Congratulations to RetailMeNot.com!
I was at work this afternoon and one of my university friends, who knew that I ran a bargain website, IM’ed me a link, asking whether I knew about RetailMeNot.com. “Sure! I actually blogged about these guys almost a year ago!”
When I came home after work, my wife asked me whether I have heard of RetailMeNot.com (not again?!) and said that they are on Herald today — and surely it is, a big above-the-fold story “interviewing the Melbourne developer behind RetailMeNot.com!
They have significantly improved the website since I last wrote about them. The new theme is much nicer on the eyes (reminded me that I too need a new theme here). Besides the good old bookmarklet, they now also have Firefox extension and Mac OS X Dashboard widget. And forums. And revenue sharing via AdSense. Yet the core functionality retains its initial simplicity.
Congratulations to Guy and Bevan for making the news!
Thanks Scott for your kind words- us Aussies are a rare breed in the space but like Bargain Blog I think we’ve got valuable contributions to make.
Next time you’re in Melbourne give us a yell and we’ll catch up for a beer/coffee!
Guy
RetailMeNot.com
Yeh the new design kicked in a few months ago from memory. I noticed it while fixing up some coding on Jonk’s Bargains.
Probably the best in its category online
Im assuming most of the coupons are not affliated links as it is stated in the article you still have to partner up with other companies.
Yeah i have seen coupons there which are good not on other sites, but there are some old ones which need to be deleted often.
@Guy — no problem!
@mack — I think those featured coupons on RetailMeNot are actually affiliated links. This is just the way RetailMeNot chose to monetise on its popularity. I agree though on the old coupons. I am not sure how fresh some of them are but having a submission date + expiry date on each coupon will be much more useful to shoppers I think.