# Discount codes on online shopping sites **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 6, 2001, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discount-codes-on-online-shopping-sites/48738 "2001-01-06T17:15:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discount-codes-on-online-shopping-sites/48738/1 "2001-01-06T17:15:51Z")
You’ve probally all seen them when buying online. Enter and discount/coupon code you have. Well I hate letting that box go unfilled and I know there are general codes that will be good for a small discount and/or free shipping. Is there a web site that list them? What is it? ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discount-codes-on-online-shopping-sites/48738/2 "2001-01-06T17:24:29Z")
OK, I should have looked 1st. So I change my question to which site is the best (has the most and greatest discounts)? ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discount-codes-on-online-shopping-sites/48738/3 "2001-01-06T18:01:22Z")
I always use [FlamingoWorld](http://www.flamingoworld.com) ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discount-codes-on-online-shopping-sites/48738/4 "2001-01-06T18:17:53Z")
If you don’t mind getting a lot of junk e-mail, you can always sign up for the mailing list of the sites you shop. Often, they sent out e-mails with the codes. Also, those sites that offer points to you for getting e-mail advertisements also send digital coupons. [Mypoints.com](http://Mypoints.com) sends them to me pretty regularly. I’ve gotten a lot of free stuff from those offers. I can remember a year or so back when [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) used to send me a $10 off-your-next-order certificate at least twice a month, as well as a certificate in the box with any order. They stopped doing it a while back, and I really missed them. (I wonder if I wrote to them about this if they’d send them to me again.) ---
**Author:** ![Double-P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@Double-P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double-P)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discount-codes-on-online-shopping-sites/48738/5 "2001-01-06T19:36:14Z")
I’m not too good at sending links, but I use: [http://www.happycoupons.com](http://www.happycoupons.com) or > **[a2zDeals.com: coupon codes, coupons and online shopping deals](http://www.a2zdeals.com)** > > Coupons, coupon codes, free shipping $$ Off for 2017 Turbo Tax, H&R Tax Cut 2017, AT&T Coupons, JC Penney, Macy's & more ---
**Author:** ![Double-P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@Double-P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double-P)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discount-codes-on-online-shopping-sites/48738/6 "2001-01-06T19:47:05Z")
I’m not too good at sending links, but I use: [http://www.happycoupons.com](http://www.happycoupons.com) or > **[a2zDeals.com: coupon codes, coupons and online shopping deals](http://www.a2zdeals.com)** > > Coupons, coupon codes, free shipping $$ Off for 2017 Turbo Tax, H&R Tax Cut 2017, AT&T Coupons, JC Penney, Macy's & more ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discount-codes-on-online-shopping-sites/48738/7 "2001-01-06T22:48:41Z")
I like [http://www.dealcatcher.com](http://www.dealcatcher.com), myself. [http://www.techdeals.net](http://www.techdeals.net) was good for more than just coupons, but was pretty much just techy stuff. that and the site is mysteriously gone now. [dvdtalk.com](http://dvdtalk.com) has a list of coupons which they keep updated. ---
**Author:** ![socpro69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@socpro69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/socpro69)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discount-codes-on-online-shopping-sites/48738/8 "2001-01-06T23:44:45Z")
I used to check out the message boards at [http://www.esmarts.com](http://www.esmarts.com) all the time. They had some pretty good leads. I pretty much stopped after cdnow merged with musicblvd though.