Research those promotional codes!
Posted by: TammyMy oldest son has taken up fencing. He’s been using the school’s equipment until I was sure that he was interested and was going to stick with the sport. Being almost a year into things, I decided it was time to buy him his own equipment. I picked out the beginner package and upon checking out, noticed that little box that said, “Enter Promotional Code”. Bells went off in my head!!!! I went on a search for a code before I dared clicked on!
If an online site has that little box for a promotional code, you’re almost guaranteed to find that code somewhere on the internet. Open a new window and type in the company’s name and the words ‘promotional code’ or ‘online coupon code’ and you’ll find dozens of sites offering up various codes for you to try. Sometimes the codes have expired and the shopping site will tell you such. Don’t hesitate to find another code and enter it. The worse case scenario is that you’ll get that little box popping up saying the code you entered has expired. No harm will come to you (a fear I once had LOL!)
In this case, I couldn’t find an active code and then found a message board stating that you could sign up for this fencing site’s newsletter and they would send you an instant 10% promotional code just for signing up! The 15 or so minutes of searching saved me just about $25 on my first order. That equates to an hourly rate of $100/hour! NOTHING TO LAUGH AT!
This brings up another money-saving strategy. If you frequent an online store that offers up a newsletter then sign up for it. Many online stores offer promotional shopping codes only to their online newsletter customers. They’ll also send you out special offers like discounted products and clearance items.