Frequently Asked Questions

Member Questions:

What's so unique about BuyCasts?
BuyCasts is a new and innovative way to shop and buy online. We are a social purchasing network that helps you support your charitable interests and personal relationships, while helping you save and earn money at the same time.
Simply tell us a little about yourself and what products or services you'll soon be buying, and BuyCasts will take care of the rest. We'll direct you to merchants who will not only offer you special discounts and incentives for your patronage, but also share your charitable interests. We can even direct you to merchants who have been referred to your by a friend or family member.
How much does it cost?
It's free!! BuyCasts cost you nothing while allowing you to save on purchases, support your charitable interests, and refer your favorite merchants to your friends and family members. You can even earn income for you and your family’s future.
If you're seriously interested in earning additional income, BuyCasts also offers premium memberships that let you earn higher rates for your referral activities.
How does BuyCasts work?
BuyCasts has developed a unique technology called a Permissive Search Agent. It's a small browser plug-in that you download to assist your normal search activities at any major search engine or shopping site. Your Permissive Search Agent will prompt you to qualify your purchasing intentions when you conduct a typical search. If the search isn't related to a purchase, then you would do nothing. The message prompt will simply fade away. However, if the search is related to an upcoming purchase, then tell us when you expect to be making the purchase, and BuyCasts will direct you to the merchants offering special discounts and promotions: we call this “BuyCasting”.
How does BuyCasts help support my social values and charitable interests?
BuyCasts lets you build and manage a personal purchasing network of friends, family members, trusted merchants and charitable interests. This enables us to link you to merchants who share an affinity and connection to your charitable interests when shopping online. BuyCasts also donates 30% of its gross revenues to the charities that are actively supported by BuyCasts members. The amount donated to your charity is based on your participation in the BuyCasts network. You earn donations for your charity by buycasting your upcoming purchases and building your personal purchasing network of friends, merchants and charitable interests.
Does BuyCasts pay me for searching the internet?
No. You can never earn money from your own search or click behavior.
However, if you are interested in earning money, you can refer new members and merchants into the BuyCasts network. You'll earn residual income based on their participation in the network.
What type of charitable causes can I support?
BuyCasts has more than 130,000 non-profits in its database and is adding more each day. You can choose from charities, faith-based organizations, political action groups, advocacy groups, universities, colleges, high schools, sororities, and fraternities. If you don't find your favorite charitable organization in our database, you can have them registered by clicking here.
Are you going to ask me a bunch of personal questions?
No. When you register, we ask typical profile questions such as name, mailing address, email, and phone number. Optional questions about what you do for a living and what you like to do for fun is asked, but nothing too personal.
Are you going to give my information to merchants?
No. Any information given to a merchant is provided only by you. You can earn charitable credits for your charities by allowing merchants to contact you or by answering a merchant's qualifying questions. However, you are in total control as to when or if any information is shared with a merchant.
How can I earn money with BuyCasts?
BuyCasts members can earn residual income simply by referring new members and merchants to the network. You can monetize your social and local footprint by telling your friends, associates, and local merchants about BuyCasts. Each month you can earn up to 30% of the advertising fees associated with the members and merchants that you have referred to the network.
Is BuyCasts a multi-level marketing network?
Absolutely not, you can only earn BuyPoints on members and merchants you directly refer to the network.
How will you pay me?
Advertising fees associated with the members and merchants you refer to the network are converted into BuyPoints. You may redeem these BuyPoints as cash contributions into any personal savings, IRA, Health Savings, or 529 Plan (child's education) account.
How much money can I make?
It's all up to you. How many members or merchants do you think you can refer to the BuyCast system? Use our referral calculator to estimate your earnings. BuyCasts pays residual earning on all referrals and places no limit on how much you can earn.
How do you manage fraud?
First we ensure that no one can personally benefit from his/her individual activity within the network. While Members can earn charitable credits for their charities, these credits can only be earned for buycasting an upcoming purchase and/or interacting directly with a merchant. Members can earn credits for merchant interactions such as giving the merchant permission to contact them by phone or email, as well as answering a merchant’s qualifying questions. Members can never earn charitable credits for clicking on a merchant’s advertisement.
However, because members can benefit personally from their referrals, we have developed patented processes and technologies that can detect suspected fraudulent interactions based on a member's history and patterns within the network - much like a credit card company. More importantly, we are able to suppress or suspend the frequency and number of ad impressions when we suspect fraudulent behaviors. Fraud determinations are the sole discretion of BuyCasts, LLC.
Is my Permissive Search Agent always monitoring my search activities?
That’s up to you. You can turn off the search-monitoring feature by logging out of the system at any time and then simply log back in when you want to search for purchases you'll be making soon.
Or, you can always leave it on. Remember, BuyCasts never uses or shares your information unless it benefits you and only after you have authorized it. You're in total control.