As far as I know, eBates doesn't directly sell the websites you visit. Instead, it makes money from the fees paid by "affiliates". For example, eBates is an aff

As far as I know, eBates doesn't directly sell the websites you visit. Instead, it makes money from the fees paid by "affiliates". For example, eBates is an affiliate of Macy's. That means when you buy something on Macy's with eBates installed, Macy's assumes that eBates is helping to get the user onto eBates. Macy's pays eBates, and eBates pays a part of it to yourself. As far as I know, it only sends URLs of your visits to its affiliates, but not for other sites