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Bugmenot.com launches collaborative coupon code site

retailmenot.com — Bugmenot.com has launched a similar service where users can find and share discount coupon codes for online stores. It's cunningly named RetailMeNot.com. How long until someone writes a firefox extension for it?

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  • evolvedlight, on 10/12/2007, -5/+23nice. it just needs a few more users and it'll be well good. lets get this site popular!
    • DAaaMan64, on 10/12/2007, -14/+47Yeah, maybe if it gets really popular, they'll remove coupon codes completely! Won't that be great?
    • r2d7, on 10/12/2007, -4/+23Bugmenot hasn't removed anyone's desire for getting registrations.

      Coupon sites have been around for ages, the result being most coupons have a short life and a limited number of uses.
    • sishgupta, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11coupons and site registration are vastly different. Apples and oranges.

      Just because an organization makes two separate websites does not mean they will impact people in the same way.

      If this becomes popular i am guessing that more companies will have to use unique coupons for each customer.
    • doctornkul, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19Actually maybe it will benefit the consumer more. Stores don't make coupons that run themselves out of business. Typically they lower prices so that more people will shop there. If this gets popular, stores will be encouraged to put out coupons, so that people from retailmenot.com will shop there. Consumers win, shops that put out coupons win, the only people that don't are shops that don't put out coupons, since all the business goes away from them.
    • ercolina, on 10/12/2007, -10/+0check the news on http://www.aWordAbout.com for related
    • mkamrk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Check this for only the "active" coupons http://www.dealplumber.com/deal/morecoupons so you wont have to try the different ones to see which one works.
    • hammydude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2words of wisdom for coupons from amazon.com:
      PNSETBAT: 60% off of all vibrators and hardcore porno
    • smogbean, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0dont't forget http://dealspl.us/
      lovely site
    • BMNB1tches, on 01/11/2008, -0/+0FYI
      check www.___.bug for barred bugmenots!
    • somethinspecial, on 07/29/2008, -0/+0What about http://www.discountcode.net and http://www.ecouponcodes.com
  • evansls, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12wow -- this is awesome! I've always wanted something like this that was super easy to search for coupons... thank you.
    • r2d7, on 10/12/2007, -26/+2Googling what you want with +coupon was too hard?
    • r2d7, on 10/12/2007, -21/+4lol, apparently it was too hard for some people.
  • slapper, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2awesome - what a great site
  • fiver22, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13digg -in the hopes that it becomes popular enough to be useful.
  • MiloMindrbindr, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6i've always used dealcoupon.com for this. it suits my needs just fine, but I'll try this out. I hope its not like bugmenot, where its got a lot of codes that dont work and are pretty useless.
  • wetard57, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2ya just wait a bit
  • leclair929, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8awesome idea...no firefox extension yet?
    • r2d7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29Use the "bookmark" extension and you can get to it with 1 or 2 clicks!
  • uptown, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10FatWallet.com meets this need
  • yensed, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Already has good Amazon.com coupons
  • SbooX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11This strikes me as being waaaay too easy to spam. Hope I'm wrong though.
    • dbxz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18LOL... note this amazon.com "coupon"

      Code: 12345
      Description: Password to Earths air supply

      hahaha oh spaceballs... who ever posted that made me laugh.
    • pinsomniac, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3The Dreamhost referral codes are driving me insane.
    • floridiot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Code: PORNO
      Description: 20% off of all custy porno

      Wtf is custy porno?
  • MatttK, on 10/12/2007, -9/+8You know, I really hate how bugmenot (and retailmenot) feels the need to inform me that I'm using Internet Explorer. IE7 works just fine for me; I use it by choice. Leave me alone. :/
    • spongbros, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Hear, hear. I may be using Firefox, but in this day and age, you should be free to use whichever browser you want without being ridiculed by others.
    • r2d7, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7You *are* free to choose. As long as you choose Firefox.

      Firefox is about choice, not choices.
    • Shadar, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8If you don't use firefox you're with Bush and the terrorists. True Americans use Firefox, terrorists use IE.
    • mustangAlly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It looks like the BugMeNot guys are listening. The IE warning has been taken off in the last day or so.
  • dayquil, on 10/12/2007, -13/+7Keep in mind who you're keeping your three bucks from when you use one of these codes, please. Many online retailers, despite their sites being fancy or whatnot, are just small struggling businesses. Don't rip them off. They create these coupons for *repeat* business. Do you part for the economy and spend your money. If you can afford full price, buy from the small-time retailer at full price.

    In short, don't be a dick. This is not the same as protecting your privacy from a site that requires registration by *any* stretch of the imagination. So don't go thinking you're still on the right side of morality when you do this. It may not be stealing per se, but it's surely against the intended use.
    • slapper, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8thats such rubbish. retailers use coupon codes etc to attract customers. if they dont want to sell at a discount nobody is forcing them. Which online retailers release coupon codes and dont expect them to be propogated over the internet?
    • alen3K, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5So I understand you work in this field of business
    • Shadar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This is one of the stupidest posts I've seen on here. It's up there with people posting "Downloading this is illegal, just go buy it" on torrent sites.

      Companies intentionally circulate their coupons to drum up business. The fact of the matter is, MOST people don't use coupons most of the time. But if you can get a new customer to come to your site with a coupon and they have a good experience they are more likely to come back again and buy stuff at full price. Also, the sites arn't the ones paying for those discounts always, in many cases it's the manufacturer who offers a rebate and the site uses coupons to extend those rebates to customers as it is a better marketing approach.
  • profJohn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Great idea, and like other folks I'm looking forward to this getting more popular and populated with codes.
  • antdude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It would be cool for retail stores too.
  • darshil, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4hmm. not sure about this one. you can just use special google searching terms to get the coupon you want. This might force companies to get either rid of online coupons or just try and find another technique. But, you never know. There have been sites like these and they haven't affected online coupons too much.
  • appleswitch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Why does the design suck? bugnenot is so pretty :(
  • adamsucks, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1How did THIS already get 500+ diggs?! It's the 2nd article on the front page, and to be honest, the site really isn't all that fantastic.

    Seems a little fishy to me.
  • tomi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Nifty.
  • moonwell, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1maybe cuz ppls love bugmenot, usually I take the trouble over to create new regs where I can't find and I have off the day's good work xD
    In my ff toolbar bugmenot is the third after digg and google so this means something :>
  • aedean, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0I use http://www.mrcheapstuff.com for coupons and deals.
  • LasseLarsen, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1read this...

    Consumer: Just think if you could control the steam of information, so you only got offers you have pre-ordered in the same second the shop released this. –and only if the product, discount and distance to the shop is within you preference – our system knows where the shop and you are located (24/7/365)...

    Local shop: imagine you can see how many consumers that is interested in your offer –before you sent out the this,and imagine you only pay for those how read your ad this and much more –revolutionary, first movers, unique marketing solution tool...

    In USA and Europa there was spent more than $ 28 billions in 2004 in local ads -newspapers and directories. 66% of 1034 people in a Danish research would use our system if they was presented for it
    and 72% of local shop would consider our marketing solution as a alternative to there present marketing-plan...

    Our goal is become the world leader in minute2minute marketing.

    Are going introduce this worldwide and are looking for partners for more than 103 countries, please contact us for more information -thank...

    BR. Lasse Larsen, BipBip Holding AS, Denmark - www.bipbip.com
  • IanRReardon, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Something is going on here. The overwhelming amount of positive comments, thts not the digg I know. I checked out this site and its nothing special, how does it have that many diggs?
  • Jadey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If you're lucky enough to be Canadian... www.redflagdeals.com I use this one, but it's mostly for deals and coupons with Canadian retailers.
  • merce, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Where's the firefox plugin?
  • zlyoga, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I can see companies posting a code up their themselves for advertising
  • ThePug, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Oh, the bias on the Dreamhost coupons!
  • neom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I just wanted to commend you on linking to the site and not some random blog. Thank you, I appreciate it.
  • stisev, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Uh, right yea.

    http://www.retailmenot.com/view/buy.com

    Check that one out.
  • VeganG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I typically use Google, but something like this is always nice!
  • DiscGolfer, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0This looks like its going to be abused hard and end up being worthless. Its a great idea in theory.

    I'm pretty happy with http://www.ThePromoCodes.com
  • katarin, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0I joined this site and got some money back. I was really amazed :).

    BIG CRUMBS REALLY DOES WORK!! USE THE FOLLWOING LINK TO START SAVING ON PURCHASES YOU WOULD NORMALLY BUY ANYWAYS!!

    http://www.bigcrumbs.com/crumbs/frontpage.jsp?r=niisuke

    It includes eBay Apple store, Bestbuy, CircuitCity, CompUSA, Dell, Gap, Macy's, Orbitz, Overstock.com, Sears, Sephora, shoes.com, Target, Wal-Mart, Zappos.com etc.

    So check it out and join too ;)
  • spartin92, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I love there services, i hope they make more
  • Nonoboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I just used it for Kodackgallery.com and saved 20%. Nice job!
  • johnterris, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0I love http://www.gogoshopper.com better. I found it has more stores and most complete coupon codes list.
  • mikedom, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Sometimes big sites dont always have the best coupons , most of them are run by software and promoted by the stores themselves ... most of these sites have the same coupons .

    here are two little coupon sites , some of my best coupon savings were found here : printable coupons -> http://printable-coupons.blogspot.com/ and coupon codes -> http://coupon-codes-online.blogspot.com/ ...



  • Sideburn, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1The only problem is they don't validate the coupons on their site, befre they put them up. I use Coupon Mountain instead, for that exact reason.
    http://www.couponmountain.com

    I've tried to use RetailMeNot before, an none of the coupons worked.
  • edgemyster, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0This site allows the users to rate the coupons putting quality control into the hands of the community: http://www.savings.com/
  • feonad, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0http://www.momsview.com

    is better
  • kjames74, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Also try http://www.rather-be-shopping.com I also verify that the coupons work before we put them up.
  • cheapman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Try http://www.couponloco.com , it has a great variety of coupons always updated.
  • savesome, on 11/12/2007, -0/+0This one is good! http://www.couponseven.com

    The best part is that it's fast and there are no pop ups!
  • lschofield, on 12/21/2007, -0/+1http://www.centsible.net. The forums are hot sometimes and sometimes not - but the coupons are monitored really well. You know they work - and the instructions are spelled out idiot proof.
  • TravelCoupon, on 03/25/2008, -0/+0http://www.webcouponcodes.com is a good source of promotional codes that are always updated. They provide user submitted coupon codes, retailer information and reviews
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  • moneysavinglady, on 04/16/2008, -0/+0To find Free Coupons for Online Stores, I use http://www.onlinestorecoupon.com .
  • Karenk123, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1I found great coupon codes at http://OnlineDatingMatches.com.
    They update many promotional codes and promo codes on
    a daily basis for huge savings.
  • traceymclain, on 07/20/2008, -0/+0I use http://www.couponsaver.org to find the latest deals and coupons. They have the most updated coupon codes.
  • codecoupon, on 07/24/2008, -0/+0
    code coupon
    http://code-coupon.blogspot.com/
  • korr, on 09/23/2008, -0/+1ThePug noticed something and I'm seeing it too, these Dreamhost coupons are a bit... lacking. Their highest one is only a $50 value, some are as low as $40. Try this list instead, might find something more useful: http://websitebuilding.biz/dreamhost-coupon-code/
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