The 15 Best Coupon Sites for the Amazing Deals on Products From A to Z
Clipping coupons might be something you associate with the older generation, but the internet has revolutionized this activity. No longer do you need to sift through piles of junk mail to find slips of paper that will save you seventy cents on a can of beans. With a few clicks, you can equip yourself with the best deals, and you can even apply these deals to your shopping online. But which are the best coupon sites out there?
Not all coupon sites are created equal, and there are a plethora of coupon sites to choose from. Finding the best coupon sites is not the most obvious practice. Fortunately, we have done the work for you. We sifted through the detritus, much like our grandparents sorted through the junk mail, to provide you with the best coupon sites we could find.
Coupon Site FAQ
Ultimately, fifteen coupon sites made our list. We will share these sites with you, but first, let us answer some frequently asked questions about the best coupon sites you can find online.
1. What Is a Coupon Site?
2. Do the Best Coupon Sites Charge Money?
3. What Sort of Coupons Are Provided by Coupon Sites?
4. Are Coupons a Form of Price Discrimination?
How We Reviewed
We scoured the internet. We then found a short list of sites that provided viable coupons and discount codes. We further narrowed this list down to the fifteen we considered the best coupon sites on the internet. Sites that made our list had a high success rate for codes and coupons, were easy to navigate, and didn’t charge you for membership. For each site, we’ve given you a breakdown of their features and the ideal way to use them. Stick around to the end, and we’ll tell you which site we deem the best of the best coupon sites.
Overall Price Range
Because part of our criteria for the best coupon sites was no membership fee, there is no price range to speak of. All the coupon sites we have featured are free!
What We Reviewed
Features
Swagbucks is a way to earn free gift cards. How? You sign up, shop as you normally would, and occasionally watch some educational videos. This earns you points which can be redeemed for gift cards to sites like Walmart, Amazon, and PayPal.
Ideal Use
A supplement to your online shopping experience that nets you free gift cards.
Features
When you are looking for a rebate, think “eBates.” Through this site, you can earn up to 40% cash back at over 2,500 stores. How can they do this? Well, eBates gets a cut whenever they send business to another site. They then share that cut with you, so everyone wins.
Ideal Use
Shop through eBates to get money sent back your way.
Features
RetailMeNot is a perennial favorite and one of the best coupon sites. RetailMeNot collects large lists of all the online codes you can enter into sites to get a discount or other special offer. Whenever we find that “Promo Code” box in a shopping site, we always check RetailMeNot to see if they can garnish us a deal.
Ideal Use
Use RetailMeNot whenever you see that “Promo Code” box when checking out.
Features
Groupon has become quite a phenomenon. Using the power of groups, you can sign up for experiences, deals, and activities at highly discounted rates as long as enough other people are vying for the same one.
Ideal Use
This is a great site to check before planning a day out.
Features
You cannot get much more straightforward with a website title. Coupons.com provides free printable coupons you can use at a variety of stores. These are excellent for nearly all items you would find in a grocery store.
Ideal Use
Check this site out before your next grocery trip to save money.
Features
Red Plum provides printable and digital coupons to save you money. They are merging with RetailMeNot, but to date, they still provide excellent coupons.
Ideal Use
It is ideal to use Red Plum quickly before they are subsumed by RetailMeNot.
Features
Living Social is a location-based deals website. It uses your location to find discounted activities like massages, brunches, rounds of golf, and professional kitchen cleaning.
Ideal Use
Check this site out when you feel like you need a cleaner or want to play a cheap round of golf.
Features
SmartSource provides both printable and “Direct2Card” coupons. You can save on anything from hummus to foot powder. One nice feature is that it tracks how much you are saving by clipping their coupons.
Ideal Use
Use this site when you need multiple coupons and would like to know how much you are saving in total.
Features
Savings.com provides over 200,000 coupons and local deals. Their site is usefully divided into stores that have deals, and they even list how many deals beneath the logos of these stores. That way, you know who provides lots of deals and who just provides a few.
Ideal Use
Use Savings.com to save in stores like Gap, Home Depot, and Kohls.
Features
It comes as no surprise the online marketplace giant that is Amazon would get in on the coupon game. Save on anything from stainless steel straws to women’s panties to wine bottle torch sets. Potentially the best feature is that you can sort these coupons by age, popularity, and percentage discount.
Ideal Use
Use this page when you are looking for cheap essentials for your house. Try searching by the highest percent discount.
Features
This site helps you get cash back from shopping at over 2000 stores. You even get a $10 bonus for signing up. The site works best for top retailers.
Ideal Use
Check ShopAtHome to see if you can get cash back before purchasing things from Walmart, Best Buy, Home Depot, or Amazon.
Features
Some deals on Slickdeals are truly sick deals. You can get laptops discounted by hundreds of dollars or video games for a sixth of their advertised price. Once you use the site, you can customize your displayed deals to suit your preferences.
Ideal Use
Slickdeals works best if you customize the deals are shown to you.
Features
Why should you ever pay full price in this age of constant coupons and cash back deals? You shouldn’t! That’s why DontPayFull provides a searchable database of discount codes across many stores.
Ideal Use
Check out the deals here before shopping at Amazon, Best Buy, or other top retailers.
Features
We’ve all been stuck behind the “crazy coupon lady” at the supermarket. Luckily the online version is much more pleasant. This site looks more like a blog than a searchable database, which means it provides stories on which coupons are hot and which ones might even make you money if you flip the products in a timely manner.
Ideal Use
Use this site when you need truly crazy deals on products.
Features
Hip2Save provides coupons, but it also highlights deals at certain stores. Sometimes it is not the coupon itself which saves you money. Sometimes you need to know which store has priced certain items extremely low.
Ideal Use
When you are willing to drive to the right shop to find the right product for a low price.
The Verdict
Each of these sites provides a niche which can be useful for saving you money. We visit RetailMeNot often, but for the best of the best coupon sites, we have to recommend The Krazy Coupon Lady. There you will find moneymaker deals that other sites just don’t provide without first requiring you to shop a specific way.
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