** Costco Membership Deal | Score a $10 or $20 Shop Card w/ New Membership (Here’s Why You Need One)

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Here’s how you can save big with this exclusive Costco Membership promotion!

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Wanna upgrade your Costco experience? You’ve come to the right place!

Costco is home to low prices and tons of great products, but did you know you can actually get even more perks by signing up for their Executive Membership? 🤑

As always, you’ll get the best prices on everything from groceries to electronics, but you’ll also score even more savings with an Executive Membership while staying in the know on all the latest Costco news and products. 🙌


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Join today and get a $10 or $20 Costco Digital Shop Card!

New Executive Members receive a $20 Digital Shop Card and new Gold Star Members receive a $10 Digital Shop Card when you enroll in auto-renewal, use your VISA card, and use promo code CJPROMO at checkout. Costco Digital Shop Cards can be used at any Costco warehouse, gas station, and online at Costco.com.

And if you purchase the Executive Membership, you’ll get 2% cash back on ALL qualified Costco purchases!

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That includes a ton of our favorite items, including Costco’s home goods, pre-made meals, and that delectable sheet cake. 🤤 Yes, 2% CASH BACK ON CAKE!! Best news EVER! 😆

Current Gold Star members upgrading to an Executive Membership aren’t eligible for the shop card promo, BUT you can still benefit from the cash back perks once you upgrade. In the unlikely event that you don’t accumulate much in cash back rewards, Costco will refund you the difference from the $60 upgrade fee to cover the cost! You really can’t lose either way. 🙌

Note: Cashback on purchases is limited to $1000 per year. See the full 2% cashback terms here.

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Did you know that Executive Members get discounts on more than just in-warehouse goods?

Yep, it’s true! Costco has a whole roster of services available to help its members with everything from car loans to identity protection. While these services are open to Gold Star members as well, Executive members may receive lower rates than Gold Star members.

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And you’ll have access to Unexpected Items!

Costco’s neat “Unexpected Items” page highlights all the products that–you guessed it!–you wouldn’t expect to find at Costco or on Costco.com. They have plenty of useful (and interesting!) items that you probably never knew you needed, and Costco is also a great starting point for finding some gift inspiration.


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That’s only a small selection of the items you can find on Costco’s Unexpected Items list…

Even better, you can often find items sold at members-only prices or with manufacturer’s savings. You can also check out Costco’s membership tips to find even more unexpected ways to make the most of your Costco membership!

Since Costco sells such a wide variety of items online that you can get shipped right to you, you can benefit from a membership even if you don’t live close to a Costco location. 🙌

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Disclaimer: To receive a Digital Costco Shop Card, you must provide a valid email address and set up auto-renewal of your Costco membership on a Visa® card at the time of sign-up. If you elect not to provide a valid email address and sign up for auto-renewal, a Digital Costco Shop Card will not be emailed. Valid only for nonmembers for their first year of membership. Not valid for renewal or upgrade of an existing membership. To qualify as a new member, an existing Costco membership must be expired at least 18 months or more. Limit one promotion per household. Digital Costco Shop Card will be emailed to the email address provided by the primary member at time of sign-up. within 2 weeks after successful sign-up and enrollment in auto-renewal. Costco is not liable for incentives not received due to entry of an invalid address during sign-up.


About the writer:

Liz has over a decade of experience writing about coupons and frugal living. She’s always searching for the best deals and loves helping people save!


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Comments 9

  1. Pam

    If you purchase a membership online, can you start shopping right away or do you need to go to the club to get a card and activate the membership?

    • Claudette (Hip Sidekick)

      Hi Pam! I found this on Costco website. ” The Costco membership purchase must be completed first and you will immediately receive an order confirmation email with your new membership number. You may then use your membership number to purchase any of our Member Only Items on Costco.com.” Hope that’s helpful!!💕

  2. Melanie

    Is this still working for anybody? We tried it for the gold star membership and it only took off $0.01.

    • Claudette (Hip Sidekick)

      It still works, Melanie! For more information see the disclaimer box above. Note: You will see a $0.01 deduction on your membership cost after the promo code is entered. This indicates that your promo code has been successfully processed and will trigger the mailing of the incentive. Hope that is helpful!!💗

  3. e

    Isn’t the Groupon deal still going? That is $45 Costco shop card with new membership.

    • Jessica (Hip Sidekick)

      Thanks for mentioning that deal, e! 🥰

    • Suzmorea

      e….thank you sooooo much. I’ve been waiting for a Groupon deal since we had a Costco open up near us

  4. DealGetterRN

    we tried last year & again this year to use our executive reimbursement 2% check to ask them to reimburse the $60 to upgrade & were told no. we were given the option to use to downgrade to a gold membership or stay at an executive membership. not sure we’ll spend $3k to get $60 back for upgrade- we went with gold. doubt we’ll renew though- $10/month is a bit much to justify a stellar deal on amazing cake!

    • Jessica (Hip Sidekick)

      Thanks so much for sharing about your honest experience! ❤️

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