Our post last week highlighted how you can increase your savings by finding a coupon code to go along with the great deals Gazaro finds. This post will highlight three great websites for finding those pesky coupon codes.
1 – RetailMeNot
Online coupon codes are everywhere on RetailMeNot. In addition to offering online coupon codes, they provide sections of Printable Coupons and Grocery Coupons. The website’s homepage displays two lists, “Popular Stores” and “Today’s Top Coupons”.
RetailMeNot Homepage
RetailMeNot groups the coupon codes by store, with their database of stores searchable from the main page. When viewing all of the coupon codes for a particular store they are lumped into two sections, “Active Coupons” and “Unreliable Coupons” – as determined by users when they answer the question “Did this coupon work for you?” after they have tried one.
The main website, built by an Australian company, caters to a US audience – however they have localized versions for Canada, UK, Germany, Australia, and more.
2 – Coupon Cabin
Coupon Cabin Homepage
Coupon Cabin is similar to RetailMeNot, however slightly harder to use. The homepage lists what it considers “Verified Coupons and Deals” and also links to “Featured Stores”. The website allows user submitted coupon codes, however it appears that most featured stores don’t allow users to submit for their store.
On the user submitted coupon codes, Coupon Cabin allows other users to click a check mark or x for whether the deals worked or not. They also encourage users to share deals on Facebook and Twitter – so a search on Twitter for their hashtag #cpncbn might reveal some of their best coupon codes.
Where Coupon Cabin beats RetailMeNot is mobile access. Just like how Gazaro has the Gazaro Deals iPhone app, they have an iPhone app of their own providing access to their vast database of savings. Though both sites lack a mobile-optimized version for all other mobile device users.
3 – Coupon Chief
Coupon Chief Homepage
Coupon Chief is the easiest to use of the three sites, thanks to its clean design that avoids the information overload of the other two sites. The homepage lists the “Popular Coupons”, three “Featured Stores”, and further down they have their “New Coupons”.
These guys really push the idea of users submitting coupon codes, the second tab of their navigation is titled “Pays-2-Share”. Their pitch is simple, submit coupons to the site and every time someone uses them you get 2% of the sale price – paid to you by PayPal or cheque. Basing the reward to a user on commission of coupon code use is good because it only encourages the submission of quality coupon codes, rather than questionable/incorrect ones. On the side they list the top contributors of the week and one user has submitted over 800 codes while four other users are at around 300, showing that they are getting a lot of coupons sent in!
Coupon Chief provides similar features to the other sites, including voting on the validity of coupon codes, viewing all the codes for a given store, and easy sharing with your friends.
Conclusion
The winner? I have to give it to Coupon Chief, simply because it is easier to find and redeem the coupons listed.
Using coupon codes is one way to find a better deal, and using them in conjunction with Gazaro is an even better way. When you have found a great deal on Gazaro, remember to have a look for a good coupon code to go with it. Even if it is just free shipping, it all adds up to save you a lot of money!
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