Kidstart Review: Build Your Children’s Savings Account

This week I discovered an amazing website that allows you to earn money every time you shop! The website is called KidStart, they help you to build your children’s savings account with the money you earn!

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Here’s everything you need to know about the kid-focused cashback website including common FAQ’s.

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What is KidStart?

KidStart is a free shopping club that gives you money back every time you shop through their website. The cashback is available at most major retailers and supermarkets including ASOS, John Lewis and Amazon. This money is to help you build up a savings account for your children, grandchildren, or child to be.

KidStart is essentially a cashback site for parents/grandparents/parents to be. Each time you shop through the links on the KidStart website, Kidstart will get commission for referring you to a retailers website. They then transfer this commission to you allowing you to build a savings account for your child. You can find out more about cashback sites and how they work in my Guide to Cashback.

Save for your Children’s Future

They also allow you to easily build up a savings account for your little ones. Simply sign up to KidStart and search for the retailer that you want to buy from.

You can get uniform/stationary/pretty much anything from from clicking through to their site. Shop as normal and you’ll see the savings made on your purchase in your account within 24 hours (although it can on occasion take longer), they’ll also email you to confirm. Save into whichever bank, building society or child savings account you have connected to your account.

Invite Friends and Family

You’ll get a unique referral code upon signing up that you can use to invite friends and family. KidStart will pay you a £5 referral bonus into your account every time you invite a new member (they must save at least £5 before you get rewarded). There are tons of rewards schemes that offer you money in exchange for you inviting your friends just like this one.

You can invite family and friends to link their accounts to your children’s. This means that every time they shop through KidStart they’re contributing to your children’s savings account(s) too! This can be a big bonus when it comes to birthday and Christmas shopping.

FAQ’s

How to Kidstart make money?

When you click on an offer displayed on their website, they get a small commission for referring you to the retailers website. They give most of this commission to you, but keep a small percentage to allow them to maintain the website.

Do my savings expire?

No. Once you’ve earned rewards they will sit in you account until you decide to use them.

How do I invite someone else to save for my children?

You can send an email with your invite link. Visit the ‘Invite Friends and Family’ tab for more details.

How do I change my account settings?

Visit the ‘My Profile’ tab (Manage Account) to make any changes to your account.

Can I close my KidStart account?

Yes. Just email them directly. Their contact details can be found on the contact page or on any email correspondence. You can transfer your remaining balance to a selected account (there is a £2 admin fee for this).

My favourite offer on KidStart is the reward you get for shopping at Amazon. I shop with Amazon regularly and they very rarely allow you to get any kind of promotion on their site so take advantage of this one! If your little ones aren’t so little any more and need to start saving money on their own send them in the direction of my Student Discount Guide.