Ballard Designs: Shopping portal cashback & miles rates
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Every portal below pays you for starting your Ballard Designs purchase there: they split the commission they get from Ballard Designs with you. Same store, same checkout, same order, but cashback or miles on top. New here? How portals work
Best Ballard Designs rate right now
Best miles and points
also: 1 mi/$ AA miles via American AAdvantage eShopping
Verdict:
1 rate change in the 48 days we've tracked it. Last moved Jul 12, 2026. Rakuten has held the top cashback rate longest: 46 of 48 days.
True on most portals for Ballard Designs:
Cashback
What doesn't earn
Not eligible for gift cards and wood or fabric swatches.
What doesn't earn
Cash Back is not available on fabric swatches, wood swatches, gift cards, or purchases made with gift cards. Using coupon codes that are not listed on Rakuten may void Cash Back. To be safe, stick to codes provided by Rakuten.
What doesn't earn
Exclusions: - Fabric swatches - Wood swatches - Purchases of gift cards, gift certificates or cash equivalents - Purchases made with gift cards, gift certificates or cash equivalents - Purchases made with coupon or discount codes not found on this site - Purchases made for resale and bulk orders
What doesn't earn
Max Cash Back Per Order: $15 Posting Time: Purchases will typically show in your wallet as pending in 7 days. Approval Time: Cash Back will be added to your wallet in approximately 90 days. Activate Cash Back
Airline miles
What doesn't earn
Exclusions: - Fabric swatches - Wood swatches - Purchases of gift cards, gift certificates or cash equivalents - Purchases made with gift cards, gift certificates or cash equivalents - Purchases made with coupon or discount codes not found on this site - Purchases made for resale and bulk orders
What doesn't earn
Exclusions: - Fabric swatches - Wood swatches - Purchases of gift cards, gift certificates or cash equivalents - Purchases made with gift cards, gift certificates or cash equivalents - Purchases made with coupon or discount codes not found on this site - Purchases made for resale and bulk orders
What doesn't earn
Exclusions: - Fabric swatches - Wood swatches - Purchases of gift cards, gift certificates or cash equivalents - Purchases made with gift cards, gift certificates or cash equivalents - Purchases made with coupon or discount codes not found on this site - Purchases made for resale and bulk orders
Points
What doesn't earn
Cash Back is not available on fabric swatches, wood swatches, gift cards, or purchases made with gift cards. Using coupon codes that are not listed on Rakuten may void Cash Back. To be safe, stick to codes provided by Rakuten.
What doesn't earn
Exclusions: - Fabric swatches - Wood swatches - Purchases of gift cards, gift certificates or cash equivalents - Purchases made with gift cards, gift certificates or cash equivalents - Purchases made with coupon or discount codes not found on this site - Purchases made for resale and bulk orders
What doesn't earn
Exclusions: - Fabric swatches - Wood swatches - Purchases of gift cards, gift certificates or cash equivalents - Purchases made with gift cards, gift certificates or cash equivalents - Purchases made with coupon or discount codes not found on this site - Purchases made for resale and bulk orders
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Stack the portal with the right card: the same purchase earns two ways.
Also fits: Bank of America Customized Cash Rewards (3% back on online retail) · Amex Blue Business Plus (2x Amex points on everything)
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Rate history last 21 days
Full history →Ballard Designs's best cashback rate has changed once since Jul 11, ranging 1.5% to 2%.
Each line follows the best rate on offer at that moment, whoever was paying it. Currently: Airline miles via American AAdvantage eShopping, Cashback via Capital One Shopping, Points via Rakuten (Amex). Same scale, different currencies: "3" means 3% cash, 3 pts/$, or 3 mi/$.
Every account sees the last 21 days here. Premium goes back to day one.
Recent changes last 21 days
Common questions
Which shopping portal pays the most at Ballard Designs? +
Right now 2% on Capital One Shopping leads, out of 10 portals we track for Ballard Designs. The full side-by-side comparison of cashback, miles, and points is above.
Is 2% a good cashback rate for Ballard Designs? +
2% on Capital One Shopping is the usual rate for Ballard Designs.
Can I earn airline miles or points for Ballard Designs through a shopping portal? +
Yes, the top is 2 pts/$ (Amex points) on Rakuten (Amex). Airline and card portals often pay miles or points instead of cashback.
How often do Ballard Designs's cashback rates change? +
Ballard Designs's best cashback rate has changed once since Jul 11, ranging 1.5% to 2%.