Fat Wallet Best Buy Guide

: Savvy shoppers use mobile apps to leverage Best Buy’s price-match guarantee against Amazon or Walmart, ensuring they get the lowest possible price while still earning store points.

: A "Best" buy is achieved when combining the My Best Buy loyalty program with high-yield credit cards. Financial experts note that while carrying many cards can lead to a physically "fat wallet" (and potential overspending), strategically using 2-3 targeted rewards cards can maximize rebates.

In a more modern, technical sense, the suggests that as applications and protocols become "thinner" (commoditized), value will accrue to the wallet or the "front end" that owns the relationship with the user. In a retail context, this means retailers like Best Buy are shifting focus toward memberships (like My Best Buy Total) and branded payments to capture long-term customer value rather than just individual product sales. FatWallet to shut down after 18 years. : r/personalfinance

: Best Buy and others participated in affiliate programs where FatWallet would receive a commission for every sale, a portion of which was returned to the user as cash back . This created a "double-dip" opportunity where consumers could use a credit card with rewards and FatWallet’s rebate.