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In recent times, the rate at which mobile and online shopping is increasing, one of the
most surprising trends are those in online coupon distributions. If one may have noticed,
there is a significant increase in the numbers of mobile shoppers and to invite this chunk
of consumers, companies that provide discounts and online coupons are coming up with
applications and mobile ready versions of their offers.
But this was inevitable; online offers and coupon sites are just going where the customers
are. Recently, RetailMeNot, the online coupon giant announced its new mobile site,
designed to give iOS and Android users, firsthand access to its coupons and coupon
codes from 140,000 merchants any time any place. Increasingly online coupons are being
packaged in a wherever-you-go gift wrap to lure them into deals.
One of the most revealing innovations in the online coupon business is CouponChief.com
which literally pays its customers for finding and sharing coupons. This is how it works:
users sign up to be part of the site's Pay-2-Share program for free. Next they upload
coupons they find; and track earnings in their account. Every time someone uses a
coupon that the user has uploaded, CouponChief pays the user 2% percent of sales made
using that coupon. According to Gary Gray, co-founder, CouponChief.com in 2011, at
least 50 users earned more than $1,000 from the program. Not a bad way to supplement
an income, is it?


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