American Express updated last year their no-fee Blue Cash Everyday card to offer 3% cashback on “U.S. Online Retailer purchases”, up to $6,000 per calendar year.
Please contribute any data points you have in the comments below on what counts to earn 3% cashback. You can follow along the comments to see what works, or you can use the Comments Search Bar (found directly above the comments) to look up a particular retailer. You can also check out a related thread we have for the Online Retailer category on the Bank of America Cash Rewards card.
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Purchasing from Worx.com gave 3% back.
I have a weird DP. Buying single card on GCX counted as 3% online, but buying multiple cards on for same retailer did not. so 1 transaction and 1 card === 3%, 1 transaction multiple cards not 3%??? confusing.
Cardcash did not count as 3%
Purchasing music from Bandcamp gave 1% back.
Spa & sauna store online invoice counted as 3% back
Has anyone tried venmo business transactions (where you elect it as a purchase for buyer protection)?
Beach Camera pays 3%. beachcamera.com
BCE gave 3% back when paying for TurboTax Online at TurboTax.com.
Buying a gift card in the Pepper app with BCE gave 3% back.
Giftcards.com paid via Paypal gives 3% back. Have purchased both closed-loop cards and giftcards.com's own-brand giftcard successfully.
I'm not brave enough to find out whether Paypal passes enough data for Amex to determine an open-loop Visa/MC was bought on this site... :) Have stuck to other 2% cards for those purchases.
DuluthTrading.com and Dickies.com both gave 3% back.
Ordered at Walmart.com and did an in-store pickup on a clothing item, received 0% back. Inquired with Amex chat and did not get a sensible answer. Will try chatting again but it may be wise to avoid pickup orders at Walmart.
Eventually did get 3% back on this transaction for the online shopping category.
Did they say why it came up as 0% initially?
I think the real answer is that reward dollars may calculate slowly (slower than Amex offers!) and that transactions may be processed out of order. Going back through my account I see every transaction earned at least 1% in reward dollars except for the Amex gift cards I bought.