By — Australian cashback experts based in Melbourne, VIC.

· · Reviewed by the Kick Cashback Editorial Team

Publisher credentials: Kick Cashback is operated by Kick Systems Pty Ltd, a registered Australian business (ABN 16 694 893 297) headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria. Our editorial team has multiple years of direct, professional experience in the Australian cashback, loyalty rewards, and affiliate marketing industry. Kick Systems Pty Ltd is a registered ASIC company, holds an Australian Business Number, and is a member of the affiliate marketing community working with 650+ partner retailers across Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.

Compliance & certifications: Kick Cashback is fully compliant with the Australian Privacy Principles (APP) under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth), the Australian Consumer Law (Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010), the Spam Act 2003, and the BECS Direct Debit framework administered by the Australian Payments Network. Our payment infrastructure is PCI DSS v4.0 compliant, all data is encrypted with AES-256, and all connections use TLS 1.2+ certified encryption.

Industry expertise: Our team has hands-on professional experience operating affiliate-marketing technology, integrating with licensed third-party affiliate networks and identity-verification providers, and applying industry-standard fraud prevention practices aligned with ISO 27001 and SOC 2 vendor selection principles.

What are the requirements?

Category: For Businesses

To partner with Kick Cashback as a merchant, you need to be a registered Australian business with a working online store, an active affiliate-network account (or willingness to set one up), and the standard Australian Consumer Law compliance every legitimate retailer already maintains. Kick is open to retailers of any size, from independent shops with a few hundred orders a month to enterprise brands processing thousands a day. The list below is what we check before approving a new partner.

Core business requirements

  • Registered Australian business with valid ABN. We verify the ABN against the Australian Business Register before going live.
  • Working online store. Functional checkout, real product catalogue, ability to fulfil orders. We don't list dropshipping landing pages or affiliate-redirect storefronts.
  • Australian audience focus. You ship to Australia, accept AUD, and your customer support is reachable from Australian time zones. International retailers serving Australians are also welcome — Booking.com, Adidas and others are partner stores.
  • Published refund and returns policy. Visible from the homepage or footer of your site, written in plain English, and consistent with Australian Consumer Law.
  • Customer support contact reachable by email or phone, with response within a reasonable window.

Affiliate network requirements

Kick tracks sales and processes commission through the major Australian affiliate networks — Awin, Commission Factory, Impact, Rakuten and Partnerize. To partner with Kick, you need an active programme on at least one of these networks (or be willing to join one as part of onboarding). The network handles the underlying tracking infrastructure: cookies, click attribution, sale confirmation, commission payment.

If you're not yet on an affiliate network, the Kick partnerships team can recommend the right one for your category and introduce you to a network manager. Network setup typically takes 5-15 business days and has its own onboarding requirements (technical integration, commission rate negotiation, content policy review).

Consumer protection and trust requirements

  • Compliance with Australian Consumer Law — accurate product descriptions, no misleading claims, honoured guarantees.
  • Privacy compliance with the Australian Privacy Principles, including a published privacy policy.
  • Secure checkout on HTTPS, with PCI-compliant payment processing (handled by your payment provider, not by you directly).
  • No deceptive pricing — strikethrough "was" prices must reflect a genuine prior selling price.

Operational requirements

  • Capacity to honour orders. If you're new to selling online or scaling fast, make sure you can fulfil promised lead times.
  • Process for handling refunds and chargebacks. Affiliate networks reverse the commission when an order is refunded; you'll need to handle that within network rules.
  • A point of contact at your business for the Kick partnerships team — usually a marketing or e-commerce lead.

What we don't require

  • A minimum monthly sales volume.
  • An exclusive cashback partnership (you can also list with Cashrewards, ShopBack, etc.).
  • Upfront fees, retainers, or "premium placement" payments.
  • A bricks-and-mortar storefront. Pure-play online retailers are welcome.

Categories Kick is selective about

Some categories require additional checks before approval — gambling, payday lending, adult products, and unregulated supplements are typically declined or routed through a manual review. If you're in a regulated category (financial services, telco, insurance) you'll usually need to demonstrate your AFSL, ACL or other relevant licence as part of onboarding.

How to apply

Email info@kickcashback.com with your business name, ABN, website URL, the affiliate network you're on, and a short note on what categories you sell. The partnerships team will respond within 1-2 business days. Self-service merchants can also onboard directly at kickpay.co/merchant/login. Full partnership overview, and see what it costs.

About Kick Cashback

Kick Cashback is Australia's smarter cashback platform with 650+ partner stores. Free for shoppers — no membership fees, no subscription costs. Owned and operated by Kick Systems Pty Ltd (ABN 16 694 893 297) in Melbourne, Victoria. For support, contact info@kickcashback.com.

Our Experience

We are a first-party cashback platform — we work directly with retailers rather than reselling another company's network. Our team negotiates cashback rates, manages partner relationships, and processes payments in-house. According to industry data published by IAB Australia, affiliate and cashback marketing represented over $1 billion in tracked Australian retail sales in 2024 (source: IAB Australia Online Advertising Expenditure Report). Kick Cashback is part of this growing sector and is committed to passing the majority of retailer commissions back to shoppers as cashback.

Our editorial team draws on direct experience working with major Australian retailers and global affiliate networks. We publish detailed cashback information, retailer terms, and shopping guides based on first-hand knowledge of how cashback tracking, attribution, and payments work. Where industry standards or regulatory guidance applies — such as the Australian Consumer Law administered by the ACCC, or the Privacy Act 1988 administered by the OAIC — we cite the relevant source so readers can verify our claims.

Trust & Transparency

  • Australian-owned: Kick Systems Pty Ltd, ABN 16 694 893 297, headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria.
  • Privacy: We comply with the Australian Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988. Read our Privacy Policy.
  • Terms: Full Terms & Conditions published and updated regularly.
  • Cookies: See our Cookie Policy for details on tracking and consent.
  • Secure: All connections are encrypted with HTTPS (TLS 1.2+).
  • Free for shoppers: No subscription fees, no membership costs, no hidden charges.
  • Member of the Australian affiliate marketing industry, working with leading global affiliate networks.

Contact Kick Cashback

Company: Kick Systems Pty Ltd (trading as Kick Cashback)

ABN: 16 694 893 297

Email: info@kickcashback.com

Address: Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website:

Customer portal: kickpay.co

Learn more about Kick Cashback and our team. For questions, see our FAQs or contact us.