# GotCashback > GotCashback is a cashback comparison engine that helps online shoppers find the best cashback, rewards, and discount offers across hundreds of cashback portals worldwide. Users compare cashback rates from multiple portals side-by-side for thousands of online stores, brands, and gift card sellers before making a purchase, then click through the highest-paying portal to maximize their savings. GotCashback aggregates and normalizes cashback, points, and miles offers from cashback websites, airline shopping portals, credit card reward malls, and gift card resellers. The site is organized around stores, brands, categories, portals, gift cards, and country-specific catalogs, and offers free user accounts with personal alerts, favorites, referral rewards, and an influencer program. ## Core features - [Stores](https://www.gotcashback.com/Stores/): Browse online merchants and compare the best cashback rates offered by all tracked portals for each store. - [Brands](https://www.gotcashback.com/Brands/): Explore brands and discover which stores sell them and at what cashback rate. - [Categories](https://www.gotcashback.com/Categories/): Navigate stores grouped by shopping category (fashion, electronics, travel, home, etc.). - [Portals](https://www.gotcashback.com/Portals/): Directory of cashback, rewards, miles, and points portals tracked by GotCashback, with details and per-portal store catalogs. - [Gift cards](https://www.gotcashback.com/GiftCards/): Compare discounted gift card offers from resellers (eGifter, Raise, CardCash, GiftCards.com, and others) to find the best gift card deals. - [Search](https://www.gotcashback.com/search/): Site-wide search across stores, brands, categories, portals, and gift cards. ## Account features - [Sign in / register](https://www.gotcashback.com/account): Free GotCashback account for personalization, alerts, and referrals. - [Favorite stores](https://www.gotcashback.com/account/stores): Save preferred stores and get tailored cashback comparisons. - [Favorite portals](https://www.gotcashback.com/account/portals): Select which cashback portals you are a member of so comparisons highlight the ones available to you. - [Cashback alerts](https://www.gotcashback.com/account/alerts): Subscribe to email alerts when cashback rates increase or new offers appear for chosen stores. - [Referrals](https://www.gotcashback.com/account/referrals): Invite friends with personal referral codes and earn referral rewards. - [Influencers / creators](https://www.gotcashback.com/account/influencers): Apply for the influencer program to share custom links and promote cashback offers. ## API & MCP - [Public API](https://api.gotcashback.com): REST API exposing stores, brands, categories, portals, and gift card data. No authentication required. - [MCP Server](https://mcp.gotcashback.com): Model Context Protocol server for AI assistant integration, providing structured access to GotCashback data without authentication. ## Reference - [Sitemap](https://www.gotcashback.com/sitemap.xml.gz): Machine-readable sitemap of public pages (stores, brands, categories, portals, gift cards, content pages). - [Robots](https://www.gotcashback.com/robots.txt): Crawler directives for the site. ## Optional - [Content pages](https://www.gotcashback.com/): Informational and help pages (about, how cashback works, FAQ, terms, privacy) accessible from the site footer.