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Experience is often the best teacher when it comes to getting the most out of online shopping and coupon codes. The following listing of coupon code web sites is made up of the ones that I use most frequently for information regarding online shopping, and for valid coupon codes. They make the fascinating hobby of bargain shopping even more fun! Your mileage may vary, but do check these sites out to help you learn and save!

• http://www.freelancebyu.com/ FreelanceByU – Save Money Without Compromising Your Lifestyle.

This is without a doubt my favorite site. Angela Hresan, the site’s owner, has been featured on The Today Show for her knowledge and status as an expert on living lavishly for less. Her motto is “Never pay full price for anything, ever!”

The web site is packed with information that may be a little bit overwhelming at first. Just dig in and start reading, and watch your savings began to mount up quickly!

• There are articles that explain all about online coupons and how to get the most for your money when shopping online,
• A large listing of current coupon codes,
• A freebies page,
• A sweepstakes page,
• A very active forum.

The forum is the heart and soul of the web site. So much goes on in the forum that it is almost as if it is a little city within itself! Here are just a few of the topics that are covered in the Freelancebyu forum -

• Good Deal Alerts These deals and offers are extremely helpful because the end date of each is listed… a pertinent fact that isn’t always in this kind of listing.

• Free Magazines Yes, believe it or not, you can get free subscriptions to many popular magazines with NO CATCH! I’m sure this is good advertising for the companies, and they just write it off.

• Help In Finding Deals If you are looking for a coupon code on something in particular and are having trouble finding it, let the Freelancebyu experts help you look!

• Rebates and Refunds This is another money saving hobby that blends in quite well with online shopping and coupon codes.

• Maken Baken A place where money making strategies, including but not limited to online shopping and coupon codes are discussed.

• The Box Man Cometh A fun subject! This is where shoppers can share what the “Box Man”, for example, the UPS or FedEx delivery person brought to them today.

• Expired Offers Extremely helpful when you can’t remember the details of that great offer you did! These archives are cleared out periodically to make room for more. Yes, there are that many coupon codes and online shopping deals!

Angie also has a newsletter that goes out whenever there is an especially good online shopping deal. This can be a couple of times a day, or every few days… it just depends on what is going on in the online shopping world.

• You can subscribe to Angie’s newsletter by going here – http://www.freelancebyu.com/anjie_notes.htm .

Trust me when I say that this newsletter and web site are well worth your time if you are interested in saving money with coupon codes and online shopping!

• Another great web site that is quite popular is http://www.dealtaker.com/. It’s a Sister site to Pricetaker.com, which was discussed above. Dealtaker.com is a very well organized and through web site that lists coupon codes and information for/from over 1400 stores! Some of the other neat things on this web site that will compliment your online coupon code shopping are -

• Gift Taker.com This is a neat way to let family and friends know about items that you run across on your online shopping expeditions that you would like to have for yourself. It can be your very own online wish list, and unlike the wish lists that are store-specific like the one at Amazon.com, you can place items from any online store onto your personal list. Use it for birthdays, Christmas, weddings, baby showers, or any other gift-giving occasion.

• DealTaker has a web page that features a huge selection of gift cards/gift certificates available for purchase. Gift cards make excellent gifts when you don’t know what to buy for someone, and it’s really convenient to have them all on one page like this. when you click on the link below the image of each gift card, it takes you directly to the web page where you can purchase the gift card.

• DealTaker also has a forum which lists freebies from all over the web, a forum where shoppers can discuss online coupon code deals they have found, and the gem of the site, the stores page. This is where all of the coupon codes are listed, and boy, is it an extensive list! When you click on a store name, it takes you to a page where each code is showcased in a graphic that looks like a paper coupon… you know, the kind you used to use before you discovered online coupons! It’s a very cute way of displaying the codes, and makes them easy to read, too.

A cute web site that goes by the name of A Full Cup and is located at www.afullcup.com has not only a very active forum full of friendly shoppers, but several coupon generators that allow you to print coupons from the web to take to the store with you. You can print coupons from Target, Food Lion, and an ever-changing variety of miscellaneous stores.

Most online shoppers are familiar with Fat Wallet at www.fatwallet.com . It has a category for every type of online coupon you can imagine, a price comparison page, and a forum where you can ask any sort of question about online shopping and get a quick answer. An ongoing thread in the Fat Wallet forum is a listing of hard to find telephone numbers for those times when you need to call a retailer about a problem in their store, or with an online order from their store. This information can be hard to locate, and it is very nice to have it all together in one spot.

The web page at www.currentcodes.com is not a very fancy page, but the information contained on it is priceless! CurrentCodes lists codes ONLY… no deals or online sales. They feel they can better serve the internet population by focusing solely on the codes. There is a space that lists the newest codes that have come in, and another section where you can browse for coupon codes by merchant, alphabetically, or by category.

DealHunting.com, located at www.dealhunting.com is another huge database of coupon codes. This web site will alert you when a great deal becomes available if you sign up with your email address. They seem to have codes for a lot of online stores that the other coupon code websites do not list… specialty stores such as

• Bits and Pieces, a jigsaw puzzle/game store

• Harry and David, who sells fruit and gourmet chocolates

• San Francisco Music Box Company, which features music boxes and other collectibles

• Hallmark, of greeting card, keepsake ornament, and gift fame

• Design Toscano, a neat store with unique gifts and home and garden décor

DealHunting also is one of the few coupon code websites that lists Canadian offers. The web site offers an active message board/forum where lively shopping discussions are always taking place.

Centsible.net at www.centsible.net not only lists coupon codes for online shopping, but also has links to the websites of a huge list of both American and Canadian grocery store chains. This is extremely useful! You can now check out your favorite grocery store’s online flyer before you go food shopping and in most cases, print out a list of items to buy. Seeing the advertised specials online is a novelty that you won’t soon tire of, and it is quite a timesaver.

The web site at www.retailmenot.com is a slick-looking site, kind of retro in design with video tutorials on how to use coupon codes online to save money. RetailMeNot also has an innovative little device called a Quick Access Bookmarklet. To use it, you first place a link into your Favorites in your browser. Then, whenever you are at a retailer’s web site doing some shopping, and want to know if there are any coupon codes available for that site, you just click on the bookmarklet. If there are any online codes, another window will pop up containing the codes. What a neat little thing to have!

RetailMeNot also sends out a weekly newsletter to those who have signed up to receive it. They have just recently began to offer a forum for discussion of all things coupon.

Coupon Mountain at www.couponmountain.com offers coupon codes that are updated several different times a day from over 2000 stores in categories such as

• Arts and Collectibles
• Automotive
• Baby and Maternity
• Books
• Cell Phones
• Clothing and Accessories
• Computers
• Dating and Personals (dating and personal coupon codes? Wow!)
• Electronics
• Finance
• Flowers, Gifts, and Gourmet
• Food and Beverage
• Freebies
• Groceries
• Health and Beauty
• Home and Garden
• Internet Services
• Jewelry and Watches
• Movies
• Music
• Office Products
• Pet Supplies
• Photography
• Sporting Goods
• Toys
• Travel
• Video Games

That’s quite a list, isn’t it? And yes, there really ARE coupon codes in the Dating and Personals section for services such as

• eHarmony.com
• FriendFinder.com
• Passion.com
• PerfectMatch.com
• Yahoo Personals.com
• And quite a few more!

That is proof right there that you really CAN find an online coupon code for anything!

Coupon Cabin at www.couponcabin.com is a web site that has been featured in several media outlets such as -

• The Chicago Tribune
• The Wall Street Journal
• ABC Television Network
• NBC Television Network
• CBS Television Network
• Fox Television Network
• Fox news Network
• USA Today
• Good Morning America
• Consumer Reports Money

There is a long listing of all of the different cities where the television programs that featured Coupon Cabin were shown, and an equally long listing of all of the local papers in the United States where stories about Coupon Cabin were featured. Also listed are quite a few radio stations where Coupon Cabin has been given exposure, and finally, a list of print magazines and online publications where Coupon Cabin has been featured. This is very impressive! As of this writing, there were 3233 active and valid coupons and deals on this web site. An animated demo, with sound, is provided so that you can see how to best use the web site.

Coupon Cabin also has a sister site called CheapUncle, which is a deal finder. When you type in the name of a product, the database is searched, and the best priced deals are listed for you to choose from. This can save you time and allow you to compare prices more efficiently.

Slick Deals, located at www.slickdeals.net is a coupon code website that has a very good feature for shoppers who want to stay on top of things. It is called Deal Alert. Once you have registered on the site, you can set up your forum account to email you when any keyword that you specify – such as camera, sweater, laptop… whatever product you are interested in receiving updated deal information on – appears in the forum with a new coupon code or deal. Slick Deals has a very active forum, filled with shoppers who are always on the lookout for bargains, so the chances of you being among the first to know about the latest great deal are very good!

Reesycakes.com is a shopping web site with a rather interesting name, located at www.reesycakes.com. It bills itself as a “shopping companion” with a detailed listing of stores, with reviews to come, a nice listing of coupon codes, sales and events, and other special features you are sure to enjoy.

You’ll smile when you see this web page. www.naughtycodes.com may make you think you’ve clicked somewhere you shouldn’t have. In reality though, it is a pretty good little web site with a long list of online stores and coupon codes.

A web site called 1001 Coupons at www.1001coupons.com claims to be the largest listing of codes on the Internet, and they do indeed seem to have coupon codes for places such as Walgreens.com, The Vitamin Shoppe.com, and Food Network.com, retailers that are a bit harder to locate valid coupon codes for. 1001 Coupons will send you “the best” coupon codes every week in your email if you sign up with them.

When you visit www.ultimatecoupons.com , you will see that they seem to offer a little bit of everything!

• Message Boards
• A directory of retailers all over the web with clearance and closeout prices
• Product Reviews – a helpful listing of sites all over the Internet that give opinions on a wide range of products. This can be very helpful when trying to decide between two or more brands.
• A section that enables you to find coupons local to your area for such things as restaurants, movies, etc.
• A listing of manufacturer’s coupons that you can print on your computer, have mailed to your home, or emailed to you free of charge.
• A freebie page
• A coupon blog
• Deals of the Day
• Cash Back Shopping
• Buying Guides – my favorite part of the site. This lists several links, including Consumer Reports Online, where shoppers can go to learn more about an item they are considering the purchase of.
• A Web Shopping Guide that really has a lot of useful tips about online shopping in general.
• Finally, Ultimate Coupons.com offers one of the best coupon and deals newsletters around. Be sure to sign up for this one so you can stay informed on all of the latest coupon codes!

CouponCode.com, located at www.couponcode.com , is a smaller web site than some of the others, listing only around 500 coupon codes at any one time. But, the codes are valid ones, and the web site itself is well laid out and easy to use. The site is working hard in order to update and expand, and has been mentioned on NBC Television, ABC Television, and in US News and World Report magazine. There is a listing of Popular Coupons here, those which many people have used. Looking this list over is a good way to see what some of the best coupon codes are.

Sometimes it seems like all of these coupon code web sites were named by the same person! Since the names of some of them sound alike, it would be easy to get them confused if they all did not have such different options for smart shoppers. The web site at www.couponshack.com is no exception. This web site used to be called Coupon Monkey, so I guess with the name change came a new look as well.

Bright graphics and a crisp, clean template make this web site a powerful ally in determining which coupon codes are best. Coupon Shack offers Exclusive Coupons, which were created especially for this web site by the stores you see listed. They also have a very good list of the most popular coupon codes, a special Travel category which is extremely useful if you need to purchase a last minute airline ticket, and a Financial category which does an excellent job of explaining such things as mortgages, loans, credit cards, and insurance.

Online shopping has become more popular than ever before. It is estimated that 78 percent of Internet users are now shopping online. That’s an awful lot of people who have discovered how much easier it is to click their mouse than to fight the crowds. Everyone loves to get a good deal, and the word has spread that the deals are all over the Internet!

Now that you have read this report, you are armed with quite a bit of valuable information, and the tools that you need to become a super shopper! You will regularly save money with each and every purchase you make with an online coupon code. These codes are one of the best-kept secrets of the Internet, and allow you to find bargains that your family and friends won’t believe. With just a little patience and time, there is virtually nothing that you cannot find on the Internet at a lower price than what you would pay at a regular store.

So settle back, grab a cup of coffee, and… Let’s go shopping!