Introduction to Plink

Plink is an online service that rewards you for shopping at select merchants.  Plink earns a commission from the merchants and passes some of the commission to you in the form of Plink Points.  Each Plink Point is worth 1 cent and can be redeemed for digital gift cards.  Plink Points are earned on top of any credit card rewards you would normally receive by using your credit card at select merchants.

To join Plink, please click here.  After linking a credit card to your Plink account, you will receive 300 Plink Points, which is equal to $3.00 in gift cards.

You can join by linking your Facebook account, Twitter account, or sign up with your email address.

After joining Plink, your account will have 0 Plink Points.

You will receive an email from Plink with a link to complete your registration (basically just to verify your email address).

To receive 300 free Plink Points, click on the My Account tab and click Link Card.

You can only link 1 credit card to Plink at a time, but you can change credit cards as often as you like.  You can type your credit card company’s name into the box or click their name from the list below.  I want to link my Bank of America credit card, so I click the Bank of America link

Now I enter my Bank of America log in information.  All information is securely encrypted.  Plink only needs access to your current purchases, no other financial information is needed.

You will see the processing screen for a few seconds.

Select the credit card you want to link to your Plink account.

Confirmation that my credit card has been successfully linked to my Plink account.

In your Plink settings, you can see which credit card you currently have linked to your Plink account.  If you ever want to switch to a different credit card, just click the Change link.

Within a few seconds, your Plink account will have 300 Plink Points, just for linking a credit card to your Plink account.

To learn more about Plink, please check out:

• Adding Merchants to Plink
• Redeem Plink Points for Gift Cards and Airline Miles
• Plink Points not Posting?
• How Plink Makes Money and Future Plink Partners
• Plink App for iPhone and Android Smartphones

If you have any questions, please leave a comment below.