overly excited about this development because paying with a debit card for an extra 1% cashback would be forgoing credit card rewards. However, there is a workaround – PayPal Key.
I loaded $25 to my Slide balance using PayPal Key this morning and earned $0.50 cashback which is 2%. My PayPal Key is backed by a credit card, so I’ll earn 6% from Slide (2% now from preloading and 4% when buying gift cards) while also earning credit card rewards (in my case, 1.5x Ultimate Rewards as the backing card for my PPK is a Freedom Unlimited card).
Stack With Portal Cashback
Don’t forget that you can earn additional cashback when tapping through to the Slide app from a shopping portal. TopCashback offers 3% cashback, so that’s a total of 9% cashback you’ll earn. That’s a pretty good deal as a guaranteed return at any time, especially on brands like Airbnb and eBay.
Referral Bonus
If you’re considering joining Slide, I’d appreciate it if you used my referral link. You’ll get $5 off your first four orders and I’ll get a $5 credit for each of your first four orders.