April 6, 2009 Ohana Teams Up with Sears to Launch Online Rebates for Energy Star Appliances Where Everybody Wins
Continuing to revolutionize promotional marketing and transform the rebate experiences for retailers, manufacturers and consumers, Ohana Companies has been selected by Sears, the leading retailer of Energy Star qualified appliances, to design and implement an online rebate program to help educate and support energy efficient appliance shoppers about the millions of dollars in rebates that are available, and to make getting those rebates easier
October 1, 2008 New England’s Shaw’s Supermarkets Renews Agreement
“Shaw’s shares our vision for bringing better practices to the rebate and reward industry that benefit consumers, manufacturers and retailers.”
July 4, 2008 ‘Money Matter’ with Chris Quinlan
The group talks with Chris Quinlan, CEO of the Ohana Companies about rebate and reward programs.
May 10, 2008 Pay before News Story
Consumers are frustrated with the traditional model of product rebates. But handled correctly the rebate process can benefit everyone involved.
April 22, 2008 Ohana Goes Green
Ohana now offers their clients the “Go Green Sweepstakes,” enabling shoppers to submit their rebates online for a chance to win hybrid cars and other eco-friendly prizes.
January 9, 2008 Ohana Devises Better Online Rebates
Back when Chris Quinlan started his company, he believed he had a revolutionary idea. Now, he feels that the revolution is really beginning.
October 19, 2007 Ohana Teams with Visa to Transform Rebates
Ohana Companies today announced an agreement with Visa, a key building block in Ohana’s effort to move the inefficient and costly mail-in rebate and fulfillment process to a new business model where “Everybody Wins.”
September 14, 2007 Rebate Industry Expert Chris Quinlan
Frustrated with the broken rebate and reward model, Quinlan launched Ohana Companies earlier this week. The company’s motto is “Everybody Wins.”
Wilmington, Delaware – January 21, 2010 – Ohana Companies, LLC, the innovation leader in rebate and payment processing, today announced that they have executed a definitive agreement to acquire the domains rebates.com and rebate.com. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“I am extremely pleased to announce the agreement for the rebates.com and rebate.com domains, which is a key foundational element for Ohana and our next innovative launch in the rebates and payment processing space,” said Chris Quinlan, founder and chief executive officer of Ohana. “This will enhance our ability to drive significant, incremental revenue to our retail and vendor partners as we have been doing through our patented and patent-pending technologies, and reach more consumers directly than ever before.”
According to Quinlan, Ohana will launch a comprehensive, targeted online marketing program to promote these sites in the third quarter of this year. The sites will be designed to showcase retailer, manufacturer, Energy Star, prescription, service providers and telecommunications rebates and incentives for consumers.
The sites will act as an “anchor” for Ohana’s push into e-commerce and online retailing, and will also provide online customer service access to millions of consumers nationwide. Ohana’s focus on quality customer service has already dramatically reduced call center volume, and establishing rebates.com is the next step in customer care.
Ohana has proven that manufacturers and retailers can significantly improve the promotional value of rebate programs, and reduce the costs associated with those programs, through “post-rebate” marketing.
“Many of our clients now understand that the consumer receiving a rebate is not the end of the promotional effort, it is the beginning of a post rebate relationship marketing initiative,” Quinlan said
“There is no longer a distinction between an online consumer and an offline consumer,” noted Quinlan. “Our research indicates consumers are spending as much time online as watching television, so our clients expect us to be as progressive as their own online marketing efforts.”
According to venture capitalist and technology entrepreneur Rich Masterson, “This acquisition positions Ohana squarely in the lead of the rebates and payment processing industry, providing a truly innovative showcase for their patented technology that has transformed rebates from the broken model of consumers filling out paperwork, mailing in a form and waiting, waiting, waiting for a check or payment that may or may not ever arrive. Ohana’s ‘Everybody Wins’ vision was first to embrace the power of the Internet to replace that outmoded process and make it painless, paperless and efficient.”
Ohana’s patented RoCS® (Return of Customer Spend) platform, a revolutionary paperless rebate process that ties directly into merchants’ point of sale systems and provides valuable redemption offers to customers when they file their rebate offers. Ohana currently has key relationships with several top retailers and manufacturers, for which the company designs and implements rewards and loyalty programs that are invaluable for their partners and consumers.
Ohana Companies has virtually eliminated the inefficient and costly mail-in rebate and fulfillment process by offering the first 100-percent online solution to redeem, validate and fulfill rebates electronically. The company’s team of innovative executives, with considerable retail, marketing, financial services and technology industry expertise, have come together to transform the broken rebate model that’s been frustrating consumers, retailers and manufacturers for decades. Ohana utilizes revolutionary, patented and patent-pending technology and processes, changing the way consumers, retailers and manufacturers participate in rebates and promotional marketing, ensuring that “Everybody Wins.”
February 11, 2010 
