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There is a whole industry on the internet to find the right coupons to buy products at a discount. One obvious question that comes to mind is:

Why?  Why would a internet retailer who lists their product at a set price offer so many coupons for discounts on the web?

The answer:

Internet retailers realize that there is a sizable community on the internet that will not buy online until they find a great discount through a rebate, discount coupon, or promotional code. These buyers will aggressively search the coupon and discount sites until they get what they want.

The good news is this business is alive and well and you are the beneficiary of it.

Some Sites for you to Consider:

Here is my “top ten list” on coupon sites where you can start first to find the best deals.

(not in any particular order)
* CoolSavings.com - This site has many, many printable coupons.
* CouponSurfer.com - Again a site with many promotional codes and coupons.
* CouponMom.com - Focuses on coupons a mom would want.
* CouponCabin.com - Another great generic site.
* Coupons.com -  They have coupons for virutall anything.
* eBates.com  - You have to sign up, but then get up to a 25% discount.
* OnlineCoupons.com - There is a subscription on this one, but they offer deals you might not find at other sites.
* Valpak.com - You get coupons for your area based on a zip code you enter.
* FatWallet.com - users discuss deals in a forum
* Mallicious.com - Every day users vote a list of deals up or down, so you get what people consider the best deal.

Others sites (amoung many) that are worth working at:

BensBargains.net
CouponChief.com
CouponWinner.com
Dealighted.com
Dealigg.com
DeaLoco.com
DealsOfAmerica.com
DiscountPatrol.com
FreeShipping.org
GottaDeal.com
MyCoupons.com
RetailMeNot.com
Slickdeals.net

While there are too many discount and coupon sites for me to mention, here is a list for you to start with.

Here is my “top ten list” on coupon sites where you can start first to find the best deals.

(not in any particular order)
* CoolSavings.com - This site has many, many printable coupons.
* CouponSurfer.com - Again a site with many promotional codes and coupons.
* CouponMom.com - Focuses on coupons a mom would want.
* CouponCabin.com - Another great generic site.
* Coupons.com -  They have coupons for virutall anything.
* eBates.com  - You have to sign up, but then get up to a 25% discount.
* OnlineCoupons.com - There is a subscription on this one, but they offer deals you might not find at other sites.
* Valpak.com - You get coupons for your area based on a zip code you enter.
* FatWallet.com - users discuss deals in a forum
* Mallicious.com - Every day users vote a list of deals up or down, so you get what people consider the best deal.

Others sites (amoung many) that are worth working at:

www.BensBargains.net
www.CouponChief.com
www.CouponWinner.com
www.Dealighted.com
www.Dealigg.com
www.DeaLoco.com
www.DealsOfAmerica.com
www.DiscountPatrol.com
www.FreeShipping.org
www.GottaDeal.com
www.MyCoupons.com
www.RetailMeNot.com
www.Slickdeals.net
www.Couponsalot.com
www.TopGroceryCoupons.net
www.FirstStreetOnline.com
www.couponcabin.comCoupons
www.FreeCoupon-Savings.com
www.greatcoupons-online.com
www.couponSeven.com

When you are trying to fine hard-to-find coupons you will find many stores where that have only a few to no discount coupons available online. In this situation, you are forced to try different tactics.

First Approach:

If you are really interested in a specific store or product brand, sign up for their newsletter. Companies will send promotions directly that you may not see anywhere else. Many brands do not like other companies sending offers for them for fear of losing control of their own brand name.

What about the spam?

If you don’t like spam or getting tons of emails even if you opted in in the first place, then sign up for a free email account at a site like www.gmail.com (run by Google) and run your product and store newsletters to this site.

A Second Approach:

Request a vendor’s catalog. For, example if you are interested in Nike shoes, request there catalog. You might also contact shoe catalog vendors.  They often have coupons in the back of their catalog.

A large number of online stores like Amazon, Best Buy, and Target allow you to add a “promotional Code” or coupon code in their shopping cart at the time of purchase.  This gives a percentage discount on your purchase.

To find your  promotional code, when you are not certain what it is, there are many places to look.

1) Go to a discount code or coupon code sites to look at.  Here are just a few to try:

- currentcodes.com
- couponcabin.com
- myretailcodes.com
- naughtycodes.com

You will finds sites that have pages that specifically reference a retailer’s promotional codes or coupon codes. For example:

http://www.discountcodes.tv/codes.cfm/retailer/asos

Beware of home sites because the coupon codes are not always updated that often and may be out of date.

2) Go to Google and search for the right coupon. For example, you could try the following:

promotional codes for amazon
promotional codes for hotels
promotional codes for bestbuy
promotional codes for toys r us

There are other words that you can use to search on that might help, like:

- coupons
- discount coupons
- printable coupons
- store coupons
- coupon codes
- shopping coupons
- grocery coupons
- restaurant coupons
- ebay coupons
- coupons discounts
- coupons deals
- savings coupons
- free coupons

Printable Coupons Online

Online Printable Coupons are a great way to find discounts.  Do a search on “printable coupon codes” and you will find sites like:

www.valpak.com

Manufacturers sometimes provide you coupons or coupon codes to print on their Web sites.

If you like a specific manufacturer and you can’t easily find a coupon, it ofen pays to sign up for their newsletter.

Grocery and Drug Coupon Sites

There are a number of printable coupon sites specifically targeting grocery and drug store sites like:

http://www.wow-coupons.com/grocery.php or
http://printable-coupons.blogspot.com/

Note: There are grocery stores that don’t take online printed grocery coupons because of the high level of fraud. You will need to check with your local stores for more information.

Actually, finding coupons in magazines is not hard to do. Most magazines have some coupon in them. The trick is finding the right magazine to get the type of coupon you are interested int. One approach is to go to a popular magazine site to look up, like magazines.com.

For example, if you are interested in photography, a quick search on this site tells you three great magazines:

Popular Photography & Imaging
Outdoor Photographer
American Photo

If you are interested in cooking a quick reference will tell you several good magazines, like:

Cooking Light
Southern Living
Good Housekeeping

If you don’t have magazines, you may find magazines lying around at work, at a doctor’s or dentist’s office, at a hair salon, or generally anywhere there is a lobby with a waiting area. You can have a small scissor on hand for such an occastion.

Newspaper are a great way to find coupons.  If you are looking for the discount codes in newspapers, the number one day to do it is Sunday. Newspapers know there is a whole army of consumers out there looking for the best discount coupons on Sunday.

Sunday newspapers have many, many printed inserts of coupons.  This is the gold mine for a discount shopper.

What if I don’t have a subscription to the newspapers?

There are many public areas where newspapers are abandoned.  Coffee shops, like Starbucks, are a key area to find these inserts as they are usually left right there. Waiting room lobbies and fast food restaurants are another great place to look.

Coupons are out there for almost everything. All you have to do is look and you will find a great assortment of coupons to save money on food,  entertainment, and probably most things you can think of to buy.

Several places to consider looking for discount coupons are:

- Finding Discount Coupons In Magazines
- Finding Discount Coupons at Grocery Stores
- Finding Discount Coupons Online
- Finding Discount Coupons In the Newspaper
- Finding Discount Coupons on Products
- Finding Discount Coupons Via Mail

Finding Coupons in Magazines

Magazines have always been a great method for finding the right discount coupon.  There are magazines for virtually everything you are interested in. For fashion, you might look for coupons in magazines like In Style and Cosmopolitan. If you are looking for grocery and household coupons, some magazines to look at might be Good Housekeeping, Woman’s Day, and Woman’s World.

Finding Discount Coupons at Grocery Stores

We have a page devoted to coupon codes for grocery stores.  Sundays are always a great day to look for deals.

Finding Discount Coupons Online

Check out our link for finding discount coupons online,  go to:

Finding Discount Coupons In the Newspaper

Newspaper are a great way to find coupons.  If you are looking for the discount codes in newspapers, the number one day to do it is Sunday. Newspapers know there is a whole army of consumers out there looking for the best discount coupons on Sunday.

Finding Discount Coupons on Products

When you buy products you will also find discount codes in the product box or wrapping, sometime you are offered, especially with technology products, free related products.

Finding Discount Coupons Via Mail

We are so inundated with mail these days, we are inclined to throw out most of the junk mail we get. You can,if you spend the time, find special coupons and discount codes that you won’t find online. The biggest caveat here is that these coupons are very time specific. You usually have only a month or few months to act on them.

Grocery stores always have coupons available to shoppers. First of all, grocery stores almost always keep stores specials around the entrance of the store in a booklet or prominent display.

These days there are even displays with blinking lights where you can find promotions.  The first thing to do, for the budget-minded shopper, is to recognize where your store these displays or dispensers are located.  You can then always go by them and see if there are any good offers.

Some Dispensers to look for:

Freezer Extra  are dispensers attached on a freezers for coupons related to products in the refrigerator section.

Blinkies and bonus boxes - Usually these dispensers or boxes have bring colors like red and are next to the store shelf where the product they are promoting is.  The blinkies actuall blink to attract customers.

Peelies

You should also be on the lookout for peelies, which are coupons directly attached to a product. All you need to do is remove the peelie from the product and hand it to a cashier to get your discount.

When you buy your products and are Checking out…

You will oftent find receipts on the back of your receipt. These are sometines know as “Catalina Coupons” where manufacturers provide coupons for product in the store.  Also, local businesses near a store will often have coupons for discounts on service like dry cleaning or car washes.

To find online grocery discounts here are two site to look at:

Couponsalot.com - Find Free Grocery Coupons. They have been offers like a $250 dollars in Free Grocery Coupon. Just check your Zip Code.

TopGroceryCoupons.net

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