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