The ever-popular American Express Shop Small promotion has returned for another round during the months of October and November 2023.
Until November 30, 2023, Amex cardholders may register their card and then earn a $5 (all figures in CAD) statement credit upon spending $10 with a participating Shop Small merchant, up to five times in total on each eligible card, for a total of up to $25 in statement credits.
Amex Shop Small: Earn Up to $25 in Statement Credits
The American Express Shop Small promotion is available at designated physical storefronts across Canada, as well as participating online small businesses nationwide.
Unlike the previous round of Shop Small, which was only available to Scotiabank-issued American Express cards, this one appears to only be available to holders of Amex-issued Amex cards.
As it stands, the dedicated Amex Offers landing page for Scotiabank American Express cards doesn’t show the Shop Small promotion.
To register for Shop Small, sign in to your American Express account, and scroll down to the Amex Offers section.
If your card has the Shop Small offer available, simply click “Register your Card”, and you’re all set.
Once you’ve registered, you can take advantage of the “Spend $10, Get $5” offer up to five times at any participating Shop Small retailer in Canada, for a total of up to $25 in statement credits.
There’s a limit of 15,000 registrations for this offer, so it’s worth registering your cards as soon as possible before it fills up.
How Does Amex Shop Small Work?
Once you’ve loaded up the Shop Small offer, you can use the Amex Shop Small Map to look up the participating retailers by filtering for the “Shop Small” icon.
You’ll find a list of participating locations in your city, which are all marked with a blue dot or location marker.
You can also browse a list of Shop Small retailers, which includes in-store and online locations. There are quite a few registered charities on this list, so if you have any spare credits by the end of November, you could consider making a $10 donation to these charities and benefiting from both a $5 statement credit and a tax receipt.
The promotion is intended to reward you for shopping five separate times at five different Shop Small retailers. To that end, the terms state:
To be eligible for a $5 (CAD) statement credit, a qualifying purchase of at least $10 (CAD) in a single transaction, after taxes, must be charged to your registered Card at up to 5 different participating locations in Canada, during the offer period and subsequently posted to your account. A qualifying purchase of at least $10 (CAD) in a single transaction that is made directly at a different participating business or different location of the same participating business will qualify for one $5 (CAD) statement credit, up to a total of 5 statement credits or a maximum of $25 (CAD) in statement credits per registered Card during the offer period. One or more purchases made directly at the same business location or the same online business will only be eligible to qualify for one $5 (CAD) statement credit.
Therefore, you’ll most likely need to shop with five separate Shop Small merchants to get the full $25 in statement credits.
However, if you or your household members hold multiple American Express cards and have registered all of them, you could always split up a larger transaction into multiple $10 payments on separate cards, thus triggering one of the five $5 credits for each card used.
If you happen to overburden your cashier or waiter during the process of splitting up a large bill, remember to leave a generous tip (perhaps using yet another American Express card from your pack)!
Conclusion
American Express Shop Small has returned for Fall 2023, allowing you to earn up to $25 in statement credits when shopping with one of your American Express cards.
This is an easy opportunity to earn $25 back when getting coffee and ice cream, and you can scale these earnings with other cardholders in your household.
Go forth and register all the eligible American Express cards you can get your hands on – and then get spending!
