Popular Coupon Sites – February 2010

This is February 2010 revision of the Popular Coupon sites list. You can find the previous revision of the list here.

The change in rating shows the difference compared to January results. This list currently has 32 sites - two less than in January. On average the coupon sites have lost (4.39%) in February.

The best performer is again flamingoworld.com (14.88%), which also goes up by 2 positions, and the worst result comes again from this blog’s former sponsor - couponwinner.com (-19.45%) which also goes down by 1 position. Enjoy the complete list below!

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Popular price comparison sites – February 2010

This is February 2010 revision of the Popular Price Comparison web sites list. You can find the last month revision of the list here.

The change in rating shows the difference compared to January results. The list has a total of 32 web sites which is one less than the last month (bestwebbuys.com is out after being the worst site for 3 months in a row). There are 18 more sites in my database that don’t meet Alexa Rank < 100,000 requirement. The average price comparison site has lost (10.61%) this month

The best performer this month is again sortprice.com (3.13%) followed by like.com with a gain of (1.25%). The worst performer this month is dealighted.com with a loss of (-65.85%) followed by (again) shoplocal.com (-43.05%). Please enjoy the complete list below.

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Starbucks Promotion – Free 1lb Whole Bean Coffee

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Of course it is not completely free, there is a trick. Starbucks kicks off eight weeks of exploration with a different bold coffee each week. If your coffee shop participates in this promotion you have a chance of pocketing 1 lb whole bean coffee at the end of the 8 weeks. Here are the rules:

  • Ask for a Coffee Journey Passport card to track your weekly bold coffee experience. Cards are available the first week, through 3/14/10.
  • Sample a tall 12-oz bold coffee each week ($1.50) and get a sticker.
  • Customers who collect 8 stickers (one per week) through May 3 will receive a free 1-lb. whole bean bold coffee of their choice.

Go to starbucks.com/bold for more details.

Source: Starbucks Invites Customers on a Bold Coffee Journey (via Buxr)

Popular deal sites – February 2010

This is February 2010 revision of the Popular Deal Sites list. You can find the last month revision of the list here.

The change in rating shows the difference compared to January results and includes all deal sites from my database that meet Alexa Rank < 100,000 requirement. A total of 38 sites have made it this month which is 2 less than the last month

The average deal site lost 14.73% in Alexa rank this month. The top gainer this month is bargaineering.com (8.9%). The top loser is gottadeal.com (-206.97%) which had a sharp drop in rating that can be explained by the Christmas holiday shopping moving out of the 3 months moving average that Alexa is tracking (the same sharp drop was in February last year). I missed dealcatcher last month so the results are a bit skewed. For whatever they are worth, please enjoy them below.

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RetailMeNot dominance over? Or not…

RetailMeNot took the coupons market by the storm when they launched in 2006 and ever since have been dominating the online coupons landscape beating the closest competitor by a wide margin (according to Alexa). How did that happen?

The site relies on a number of dedicated toolbars users who feed the RetailMeNot database with enormous quantity of coupon codes that they stumble upon. This creates volume which in turn creates buzz and links. Links help RetailMeNot rank for coupon related terms on Google which in turn brings people to the website and drives the Alexa chart up, not to mention all the revenue that comes alone.

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