# Invite-Only Cashback Shopping Apps Kickback Pays Users to Earn Cash on All Purchases By Grace Mahas | Published 2020-07-29 | Business Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kickback References: [kickback.money](https://kickback.money/) Kickback is a new inivte-only, friend-to-friend shopping app that works directly with brands and to give members [cash back rewards for shopping](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/savewise-cashback) as well as inviting friends. The brand is able to leverage a portion of the billions of dollars spent on digital advertising and puts it into the pockets of brands' biggest advocates via [social commerce](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/claim-app). The Kickback app will be especially useful amid and post the pandemic, as traditional in-person shopping experiences — such as trying in clothes at a brick-and-mortar location — likely won't return to normal for quite some time. The app enables customers to adapt to a new, [online shopping experience](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kaboo) while earning cash, a win-win for both retailers and consumers. Image Credit: Kickback ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.6/10 - Popularity: 19% | Activity: 49% | Freshness: 9% - Audience gender: 30% men, 70% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Business](https://www.trendhunter.com/business) > [Retail](https://www.trendhunter.com/retail) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Cashback Shopping Apps:** The rise of invite-only cashback shopping apps presents disruptive innovation opportunities for brands to engage with customers and reward their loyalty. - **Social Commerce:** The integration of friend-to-friend shopping apps like Kickback opens up possibilities for disruptive innovation in the social commerce space, allowing brands to tap into the power of personal recommendations and incentivize purchases. - **Adapting to Online Shopping:** The shift towards invite-only shopping apps provides an opportunity for disruptive innovation in helping consumers adapt to the online shopping experience while offering tangible rewards, creating a mutually beneficial relationship between retailers and customers. ### Where This Applies - **E-commerce:** Invite-only cashback shopping apps can disrupt the e-commerce industry by providing a unique incentivized shopping experience, driving customer engagement, and increasing sales. - **Digital Advertising:** The rise of invite-only shopping apps creates disruptive innovation opportunities in the digital advertising industry, allowing brands to redirect advertising budgets towards rewarding their loyal customers and advocates. - **Retail:** The adoption of invite-only cashback shopping apps opens up opportunities for disruptive innovation in the retail industry, facilitating the transition to online shopping while offering additional benefits to both retailers and customers. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Gamified Cashback Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/shopback.md) - [Cashback Student Rewards Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kora-rewards.md) - [Referral Code Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/refkid.md) - [Automated Savings Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cashback1.md) - [Streamlined Shopping Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/streamlined-shopping-apps.md) - [Social Shopping Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/locker.md) - [Retail Investment Reward Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/retail-reward-app.md) - [Viral Social Shopping Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/claim-app.md) - [Rewarding AI Shopping Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/shopup.md)