The Crush Browser Extension Is Here (and It Doesn't Watch You Shop)

Cashback and coupon extensions are everywhere, and most of them make their money the same quiet way: by logging where you go online. The Crush browser extension earns you CRUSH too, but it is built on the opposite idea. It pays you for helping check public product prices in the background and collects nothing from your own browsing. It is the most hands-off way to earn CRUSH yet, and one of the most private add-ons you can put in your browser.

Here is what it does, what it deliberately does not do, and why that difference is the whole point.

What the extension actually does

Crush keeps a live catalog of products, and those prices need to stay current to be useful. The extension helps by running small price-check missions in the background. Crush sends it a specific product page that needs a fresh price, your browser quietly checks the public price shown there, and then it moves on. You do not shop, scan, or click anything.

The key detail is that it only ever acts on the pages Crush sends it. If you are browsing the web on your own, nothing happens. You can shop, read, and click around all day, and the extension captures none of it. That is not a promise we are asking you to trust. It is how the product is built.

That also makes it the most passive of all the ways to earn with Crush. Once it is installed and signed in, it works on its own. There is nothing to remember and nothing to do. The rewards simply add up in the background.

What it never sees

This is where Crush parts ways with the rest of the category.

Most shopping extensions quietly record your browsing. By their own Chrome Web Store disclosures, the biggest names collect your "web history," meaning the list of pages you visit across every site you go to. Rakuten's own extension terms state that it collects information "whether you are interacting with it or not." Ibotta's privacy policy says that, for extension users, "we may collect information about your browsing history." That is the norm we are breaking from.

Crush's extension works differently, in plain terms:

• It keeps no browsing history. It records only public product facts, like the name, price, and availability, and only on the specific pages it is asked to check. Your activity is not logged.
• Sensitive sites are off-limits, entirely. The extension is blocked from banking, health and pharmacy, email, and social sites. It never reads or sends anything on them. That block is built in as a floor, not a setting you have to find and switch on.
• Nothing is tied to you, and nothing is sold. The prices your browser helps gather are pooled into big-picture pricing trends with your identity stripped out. Your personal information is not sold, and you can pause the extension or sign out any time.

One honest note, because we would rather say it than have you wonder. Like other shopping extensions, Crush's can technically reach any retail site. That is simply how it visits whatever product needs a price. The difference is everything it does after that: only the queued pages, nothing from your browsing, and sensitive sites left completely alone.

Why this exists

Accurate, real-world pricing data is genuinely valuable. Today, large companies gather it and keep all the profit. Crush flips that. It pays you for the price checks your browser helps run, so you are not the product being sold. You are a paid contributor.

That is the same idea behind everything Crush does. Your everyday shopping has value, and you should own a share of it. The extension just extends that from your own receipts to the public prices you help keep honest. The CRUSH token is how that value gets back to you.

How the extension fits into Crush Missions

The extension is one half of Crush Missions, the simplest way to describe what Crush is about: help capture real-world prices, get paid CRUSH. There are two ways to run a mission.

• Shelf scanning is the in-store way. You photograph products and price tags on store shelves in the Crush app while you shop. No purchase needed.
• The browser extension is the online way. Your browser checks public product prices in the background while you go about your day.

Between them, they map prices both in the aisle and on the web. Whichever one you use, the CRUSH lands in the same wallet as the rest of your rewards. Run one or both.

Four ways to earn, one balance

With the extension live, there are now four ways to earn CRUSH:

• Scan receipts from anything you buy.
• Link a card and earn automatically on your purchases.
• Scan shelves in store with the app.
• Add the browser extension and earn online in the background.

They split into two simple groups. Receipts and linked cards turn your own purchases into rewards. Shelf scanning and the extension pay you for helping capture public prices, with nothing to buy. All four stack into a single CRUSH balance. You can read more about how these earning methods work together in the Crush Rewards v2 feature breakdown.

How to get set up

Getting started takes three steps:

1. Download the Crush app from the App Store.
2. Create your free account in the app. That is what your rewards are tied to.
3. Add the extension to your browser and sign in. From there it runs on its own.

The extension is open to Crush app users while it is early, with wider access coming soon. It is on Chrome first, with more browsers to follow. The early gate is temporary, not a catch.

Your rewards, yours to keep

Every CRUSH you earn, from any of the four ways, is yours to keep. It does not expire, and nobody can take it away from you. Earn on your phone with receipts, cards, and shelf scans. Earn in your browser with the extension. Watch it all add up together.

Download the Crush app, add the extension, and start earning in the background. Your prices were always worth something. Now they are worth something to you.