articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . march 2012 edhance inc type corporation industry student discount program founded 2008 headquarters cambridge massachusetts u.s. area served united states of america website edhance.com edhance is a now inoperative american corporation that operated a student discount program prior to its acquisition by buywithme inc. the company allowed college students to register up to five existing visa or mastercard credit or debit cards and automatically receive discounts when shopping with participating merchants . the company was founded in 2008 and was acquired by buywithme inc in june 2011 . 1 contents 1 receiving discounts 1.1 card model 1.2 online model 2 student base 3 enrollment verification 4 fee structure 5 notable merchants 6 references 7 external links receiving discounts edit card model edit edhance uses a registered card model to send discounts to students in the form of automatic cash back . once a student has registered their card with edhance any time that student uses that registered card at a participating card model retailer the transaction is automatically sent to edhance and a discount will be processed into that students edhance account . card model discounts are typically between 5 % and 25 % off . online model edit in addition to the card model edhance offered discounts for online deals . student base edit as of june 2011 edhance had over 2 million enrolled members . citation needed edhance is free for students . enrollment verification edit edhance utilized studentsonly enrollment verification technology 2 to check whether or not members are currently enrolled at an accredited university or college across the united states . edhance was able to verify students in most cases in real time through relationships with universities . when a student was unable to be verified in real time and edhance agent contacted the student to verify their status using documentation including but not limited to school transcripts student i.d. cards course schedules tuition bills etc. fee structure edit edhance did not charge students for being part of the program . it operatedon an entirely pay for performance base with merchants and charged a commission based on student business that edhance sends to the merchant . notable merchants edit companies like apple target barnes & noble qdoba fuddruckers walmart reebok sephora the north face toshiba puma drugstore.com adidas and pacsun offer student discounts via edhance . references edit 1 u.s. patent 7209931 external links edit edhance official website edhance on twitter edhance on facebook article in walletpop news segment on nbc s wwlp article in qsr press release on reuters article by marketwatch article by women s wear daily requires registration article on applelinks.com article in the boston globe article in retail merchandiser article in new jersey star ledger article in blast magazine retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title edhance & oldid 736279554 categories companies based in massachusettsfinancial services companies of the united stateseducation financehidden categories orphaned articles from march 2012all orphaned articlesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 august 2016 at 11 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view