Last updated on March 15th, 2025 at 11:57 pm
Makeena is a cash back shopping app that rewards users for purchasing the brands and products featured in the app, most of which are organic or all-natural.
“We want everyone on our big, beautiful planet of ours to easily find and afford healthier food …” relates Makeena on its About page. “So we created an app that instantly connects you to better choices—products that are better for your health, better for your life, and oh yeah, better for the planet.”
Yes. Makeena is a legitimate app that pays users cash via PayPal or Venmo. As of March 2025, Makeena has a 4.1 out of 5 star rating in the App store and a 3.3 out of 5 star rating in Google Play.
According to the aforementioned About Us page, the name Makeena means abundance in Hawaiian and happiness in Swahili.
An individual offer can only be redeemed once within any 24 hour period.
You can earn cash back from Makeena on purchases from virtually any store, online or offline—even Farmer’s Markets.
Yes. You can stack Makeena offers on top of manufacturer/retailer coupons unless otherwise specified in Makeena’s terms for the individual offer. The only caveat is that the purchase price must exceed the value of the coupon/in-store offer/Makeena cash back offer.
Makeena has always-on cash back offers on eggs, including $0.50 cash back on Vital Farms eggs. As of this writing, Makeena is also offering $0.25 cash back on Eggland’s Best Free Range Eggs (12 ct.), and $0.25 cash back on Pete and Gerry’s large eggs (12 ct).
No. Makeena is an outlier on this, but you can’t earn cash back on items purchased with a gift card.
There are two ways:
1. Open the “Brands” tab and click on the brands that interest you to unlock individual rebate offers.
2. Go to the “Rebates” tab, and click on offers that interest you.
Many of the offers on the Rebates page don’t correspond to specific brands and simply require you to purchase the organic version of specific products, a la organic Vitamin B, organic Vitamin K, organic pears, or organic yellow squash, etc.
Receipts must be submitted to Makeena with seven days after purchase and before the offer in question expires.
Online purchases require a packing slip or invoice and must be submitted within ten days and before the offer in question expires. Packing slips and invoices must show:
– Date and time of purchase
– Cost of the offer product(s)
– A zero balance owed
Yes. You need to earn at least $20.00 in cash back before you can cash out via PayPal or Venmo. Makeena says it can take up to 30 days before you receive payment. After you request payment, Makeena verifies your purchases and user info.
Yes. You can earn $1.00 for every friend you refer when they successfully redeem their first offer. When your friend signs up using your referral code, they will earn “1,000 Makeena Exclusive Points,” which are redeemable for $1.00.
A maximum of $10 can be earned by referring friends.
Founder: Karen Frame
Founded: 2014, Boulder, CO
Payout Options: PayPal and Venmo
Minimum Payout Amount: $20.00
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