My favorite online couponing strategy has always been quite simple but tremendously effective. As I go through the check-out process, I look for a field that says ‘promo code’ or ‘coupon code’. I view these fields like a challenge: if it’s there, I know that somewhere is a coupon that could help me pay a lot less for whatever I’m buying. I’ll then go to Google and search for the merchants’ name and coupon code (i.e. “Mary’s Pie Store coupon code”).
Without fail, there are tons of results and unfortunately many of them are just garbage. They either don’t actually have coupon codes for the merchant I’m shopping with or offer coupon codes that have either expired or no longer work. I’ll of course find some great coupon codes from time to time, but lately it seems that I’ll spend ten minutes wading through eye-straining sites that leave me empty-handed.
But now that I’ve discovered Coupon Chief, I don’t go hunting for coupon codes at Google anymore. Coupon Chief is a beautifully designed Web site that has thorough listings for well over one thousand retailers, both large and small. The offers and coupon codes are very clearly listed and easy to sort through. Just copy, paste and save. Plus, they have a rating system that shows you if the codes are working or not, so you can stop wasting so much time on bogus or expired ones.
Coupon Chief also let’s you create email alerts for your favorite stores as well, so you’ll instantly be updated whenever they make a new coupon available or announce a sale.
So the selection of coupons is nice and the site is comprehensive and easy to use. Very nice, but I haven’t told you the really great part yet: The reason they have so many interesting and accurate coupon code is because they pay their users to find new coupons!
They call it the Pays-2-Share program and if you are an avid coupon hunter, you will definitely want to take part. Just be the first to discover a new coupon from one the retailers enrolled in the program (which appears to be most of stores on their site) and then upload then just fill out a simple online form to upload its details to Coupon Chief. Then, whenever someone uses the coupon to make a purchase, you earn 2% of the purchase price!
If you are the first to find a really popular coupon or a great offer on a high ticket item, your earnings can add up quite quickly. I’ve uploaded a few and it’s fun and easy to do. You need to earn $25 to get paid, but I hope to cross that mark shortly. I’m sure the top coupon hunters hit that mark quite often — last week’s top submitter added 483 new coupons to the Coupon Chief site!
Coupon Chief is a much easier way to save money when you shop online and perhaps you’ll even use it to earn a few extra bucks as well!