Couples Paid To Stay Married

uTango Website Pays Couples To Spend Online and Stay Wedded

Feb 20, 2008 Laura Smith

Couples who sign up with uTango spend online and get cash back each year for spending habits as well as larger bonuses for every 10 years they stay married.

Many married couples are signing up for a program that offers them big rewards to stay married. The program, called uTango, is an online rewards program that urges couples to stay together through financial perks. As they spend money online at one of 300 companies, they earn points. These points add up to cash back bonuses at the end of the year and even larger bonuses when couples reach marriage milestones. These bonuses can add up to a million dollars. All they have to do is stay married.

How The Cash Back Plan Works:

The company is headed by CEO Jim Miller who believes that couples who stay married deserve extra perks for their accomplishments. Singles and engaged couples are also permitted to join as well as newlyweds. If and when these couples do decide to marry, they can use their cash back bonuses to pay for their wedding expenses. Married couples who join must be married less than 3 years.

Different plans require different online spending requirements each year, promoting online spending as often as possible. There are 3 types of plans that users can choose from. These include the $250,000, $500,000, and $1,000,000 rewards plan.

Each plan names the amount that couples receive when they hit their 30th anniversary. Each has a different yearly online spending requirement with $5,000 being the minimum on the lowest plan and $20,000 with the highest plan. Once married, couples get $10,000 on their 10th anniversary, $100,000 on their 20th anniversary, and those who sign up for the most expensive plan can get up to $1 million on their 30th anniversary. If they get divorced, the cash stops coming.

There are 15 shopping categories to choose from on the site to help couples reach their spending requirements. These categories range from clothing to travel and include toys, jewelry, electronics, and lawn and garden. Such a service is likely to be a success in this country which has growing numbers of online buying practices.

A Growing Trend in Online Shopping:

According to a recent online shopping survey conducted by Pew Internet & American Life Project last year, online buying increased from 22 percent to 49 percent since June 2000 to September 2007. In fact, about 66% of Americans who have internet access have purchased at least one item online.

The uTango service may be one of the services that help increase the number of online spenders as well as promote long term marriages, blending modern technology with traditional values.

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uTango members earn money for staying married.

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