Coupons vs. Bargains Explained
Currently at Shopping-Bargains.com we designate our text link offers as either coupons or bargains. While on the surface these designations may sound like synonyms, there are subtle differences that might not be immediately apparent. Understanding them, though, can help you save money and avoid confusion during checkout.
With rare exception, we designate an offer as a coupon if it has a link that must be clicked or a code that must be entered during checkout. In both cases, our coupon link triggers, activates or leads to a promotion or discount of some kind — free shipping, dollar or percentage off discounts, free gift, etc. This discount or promotion is either noted immediately with reduced pricing or some other promotion shown on the store’s website or it is shown in the shopping cart as a discount (or free shipping, etc.) during checkout after entering and activating the coupon code published on Shopping-Bargains.
A bargain, on the other hand, generally does not trigger an additional discount but instead links shoppers to some kind of deal or special offer — often a short-term promotion, a sale, seasonal savings or special bonus of some kind. It also can link to a clearance section, the store’s online outlet, a popular section or something else entirely. It sometimes provides savings information such as specifying the store’s current free shipping threshold to help shoppers optimize order sizes. Whatever the case, a bargain provides information and a link to act on that information. It typically does not provide or activate an additional discount like a coupon (if it did we would likely designate it a coupon) but it can provide some valuable savings.
You can often enhance your overall savings by combining bargains and coupons. Read more
Shopping-Bargains.com Makes Holiday Shopping a Little Easier on Your Time and Budget!
I’m not sure what it is about this time of year that makes us all go a little crazy when it comes to holiday shopping. Maybe it’s the list of people to buy for, the hundreds of email offers and store sales that we sort through trying to find the best deal, or if its plain old holiday spirit that encourages a lot of us to blow the budget on our holiday spending.
For me, the holiday season is really two holidays, my husband’s family is Jewish and my family is Christian, so with 8 wonderful nights of Hanukkah and one lovely Christmas day, we are talking a lot of gifts to buy!
I don’t know about you, but the thought of hitting the mall with all those thousands of people — especially with my two kids in tow — doesn’t exactly sound like a dream. So like many others, I’ve started doing my holiday shopping online.
Improved Printable Grocery Store Coupons
For some time now we have had what I felt was at best an awkward system for delivering printable grocery store coupons. I’m pleased to announce some major changes were implemented today to make printing grocery store coupons much easier for our shoppers.
First, we created a Printable Grocery Store Coupons section to introduce the concept of printing legitimate local coupons on the Internet. Second, we activated links (here and here) to two grocery coupon partners who work with us in providing these printable coupons. Third, we provided some “how to” advice and savings tips for maximizing this offline resource.
Stacking Coupons and Bargains to Save More
Here’s a coupon shopping tip that might help you enjoy bigger savings online. For this example, let’s say you are looking for a comforter set and your budget is $120.
You might start by browsing our Bed & Bath subdepartment located under our Home & Garden department. There you will find online stores with coupon codes and free shipping specials. When you think you found one that migh fit your bill, you dig deaper by looking at all that store’s coupons and bargains.
After seeing all that store’s coupons and bargains you can start your plan of attack. Read more
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