This one may seem obvious to those of you that have been couponing for a while, but for those of you that are just starting — this is extremely important.
Each week, you will see match-ups for deals on my blog and pretty much every deal blog out there, these match-ups will always be referring to coupons from many sources. If you don’t have the coupons…. you will miss out on all kinds of freebies and deals! An easy way to start is to buy a couple Sunday papers and just start building up your stash. If you do see a deal that you want to get, but don’t have the coupon — there are places that you can buy coupons, including Ebay or sites dedicated to such — like couponclippers.com.
You can get coupons from so many other places too:
- Online printable coupons at coupons.com, redplum.com and Coupon Network
- Company/Brand websites
- Brand Facebook Pages
- Free Samples almost always come with a coupon too
- Peelies on products themselves
- Tearpads/coupon dispensers located near the products in stores
- Displays in stores sometimes have coupon booklets
- Magazines! All You Magazine is one of the best for coupons, but almost all “mainline” magazines have at least one coupon in them.
- Product boxes will also sometimes have coupons on the boxes themselves or inside.
- Cellfire coupons — these can be loaded to your store savings card.
- Savings Star coupons
- Mobile coupons — some companies have coupons that they send via text message — like Target and Meijer.
- Coupons.answers.com where you can search for coupons for a variety of stores and products
Do you have other great places to find coupons? Share!
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Money saving tip….use a water heater blanket to insulate your water heater. Most people don’t realize that this product exists. With electric water heaters a lot of the energy used is reheating the water in the water heater (keeping it hot). The extra insulation cuts this down a lot especially if the water heater is in an unheated part of your home.
Thanks for all this great info on couponing! I have been seriously couponing for only about a year now. I have learned from my many mistakes how it is supposed to be done .
My advice is to never go shopping when you are hungry, because you will end up throwing quick and easy and expensive, not good for you junk into your cart.
Also, look on the shelves at the store next to products you are thinking about purchasing, because sometime others will leave coupons that they have extras of, and you can pick one up for yourself. I always reciprocate, and leave some of my extra coupons on the shelf next to the product, for others to pick up and use.
And last but not least, ask your friends and family to save their Coupon inserts for you, if they don’t use them. You would be surprised at how many you can accumulate.
Thanks for all of your great advice and tips!
This is a great starter post for people just getting started in couponing!! Great job!!
Thank you for sharing these great tips and advice. So glad I found you and subscribe keep up the great job! thank you
I am new to couponing and appreciate your help and the info you provide me with! Thanks! xox
I’m still learning so this is so very helpful to me! You’re my #1 source for saving money when shopping.
Great information for starters! Thanks!
Thank you for the great information!!!
Thanks for all the great tips!
Thanks for the information, I really appreciate it. I am trying but the more I read, the better I find I understands..SO THANK YOU!! 🙂
Thank you for all of the great information on couponing. I have just started myself and didn’t realize how much time goes into it. Reading your blog and getting your email with deals sure does help out!
Thanks so much for all the tips on how to Build up your Coupon stash! Every bit of info sure helps save money for my family!
Thanks for all the great tips. keep up the great work!
GREAT INFO I love these daily tips! I am your newest FAN!!!!
xoxo
Amanda
Great tips! I’ve been wanting to get more into couponing, but it is just so overwhelming to me. This post really helped break it down. Thanks!
ty this was very helpful. I am still learning on what ways are best for me. right now I am in the divide the types of coupons in their own envelope style lol.. i invinted it myself and it is NOT working very well lol.
I can coupon if I remember to take the coupons to the store. Thank you. Jerri Davis
I love your blog! I have found the best use of coupons is by stacking store coupons (Target) with manufacturer’s coupons. Target seems to gladly tolerate coupons while walmart tends to give me trouble. THANKS