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8 Best Credit Cards in Singapore for Online Shopping (2019)

I can barely remember what life was like before online shopping became the norm in Singapore. In fact, I don’t think I want to know.

Between the ridiculously cheap prices on Taobao, rebate programmes like LiveUp and Shopback, and free/cheap shipping and returns on Lazada, online shopping is a complete godsend for thrifty and lazy Singaporeans.

But the icing on the cake? Big fat cash rebates or bonus miles on top of all that, thanks to the fact that credit cards are all fighting for you to use them to pay for your online purchases.

8 best credit cards for online shopping Singapore (2019)

Credit card

Online shopping benefits

Citibank Rewards Card

$1 = 4 miles on online spending (excluding travel)

OCBC Titanium Card

$1 = 4 miles on Amazon, Taobao, Lazada & other major sites

UOB Preferred Platinum

$1 = 4 miles on online shopping, groceries, food delivery, entertainment

UOB KrisFlyer Card

$1 = 3 KrisFlyer miles on online fashion & travel

Citibank SMRT Card

2.7% to 3% cashback with no minimum spend

DBS Live Fresh Card

5% cashback on online spending

OCBC FRANK Card

6% cashback on online spending

BOC Qoo10 Mastercard

5% to 10% Qmoney rebates

Citibank Rewards Card

Citi Rewards Card
Citi Rewards Card

Citi Rewards Card

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Card Benefits

  • 10X Rewards (10 points or 4 Miles) for every S$1 spent on Shoes + Bags + Clothes at Online, Retail or Department stores, locally and overseasEnjoy discounts of up to 50% at Foodpanda, Lazada, Zalora, Reebonz, and more

  • S$1 spent = 1 Rewards point (All other spend)

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The Citi Rewards Card used to offer 4 miles per $1 spent on fashion websites, but as of April 2019, Citi has widened the scope to all online spending except travel. Woohoo!

There’s no minimum spend and it’s capped at $1,000 a month. That makes it the best credit card right now for earning miles/points on general online spending, such as your Lazada/RedMart/Qoo10 purchases, movie ticket bookings, Grab rides, FavePay etc.

Read the full review of the Citi Rewards Card here.

OCBC Titanium Rewards Card

OCBC Titanium Rewards Card
OCBC Titanium Rewards Card

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Card Benefits

  • 10x OCBC$ (10 points or 4 Miles) for every S$1 spent on clothes, shoes, bags, department stores, kidswear, electronic gadgets, online, offline, locally and overseas

  • Enjoy e-commerce coverage of up to USD 200 per year with min item of USD 50

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If you’re moving into a new home or starting a family for the first time, it goes without saying that your bank balance is about to take a major hit.

To help with that, I’d recommend signing up for and charging all your major purchases to the OCBC Titanium Rewards Card, because it gives you a very generous 4 miles per $1 spent on big online retailers like Amazon, Lazada and Taobao (as well as offline electronics, department and kidswear stores).

Like most rewards cards, there’s no minimum spend on this one and therefore no hoops to jump through. Hooray!

What’s even better is that there’s no monthly restriction on the bonus miles you can earn – there’s just an annual cap of $12,000 – which means you can swipe your heart out in a short time span.

UOB Preferred Platinum Card

UOB Preferred Platinum Visa Card
UOB Preferred Platinum Visa Card

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Card Benefits

  • Enjoy 2% rebate at Metro, World of Sports and Winter Time

  • Enjoy 3% rebate at bYSI, ColorWash, Crocodile, DHL, and Sephora

  • Enjoy 5% rebate at Tissot

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A seriously underrated credit card, the unglam UOB Preferred Platinum credit card can actually give you that same sweet 4 miles per $1 on an even wider range of day-to-day online spending.

If you’re the type who buys everything – from movie tickets to lunch to groceries – online, you’ll love this card for giving you miles/points for just about everything you spend on. The notable exception is online travel bookings, so use another card for that.

It also gives you 4 miles per $1 spent on offline contactless payment (PayWave, Apple Pay…) so it’s definitely a good one for daily use. There’s a monthly cap of $1,000 but I think that’s OK unless you’re a very big spender or swiping for a big family.

See the full review of the UOB Preferred Platinum Card here.

UOB KrisFlyer Miles Card

UOB is really killing it, huh? Their new miles card, which is an official KrisFlyer co-branded credit card, lets you bypass all of the boring rewards points redemption so you earn miles straight into your KF account.

You can earn a very respectable 3 miles per $1 on online fashion, food delivery, and online travel bookings with this card. Not exactly everything under the sun, but if that’s the kind of stuff you spend on, you can rack up miles pretty quickly. (Same earn rates for offline dining and transport too.)

There’s one condition, though, which is to spend at least $500 a year on Scoot or SQ. Simply charge your next long weekend budget flight to this and you’re sorted.

See the full review of the UOB KrisFlyer Card here.

Citibank SMRT Card

Citibank SMRT Card
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Card Benefits

  • Up to 3% savings on Online Shopping*. 2.7% + 0.3% (if monthly card spend is at least $300)

  • *Excludes all travel-related merchants worldwide - Airlines, Air Carriers, Car Rental Agencies, Lodging, Travel Agencies & Tour Operators, Passenger Railways, Taxicabs & Limousines, Bus Lines, Steamship & Cruise Lines and Other Transportation Services, Direct Marketing Travel-Related Arrangement Services

  • Savings awarded in SMRT$, capped at 600 SMRT$ every 12 month period

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If you thought the Citi SMRT Card is just for your daily commute, you’re wrong!

It’s got a decent cashback of 2.7% to 3% on online spending (excludes travel bookings). Though the rebate isn’t exactly jaw-dropping, I like it purely because there’s no minimum spend. But if you spend above $300, you get an additional 0.3% to make it 3%.

It’s not exactly cashback in that you actually earn SMRT$, but you can just convert it to cash rebates at no extra cost – it’s just an added step. The rebate is capped at 600 SMRT$ per year, which averages out to $50 per month.

See the full review of the Citibank SMRT Card here.

DBS Live Fresh Card

DBS Live Fresh Card
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Card Benefits

  • 5% cashback when you shop online

  • Additional 5% cashback for the first 6 months with S$600/month min. spend; Cashback cap at S$60/month

  • Sign up within 8 Jan - 31 Mar 2018

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Though its 5% cashback on online spending also doesn’t sound all that amazing, the DBS Live Fresh Card’s advantage is versatility: You also get 5% cashback on contactless payment (Visa PayWave, Apple Pay…). That means you can get a decent 5% rebate both on- and offline.

There’s a minimum spend of $600, which isn’t tough to meet since you can use it offline too, but what you should look out for is the split caps of $20 (online spending) / $20 (contactless payment). This means you can only spend up to $400 for each category each month.

See the full review of the DBS Live Fresh Card here.

OCBC FRANK Credit Card

OCBC Frank Card
OCBC Frank Card

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Card Benefits

  • 6% rebate on online shopping

  • 0.3% rebate on everything else

  • S$60 monthly capped rebate with monthly offline min. spend of S$400 (excludes online and NETS FlashPay Auto Top-Up spend)

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The OCBC FRANK Credit Card offers 6% cashback on all eligible online spending, which includes not just online shopping but also things like flight tickets, hotel bookings, and Grab rides.

However, the minimum spend is quite troublesome: You will need to spend $400 on offline purchases. I guess OCBC really wants you to carry this card around and use it for watching movies, drinking coffee and going clubbing (3% cashback on weekdays, 5% weekends).

The cashback cap is $60, which means you should swipe no more than $1,000 for online purchases.

See the full review of the OCBC FRANK Card here.

BOC Qoo10 World Mastercard

If you’re a Qoo10 addict and don’t mind getting your rebates in Qmoney rather than, y’know, real money, the BOC Qoo10 Mastercard (the World Mastercard, not the Platinum one) is worth considering if you haven’t already signed up for it.

Spend $600 and above in a month to get 10% rebate on Qoo10 purchases and 5% rebate on other online spending. This is capped at $40 for each category, so $80 in all. But again, this is all in Qmoney, which ensures you stay loyal to that platform.

See the full review of the BOC Qoo10 Mastercard here.

Did we miss out your favourite online shopping credit card? Tell us in the comments!

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