Shopping online with CouponDunia

The recent Godyears quiz opened my eyes to the power of online coupon codes : something I used to see a lot on sites like ebay and flipkart but never really used. While at first I was intrigued ( how on Earth can they afford to give 25 - 50% off when the offer isn't there even in stores ?), later on the inner Scrooge in me took over. We have a saying in Malayalam that loosely translates to "Just enjoy the appam ( food ) you are given, don't ask the recipe and mechanisms behind its creation."

Having gotten a chance to review the site Coupondunia, that's exactly the thought that crossed my mind.

For those who are as clueless as I was, pretty much every major online seller in India offers discounts and coupon codes which entitle you to additional benefits and freebies above what is usually advertised in the site. Where Coupondunia really blew me away ( compared to another site I was using a month ago ) was when I came across their store page. 

I ended up doing a rough mathematical calculation ( rows into columns ) of the number of stores they are tracking and offering coupons. The answer ? Nearly 770 !! 770 website discounts.

These include basically all the major categories including flight and railway tickets, flowers and cakes, jewellery, bookstores, perfumes, laptops... seriously. You think of a category and check it out. You will find some site specific to it in there.
Examples :
1. Travel : Makemytrip Coupons
2. Website building : Big Rock Coupons
3. Food outlets : Dominos Coupons  and  McDonalds Coupons

Presently, Coupondunia is the country's largest coupon and discount deal store and I guess I can see why. For me, the main plus points in this site are :

• Ease of use : bestsellers are showcased in the front page. If instead, you want to browse alphabetically through the stores, that option too is available.
• Updated daily.
• Option of subscribing to specific stores which catch your eye, rather than 'the whole bunch'.
• You don't have to pay anything to the site ! ( Seriously, why have I never used these sites before this ? )
• The whole bunch !!! We are talking of 700 plus sites with discounts available at this moment. How many were you aware of ?

I can't possibly choose categories to suit everyone's taste so I'll just highlight the discount codes I'm presently following.

• Flipkart Coupons 
• Snapdeal Coupons   
• Next store Coupons 
• Ebay Coupons 
• Fashionandyou Coupons 
• Vistaprint Coupons 

I was surprised to see the variety ranging from individual airlines to lingerie stores (!) and even matrimonial sites offering discount coupons.

At any rate, I like having this option of having further discounts from the comfort of your house for most of India's major outlets. There really is no minus point to this deal, in my opinion.

For those who don't like the email subscription option, you can join their Facebook page ( with 1.5 lakh subscribers presently ).