How we know a code actually works
Most coupon sites guess. We check — at the checkout, on the clock, with a paper trail. Here’s exactly how a code gets onto this site and how it gets taken off.
Before a code goes up, it gets loaded into a real cart at the retailer and applied — by our automated daily check, or by a person when the fine print needs judgement. If it doesn’t reduce the total, it doesn’t get listed. Full stop. Every code says which kind of check it last had.
Every code shows the last time we confirmed it — “Verified 2h ago”, not a vague “this month”. If it’s been a while, the dot turns amber so you know it’s due a re-check.
Every code is stamped with the exact time we last checked it — so you can see for yourself how fresh it is, not just take a marketing claim.
When “Didn’t work” votes pile up, the code drops down and then off the page on its own. Dead codes don’t linger here waiting to waste your time.
What we refuse to do
The coupon industry is full of dark patterns. Here’s what you will never find on this site, and why.
We make money through affiliate commissions — when you use one of our links and buy something, the retailer sometimes pays us a small cut, at no extra cost to you. That funds the checking. It has never decided which codes we show, how we rank them, or whether a code passes verification. We list stores that pay us nothing, and we retire a paying store’s dead code exactly as fast as anyone else’s. Read the full disclosure →
Common questions
Popular codes are checked most days; quieter ones on a longer cycle. Every code carries the exact timestamp of its last check, so a code that stops working gets caught fast.
It means the code hasn’t been re-verified in a while and is due a check. It still might work — the amber just tells you it’s less fresh than a green-dot code, so you can decide.
We put the code into a real cart at the store, confirm it applies, then stamp it with the time we did so. No guessing and no marketing figure — just the last time it was checked.
They wait in the queue until we’ve checked them — a submission doesn’t go up the moment it’s sent. If it works at the checkout it’s published like any other code, stamped with the time we checked it; if it doesn’t, it never appears. Once live, “Didn’t work” votes can still bring it down.