E- coupons save money at retailers such as amazon.com!

Just as with many good things, paper coupons seem to be declining. They are being replaced with e-coupons and coupon codes!

For several years now, people have been able to save money at online retailers, such as amazon.com with coupons codes. When you shop online with amazon, you can use coupon codes, which are an electronic coupon. Simply find the item you want or need, see if its on sale on their website. Then, go an internet search for ‘amazon.com coupon code’. You can often find free shipping, percentages off, and other great deals that you can combine with the same price!

But now, grocery chains, food and drug manufacturers, and even coupon marketers themselves are going electronic. The concept is almost as simple as scissors and the Sunday paper: Visit a Web site, type in your loyalty codes, and find all the coupons waiting for you, electronically, at a store’s cash register or even on your cell phone.

The hope is that these electronic discounts will revive the dying coupon business. Only 0.5% of the 285 billion coupons issued last year were redeemed, according to coupon processor NCH, down from an average of 1% a decade ago.

Part of the problem is that newspaper readership is declining, so fewer people are looking at the Sunday circulars. The younger shoppers sought by marketers read their news online. And fewer people these days have time to clip, organize and sort coupons each week.

And since we all seem to have time to surf the Net and talk on our cell phones, these areas are where the industry is casting its net for savvy coupon clippers.

“We are committed to reaching our customers when and where they are most receptive,” says Jenifer Nunnelley, a Procter & Gamble spokeswoman.

Grocery giant Kroger, which owns Ralphs, King Soopers, City Market, Dillons, Smith’s Food & Drug Stores and eight other supermarket chains, has coupons from Procter & Gamble loaded on its store card.

Coupons for groceries and amazon.com!

Coupons can be helpful for saving money. You can get coupons for everything from groceries and health and beauty items, to prescription medicine- even electronics at retailers such as amazon.com! When using coupons, especially for groceries, make sure to compare prices of the name brand item with the coupon to the price of the same item in an off-brand without a coupon.

The name-brand item plus a coupon may still cost more than the off-brand item at regular price. A good sale matched with a coupon can be a good deal. And it could be even a greater deal if a store offers double coupons and has a sale at the same time. But, beware of this trap.

Most stores offering double or triple coupons have higher prices on most of their groceries. You will most likely get the best deal by buying an item that is on sale and combining it with a coupon which will double or triple. Your savings are increased more if you have a manufacturer coupon and a store coupon to use that the same time on the same product! Rebates can also be good, especially if matched with a sale and coupons. You have heard stories of how someone only spent $20 for $120 worth of groceries by combining coupons, sales and rebates. It can be done, but this usually is a rare event. I have done it myself, and its not easy, and it really doesn’t happen often! Places to find “good” coupons are the Sunday newspapers, local coupon clubs. You can also join what are called coupon ‘trains’, which involves mailing coupons to other people.

One person makes an envelope with coupons, sends it to the next, who takes out what they want and replaces the number of coupons they took with new coupons. Another good way to get coupons of high value is to write the manufacturer of a product you use. They usually send several valuable coupons for your trouble. Groceries are not the only thing you can save on. You can also save at retailers such as amazon.com.

The best way to get the best deal is to shop these retailers online though www.dailynewdeals.com. When you shop online with amazon.com, you can use coupon codes, which are an electronic coupon. Since amazon does not often issue paper coupons for use in their store, purchasing online is usually the best way to get the best deal. IF best buy has something you want or need, see if its on sale on their website. Then, go an internet search for ‘amazon.com coupon code’. You can often find free shipping, percentages off, and other great deals that you can combine with the same price!