Money Saving Tips: Online Coupon Codes

JL_Tuso | Nov 3, 2010 |

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By taking advantage of available online coupon codes and promotions when shopping online, you'll rarely have to pay full retail price. Below are a few key websites and tips that will reliably help you save money when shopping online. Savvy online shoppers combine coupons with various promotions to make online shopping less expensive than going to an actual store, even when paying shipping charges.

Retail Me Not Review

At the RetailMeNot.com website, community members upload coupon promo codes for all to share. These coupon codes are not just the ones already well advertised by the retailer that most online discount coupon websites provide. Members may get the coupon codes from their emails, mailed advertisements, magazine advertisements, and other sources not readily available to every online shopper.

By searching for coupons at the retailer of your choice, you'll get a list of online and printable coupon codes. As coupon codes are used, you're encouraged to let the site know if that coupon code worked for you. With this, coupons get organized by rate of success, with the most successful (and therefore most valuable) coupons at the top of the list. Since community members are continuously uploading coupon codes, this online discount coupon website may just have the most coupons available for most any online retailer. If RetailMeNot.com doesn't have a coupon that works for you, chances are that there aren't any current coupons for that retailer to be found.

Deal Seeking Mom Review

DealSeekingMom.com is operated by, you guessed it-a deal seeking mom of five. Much of her website is dedicated to printable coupons. However, there is a section for online deals. Here you can get current deals for a variety of individual products and retailers. Some of which are only available to Deal Seeking Mom members. Subscribe to the newsletter, RSS feed, or Facebook page and you'll get daily posts of the latest deals. Often the deals are for free items, so keeping up on Deal Seeking Mom is well worth it.

Email Newsletters and Facebook

If you have a favorite (or several favorite) online stores that you regularly shop at, then sign up to be on the retailer's email list or fan the store on Facebook. Often with your initial sign-up, you'll get an online coupon code to use right away. Future emails or Facebook postings will tell you of the latest sales and coupons, some of which are only open to email newsletter subscribers or fans. The drawback with this is the dozens of emails you may get every day. If this makes you hesitant, consider creating a new email just for your store promotional emails. Then when you shop online, check that email account to see if you have any new online discount coupon codes to use.

Ebates Review

The Ebates.com website's primary focus isn't coupon codes, but it's a website well worth using every time you shop online. Ebates works as a cash back shopping website. By going to the Ebates website first, then clicking on the online store link on the Ebates website, you'll get a percentage of what you purchase given back to you by Ebates. The cash back amount varies depending on the store and current promotions. Most cash back amounts range from about 1% to 5%, however it's not uncommon to see cash back amounts at 10% or more. Payments are made four times a year directly to you by check or PayPal deposit.

Every time you go shopping online, make stopping at these sites a habit. First, log in to your Ebates account to see if the store has a cash back option. Then check for online discount coupon codes at Retail Me Not, Deal Seeking Mom, and your email or the Facebook fan page. By spending a few minutes finding coupon codes and other deals before making your online purchase, you'll almost always save some cash.