How to Buy at Rakuten if You Are Outside the US

If you do a lot of online shopping then you will love Rakuten. A lot of people won’t pass on the opportunity of taking free money if it was offered to them, that’s exactly what Rakuten is promising - cashback paid to you quarterly.  

Rakuten is a Japanese eCommerce giant company that bought Ebates - an affiliate marketing company that came up with the cashback scheme. When you buy from businesses that are affiliated to Ebates (now called Rakuten), you will get cashback. These businesses pay Rakuten a commission for bringing customers through their door and Rakuten in turn shares the commission with you. 

Rakuten has hundreds of businesses that you can buy or order from such as Nike, Pandora, Amazon, and Microsoft. However, if you are outside the US, you will be affected by geo-restrictions which make it impossible for you to buy or order from US stores that are meant to cater to US customers only.

How to Use VPN Unlimited to Buy From Rakuten Outside the US

1. Download KeepSolid VPN Unlimited for free 
2. Create your KeepSolid ID or sign in to the app if you already have one.
3. Open the VPN server list found under the START button
4. Connect to a VPN server located in the US region.
5. Enjoy buying at Rakuten US online store!

How then Can Anyone Buy or Order From Rakuten outside the US?

This question might still linger in your mind, Well using a virtual private network will bring this problem to an end. VPN Unlimited secures your network by encryption and redirects your traffic to its servers in order to disguise your IP address to appear as an IP located in the US. This means you will seem to be in the US even though you are not because your IP address is masked as an IP belonging to a server in the US.