retailmenot slickdeals dealcatcher review
We Review RetailMeNot, Slickdeals and Dealcatcher
RetailMeNot: At first browse, this site seems to appeal to women more than men. It's got a somewhat girlish font and background, but the deals are for everyone. You can find scoops for Kohl's, Victoria's Secret, Epson, Domino's, and more. Top in-store and online deals are displayed in a list with the coupon code. Users can also share and rate savings. Top 10 Reviews notes that this is one of the few cheap coupon sites with printable restaurant coupons.
This is perhaps one of the more "with it" cheap coupon sites in terms of how you can use your social networking profiles to log on and start saving. You can access the site with Facebook or Twitter and get widgets for your blog or web site and browser gadgets. You can also sign up for a newsletter and specific deal alerts.
The Top 10 Reviews assessment likes the site's range of deals and ease of use. It also gets points for not requiring users to download an application to print the coupons. A Freecouponsites.org reviewer likes that you can get deals immediately on the home page and that deals are categorized by "active" and "unreliable." The latter is good, according to a Viewpoints review, because you know not to waste your time with a deal that didn't work for someone else.
Cons to the site, according to Top 10 Reviews, were lack of an online help section or customer support. This inadequacy may be masked by the site's high profile on many social networking platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
Slickdeals: This site looks a bit busy and may overwhelm you with its seemingly endless list of links to coupons. Another problem: all of the info kind of runs together due to a similar small font and similar text colors. It's hard to tell what the discount is, what the price is, and what store the coupon is for.
If you can figure out what's going on, you'll see some decent, user-driven in-store and online deals on gadgets and more from companies like Dell, though Top 10 Reviews notes the list isn't as extensive as other cheap coupon sites. As on FatWallet.com, there's a popular forum community to dish about all things discount. Users on SiteJabber rate this feature highly, saying that's where you really unearth the good coupon codes and deals. There can be some "drama" among members, however, say users on Viewpoints.
Top 10 Reviews points to other standout features of this site, such as noted expiration dates on deals and an expandable navigation system. There are freebie sections, product reviews, and contests. This site also has a newly-released iPhone app. Other users like that the site updates its deals daily and lets you know when a sale has expired.
DealCatcher: This site is another one with a busy-looking homepage, but it's easier to tell the different components of the deals thanks to use of bold font and different colors. You can find an array of deals for everything from clothes to all-inclusive trips. The site is uniformly praised on Epinions for being easy to use, full of useful deals and freebies and rife with helpful staff.
This site mines information on deals from all over. One of its more unique features is its SundaySaver, which draws from Sunday newspaper circulars to provide a roundup of discounts. In addition to the typical coupon code information and search by category or keyword, users can also compare prices and participate in user forums.
The only downfall to this site comes from an otherwise sparkling evaluation from Top 10 Reviews: it has fewer deals than other cheap coupon sites. Even so, the review site recommends DealCatcher for serious bargain shoppers.
Want to know about other coupon sites? See our reviews for others: Post 1, Post 3, Post 4 and Post 5.
