Top Coupon Sites: Saving Money Now Easier, More Popular Than Ever
Written by Andy Kazeniac (contact - e-mail) -- June 23rd, 2009 |
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When an extra minute or two checking around for a coupon code could save you money on an online purchase, it certainly seems worth the time. I can’t remember the last time I bought something online without checking for a coupon code first, and I’m just one of 32 million consumers in the U.S. that visited a coupon site last month (up from 28 million a year ago).
Compete’s recently released list of the top 10 Coupon and Deal sites shows a changing landscape over the past year as economic woes have weighed on consumers’ willingness to make purchases.
Among the top sites, Coupons.com is still the clear-cut leader, however the gap has closed since last year and the big mover on the list is RetailMeNot.com. RetailMeNot’s collaborative approach to coupon and deal hunting has helped it stand out in a crowded field of coupon sites and made it top-of-mind for shoppers. Consumers not only find deals on the site, but rate each deal code and share what they find, driving the best deals to the head of the list. Over 50,000 consumers share coupon codes on the site each month. In addition, the site jumped from sixth to third in our rankings over the past year, with nearly 200% growth in visitors. RetailMeNot captured 18% of all searches for the term ‘coupon code’ over the past three months, 4X higher than its closest competitor (couponcabin.com).
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June 23rd, 2009 at 6:14 pm
How do these sites monetize themselves with AdSense?
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Has anyone tried to apply a loan with loan world investments
June 25th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
FW beating out Slickdeals - interesting. Worth mentioning that both those sites are more useful in their forums, not the deal/coupon postings elsewhere.
@Jaan - they use affiliate marketing for revenue more than Adsense. For isntance, when someone posts about a free hard drive after rebate at Staples on FW or SD’s forum, and thousands of people buy it - the coupon site makes a % off of every sale they just referred.
That’s how Tim Storm of FW has managed to build a campus in Chicagoland for his company.
June 26th, 2009 at 1:32 am
wow, amazing. i wanna try affiliate marketing too but i’m afraid i dunno how to start. any help will be appreciated :)
June 26th, 2009 at 2:46 am
How do these sites monetize themselves with AdSense?
June 27th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
I know that I come across alot of sites that offer print out coupons. What I am waiting for is when the coupons are just digital. Send it to my phone and when I show up at the store I can just show them my blackberry. Paperless baby!!
Mac
July 11th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
That’s all fine and dandy for US folks, but us Canadians are pretty much SOL when it comes to online shopping.
July 11th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Hey James, have you seen Wishabi.ca? It’s a pretty new site but it’s got great deals and price analysis for Canada. It shows some US offerings, but only those that actually ship to Canada and includes stuff like duties and brokerage.
July 20th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
The retailmenot comes from bugmenot crew, they have already got traffic and connections to promote retailmenot.
August 5th, 2009 at 12:23 am
There are tons of coupons out there and I believe that you are not going to be able to find every single one on a single site. Retail me not does a great job, however; since they are ‘user’ driven, I wonder how many coupons they’re actually listing themselves….???
August 15th, 2009 at 12:16 am
Retailmenot is the best coupon site on the NET
August 29th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
I like MyShopSpace.com - it’s nice and clean and had those hard to find coupons.
September 4th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
I don’t like retailmenot much. many of the coupons there are unreliable. you really have to search the site to find a good deal
September 30th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
I totally agree Retailmenot is what Blackhat SEO people call a scrapper, they scrap info from other sites (at least that’s how they started back 3 years ago). the fact that the site looks good doesn’t cut it for people like me who are looking for REAL deals. As far as I know they got many people angry at them doing that including the Gap group which prevents them from displaying any relevant information on their site. It’s a total waste of my time, so are a couple of other sites in this listing. these people look for me clicking on their links for which they are paid for.
There is yet to find a quality, reliable source other that a couple of forums I know of. Traffic is not quality and consumers are mislead into thinking they MAY find a good info and they end up with affiliate cookies all over the place and no deal.
October 11th, 2009 at 5:15 am
You can earn with us up-to $10 for every customer - http://monitor.mazecore.com/register_affiliate.php
November 4th, 2009 at 6:24 am
hey, we will be seeing a lot of unwanted coupons in retailmenot, its best to see other coupon sites for that matter.
November 4th, 2009 at 6:30 am
Even the following blog, http://www.online-couponcode.blogspot.com/ is also very good in providing useful coupons
November 5th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
are looking for REAL deals. As far as I know they got many people angry at them doing that including the Gap group which prevents them from displaying any relevant information on their site. It’s a total waste of my time, so are a couple of other sites in this listing. these people look for me clicking on their links for which they are paid