July 16, 2009
By the ZippyCart Shopping Carts Content Team
Online shopping is fun, but it is even better when you are getting a discount. Coupon codes are being offered by the majority of big online retailers and have even become a standard feature provided by many eCommerce shopping cart providers. In an effort to capitalize on the popularity of coupon codes, many online shops have added sections to their sites devoted to coupons and sometimes there are entire sites created just for these codes. Users flock to these sites to hunt for deals before they make a purchase and some customers use a coupon code for almost every purchase they make online. Here are 4 of the top sites you available if you are looking to get a deal the next time you go to shop online.
Retailmenot.com specializes exclusively with coupons and discount codes and claims to have a selection from 30,000 stores and 150,000 individual codes. The best part about this site is that it focuses on the social side of things by allowing users to submit codes, interact with friends, and the ability to connect via Facebook or Twitter.
Ebates.com was founded in 1998 and is one of the oldest coupon code sites on the Internet. It is an all around solid site that will provide you with a variety of deals from popular Internet retailers.
KeyCode.com came onto the scene in late 1999 and has been providing users with many coupon codes and discounts for almost 10 years. They have a wide variety of categories and feature top online merchants.
CouponCabin.com is a new comer to the space with a Web 2.0 design and user friendly experience. They are already entrenched in the social scene with Facebook and Twitter and are expected to come out with an iPhone app soon.
To improve the customer experience for your online store, consider placing your coupon codes on the sites listed above.
Nick was born and raised in California, but has been working the dot com scene in Seattle for many years. He co-founded ZippyCart back in 2009, and now works here full-time. Nick wears many hats at ZippyCart, including producing content for our Ecommerce News blog. Nick loves photography and the outdoors, so when not working on ZippyCart you can find him out and about in Seattle.
