Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How much does this cost?
A. Nothing. Rewarded Interest is free. We make money when you make money, by charging the advertisers that show you personalized ads. It’s win-win!
Q. How does this work?
It’s all in the ability to target you. Advertisers need to track you to target you. We block their tracking and replace it with a rewarded ID. When they want to use it, they have to give you Rewards.
Q. How much can I make from earned Rewards?
You earn 5% of what advertisers spend to show you personalized ads using your advertising ID. The more advertisers spend, the more you earn. There is no limit to what you can earn.
Q. How much can I make from inviting people?
You can invite as many people as you want to join Rewarded Interest and collect Invite Bonus Rewards.
Q. When can I redeem my bonus Rewards?
Bonus Rewards are available to redeem once you have signed up for an account, verified you are a human, and have collected over $10 USD of Rewards from scrolling / browsing
Q. How do I get my Rewards?
A. You can get your Rewards through Venmo, Paypal, a Visa Gift Card or others when you are eligible. Eligibility requires that you have a logged in account, have collected more that $10 USD value of Earned Rewards, and have verified your identity with a government ID.
Q. When can I get my Invite and Activation Bonus Rewards?
A. Invite Rewards are available once the person you have invited is eligible to redeem their Rewards. Activation Rewards are available once you are eligible to redeem Rewards.
Q. Are the sites I visit impacted?
A. When you visit a site with Rewarded Interest we remove their consent dialog and pass your consent choices. This way the site gets your preferences and you get straight to the content. Unlike ad blockers, we do not harm the site's ability to make money – in fact, if you decide to allow your ID to be shared, the site can make more money and share some of that with you in the form of rewards.
Q. Do you share or sell my data?
A. No. We make money a different way. When advertisers use your rewarded ID with they data they have, they pay us. We reward you. We collect minimal data about you – only what we need to make the service work (like you email address and your rewarded ID). Our model is different.
This is important, so we want to be clear. Rewarded Interest does not share or sell your data. Other than to provide our services to you and detect fraud, we don't collect data. Selling data is not our business. Instead, advertisers pay to see and use a rewarded ID, which we call a CMAID ("see-maid"), as you visit websites, watch videos, and use apps. Advertisers and their suppliers use the CMAID in conjunction with observations to correlate (connect) those observations - and build profiles to understand which products and services you might want to buy or learn more about. They use these profiles when they buy ads to help them decide when and how much to pay. Data without identity has limited value. But data with identity together is valuable. This is why advertisers pay us and you to see your CMAID.
Q. Is this legal?
A. Yes, 100%.
Q. What's in it for advertisers?
A. Having an ID that you have explicitly said they can use means they can be much more efficient with how they spend their money. We charge them 10% of what they spend to target you, but it can make them up to 50% more efficient. We share 5% with you of the total amount they spend to target you.
Q. Will using Rewarded Interest mean I get more ads?
A. No. Apps and sites manage the number of ads they show when you visit them. Using Rewarded Interest allows them to make more money per ad, but does not directly impact the number of ads you receive.
Q. What happens if a site or ad tech vendor doesn't work with Rewarded Interest?
A. When we set your consent, we remove or over-ride the site's consent interface. Therefore, the do not have consent for any related use (purpose) or company (vendor). Only if they use the provided API based information can they get your consent. In this way, we ensure they need to adhere to your preferences.
Q. What data does Reward Interest share with advertisers, publishers, or ad tech partners for advertising?
A. None. Rewarded Interest does not share any data (other than your ID) with these companies.
Q. Why do some sites not show ads with Rewarded Interest?
A. Rewarded Interest does not try to block ads. On some sites, however, ads do not show because the site is not retrieving the Rewarded Interest consent signal and has decided not to show ads without a consent signal.
Q. What data does Rewarded Interest have associated with me?
A. We have your Rewarded Interest ID, your Rewarded Interest account information, and information required to provide the service (for example, how much you have earned, the information needed to enable payment to you, and your settings).
Q. Does Rewarded Interest support the Global Privacy Control?
A. Yes. Rewarded Interest supports the Global Privacy Control (GPC). You activate GPC through the option to select custom consent settings. In addition to passing the GPC signal, Rewarded Interest will block any companies you don't allow from setting trackers.
Q. I'm an Advertiser, Demand Side Platform or Publisher. What's in it for me?
A. We partner with Advertisers and Demand Side Platforms to use our ID and Publishers to help drive awareness. Learn more on our partner page.