| Shopping online with coupon codes can save bargain | | | | need to enter BELLA at check out to get $20 off |
| hunters a bundle for many online purchases from | | | | $129 at Designer Linens Outlet. |
| office supplies, jewelry, flowers to baby products. Do | | | | Find the place to "enter coupon code". |
| you know how online coupons work? Understand | | | | If the discount is not automatically applied, shoppers will |
| some of the basics will save bargain hunters time and | | | | need to find the right place to "enter coupon code." |
| money. | | | | Merchants locate this "enter coupon code" box for |
| Coupon sites are different than merchants. | | | | coupon code, promo code, discount code or whatever |
| Merchants are the actual online stores that shoppers | | | | the merchant decides to call it in different places in |
| shop at. Merchants provide coupon codes to coupon | | | | their check out process. |
| sites so that coupon sites can offer coupons to | | | | Sometimes merchants locate the "enter coupon code" |
| shoppers who might not otherwise discover the | | | | in a logical place such as the shopping cart where you |
| merchant. But if you are a savvy shopper, who | | | | can easily check if the discount is applied, but at other |
| already knows which merchant you want to purchase | | | | times it is hard to find, such as the order review page |
| a product from, you can visit a coupon website, find | | | | prior to confirming your purchase. Shoppers should |
| your merchant via "shop by store" to use a coupon for | | | | always carefully confirm that the discount shoppers |
| your purchase. | | | | expect is properly applied. |
| Where to find coupons? | | | | Why coupons sometimes don't work? |
| If you have a specific merchant in mind, use search | | | | Coupon codes may not work because the code could |
| engines such as Google, Msn or Yahoo to search | | | | be expired or entered incorrectly. At other times, the |
| coupon sites which list merchant's coupons (e.g., | | | | Merchant may exclude certain products or may |
| Coupons). Once you find the coupon website you like, | | | | require minimum purchases. Some coupon codes are |
| bookmark them or sign up their coupon alerts. | | | | case sensitive. |
| Coupons typically function as either a "hyperlink | | | | Sometimes the coupon website is unaware that the |
| discount" or "coupon code to enter." | | | | coupon has expired, sometimes they make human |
| Merchants decide how they want to offer their | | | | errors, and sometimes the merchants change or |
| coupons and coupon websites simply follow the | | | | expire coupon codes without telling the coupon |
| instructions of the merchants. | | | | websites. In any case, remember that coupon |
| To activate a hyperlink discount, shoppers need to | | | | websites are providing their services to shoppers for |
| click on hyperlinks such as "Click on this link to redeem | | | | free, so help them out by nicely emailing them and |
| the coupon code." Shoppers are then directed to the | | | | telling them that a certain coupon code doesn't work. |
| merchant website where the discount offers will | | | | Sometimes the coupon website can help you find a |
| automatically apply at checkout. at ( has an example | | | | working coupon code, but at other times, the merchant |
| of a hyperlink discount. | | | | may not be offering any coupon codes on the product |
| Other merchants may require customers to enter | | | | you are interested in purchasing. |
| coupon codes when they check out. After shoppers | | | | When you find a coupon code for a merchant, think of |
| click on the hyperlink from coupon sites, shoppers | | | | it as a bonus to save a few bucks or to splurge and |
| need to remember the promotion code. Designer | | | | spend a bit more on something else for yourself. |
| Linens Outlet at ( has an example. Shoppers from | | | | |