Staples isn’t offering teachers a discount that we could find. The one we did find was a one-time 20% off in-store coupon, and its printed end date has passed. What’s still open is cash back: Rakuten’s Staples page is titled with up to 4% and TopCashback lists 4%.
If you’re restocking classroom bins, or you were hoping the teacher coupon would come back around, here’s what the coupon said, what Staples’ own pages say now, and the cash back routes that are still there.
How To Get The Staples Teacher Discount
There’s no teacher discount to claim right now, so there’s nothing to verify and no code to enter. Staples’ news release, syndicated on Yahoo Finance, described a one-time 20% off coupon for teachers on eligible in-store purchases across classroom essentials. It was valid on in-store purchases only, you presented your Teacher ID and the Staples app coupon at checkout, and exclusions applied.
The release printed an end date, and that date has passed. Staples’ own pages don’t say the coupon has ended, so we’re going on the printed date. An older Teacher Appreciation page on staples.com says its Teacher Appreciation Days and Sweepstakes have ended.
You may have seen a Staples Classroom Rewards program mentioned for teachers. We couldn’t find a page for it: the Classroom Rewards address on Staples’ site loads the homepage.
For the cash back routes below, the button goes to Rakuten, which lists up to 4% at Staples.
What Staples Offers Every Shopper
Staples’ homepage mentions teachers as shoppers who’ll appreciate its selection of classroom essentials, and it lists no teacher discount. It does say that with Staples Easy Rewards you can earn rewards on every purchase, plus extra rewards on your chosen bonus categories. We only have that one sentence about the program, so we can’t tell you the rate.
Cash Back Routes We Checked
Rakuten’s Staples page is titled with up to 4% cash back. Its terms say cash back isn’t available on gift cards, computers, laptops, desktops, HP printers, tablets and iPads, e-readers or furniture services, or on Staples Business Advantage orders or the portion of a purchase paid with a gift card or Staples Rewards. If a laptop or a tablet is in your cart, check those terms before you count on the cash back.
TopCashback’s Staples page says to get 4% of the price back with its Staples cash back offers. Fluz’s Staples page lists Staples gift cards with 8% cashback, and says the e-gift cards are redeemable in-store and online. That’s the one route here that works at a register, since the coupon was in-store only. Rakuten’s terms leave out gift cards, so these are separate routes.
ID.me’s page for Staples says it isn’t aware that Staples offers Teachers discounts.
What We Couldn’t Confirm
We didn’t find a Staples page that lists a teacher offer for the holidays, and Staples’ own pages don’t say whether the coupon will return. The coupon details come from Staples’ news release as syndicated on Yahoo Finance, not from a page on staples.com. Rakuten’s page lists its rates by category and the layout was hard to read, so we’re giving only the headline up to 4%. Rates change, so check the number on the cash back site before you shop.
Q&A
Does Staples give teachers a discount?
Not one that we found running. A one-time 20% off in-store teacher coupon was described in Staples’ news release, and its printed end date has passed.
Is the teacher coupon coming back?
Staples’ pages don’t say either way.
Is there a Staples Classroom Rewards program?
We couldn’t find a page for it. The Classroom Rewards address on Staples’ site loads the homepage.
Is there cash back on Staples?
Rakuten’s page is titled with up to 4%, TopCashback lists 4% and Fluz lists Staples gift cards with 8% cashback. Each has its own exclusions.
Can I use cash back in a store?
Fluz says its Staples e-gift cards are redeemable in-store and online.
More Information:
The details above come from Staples, its syndicated news release, Rakuten, TopCashback, Fluz and ID.me as their pages loaded when we checked, and they change without notice. See more tech discounts for teachers, and the posts in cash back for teachers.
