Groupon: it seems to be deal heaven and yes, they do offer awesome deals on these sites, but look deeper to find out how you can get the most out of them.
Here are some tips:
• Holidays! Groupon offers deals on certain Holidays. Keep an eye out for them.
• Give Groupon gift certificates. You avoid paying shipping costs and your presents will be worth much more than what you paid.
• You can earn $10 discounts by inviting friends to participate in Groupon.
• Personalise your Groupon account, adding your post/zip code, gender or age to see the deals that are relevant to you and the area in which you live.
• Check the ‘use by’ date. Vouchers do have an expiration date. You don’t want to get a great deal and then suddenly realise you can’t use it anymore.
• Check out the reviews of the restaurants or hotels you can get deals on. You may get a deal for a place that you should even pay less for. You can’t always believe every word you read in reviews, but when you see more than say 3 or 4 negative reviews on a place, be careful!
• Don’t buy stuff just because it’s cheap. Before you know it, you could have spent a whole lot of money on a whole lot of nothing. Look for the deals that matter the most to you personally. Unless, of course, you find deals that you might need later on, such as beauty salon deals or yoga classes, just always be sure to check the expiration date.
• Look on the Groupon site on the days when you plan to have some time off or do something fun, thus finding deals for that day.
• Be careful with beauty or health deals. It’s great to find a cheap deal on medical or beauty as these things are usually quite expensive, but be wise and make sure that you are being attended to by quality professionals.