Those that contain a large amount of deals, offers, coupons or savings. They most likely contact deal content as well such as articles, a community and/or other information related to savings. Are typically large and leaders in the industry.

Sites that sell deal vouchers or certificates to the consumer for local or online products and services. The Daily Deal providers partners with local or online merchants to offer amazing deals typically at 50% off or more and have a limited time to buy them. The consumer redeems their voucher with the merchant to receive their goods or service.

Sites that display the daily deal promotions from many daily deal sites all on one site.

A national eCommerce site/store offering deals anywhere from 40-70% off products, typically on limited quantity stock and for a limited time. Some offer brand name fashion items, others offer an array of products, while some other focus on a niche product line or consumer type. The consumer buys directly from this site and are shipped the items purchased.

Websites that have as their primary purpose a listing of retail based coupons; online or printable. Typically coupons range from free shipping, 10% to 20% off and are either distributed through coupons codes, online coupons or printable coupons all redeemable at the retailer’s checkout process.

Websites that have as a their primary purpose a listing of grocery and consumer goods coupons, both from retailers and manufacturers.

Sites that provide content and the promotion of coupons through a blogging format. They are different than Coupon sites in that they typically do not simply list coupons available, they provide content or articles around the deals offered. There are thousands available. We list some of the better ones.

Coupons or deals that are searchable, available and redeemed from a Mobile or APP device. Many Mobile coupons are offered based on location based marketing strategies.

Becoming a popular option for consumers, these are membership cards that enable consumers to automatically save from the retailers who participate in the program. These are no loyalty card where the consumer accumulates points. These are cards that provide instant savings from 5-20% to the consumer.

Published books or magazines that provide coupons to consumers. The majority of these coupon books are focused on promoting local retailers.

Consumer sites that also list coupons and deals as an added value. For instance restaurant portals that list coupons to local restaurants.

These are services or sites that offer specific deals, promotions or offers geared towards a niche market. They do not fall into the daily deal, coupon, flash sales or other deal categories.

Affiliate networks are technology brokers. They enable the distribution of coupons and deals, among other things, between a retailer or manufacturer and a publisher (website, blog, etc). ad a layer of efficiency to the couponing industry. Publishers promote banner ads and links belonging to the retailer or manufacturer. If a consumer clicks on those links, and continues to make a purchase on the retail site, then that click is registered as being due to the promotion from the Publisher and they are granted commissions of some kind for that promotion. The entire transaction, from technology, creative and monetary is enabled by the Affiliate Network. Coupon sites typically get their list of coupons from several affiliate networks.

Software or hardware that impact the deals and coupon industry.