Coupon Examples
Below are a few examples to think about when you are creating your coupon campaign. No one knows your business and your customers like you. So we can't tell you specifically what kind of coupon works best. The only rule is good deals always attract people. Remember, with our system you can change your coupons any time, so make creative coupons. If something doesn't work or works too well, you can always easily change it.

General Coupon
This type of coupon works well for everyone. This offer has broad appeal to existing customers and new customers and applies to all products or services. This is a good way to drive overall traffic into your place of business, and will likely get the best response in terms of traffic.

Example Coupon : 20% off anything in the store

Specific Items
This type of coupon focuses on an individual product or service. This may be a way to introduce something new or simply get people to try something that is more profitable for you. This offer applies only to that product and will generate less traffic as it doesn't apply to everything you offer. However, this will help you accomplish something specific

Example Coupon: 10% off any sweater

New Customers Only
This technique is usually used by business owners who are only looking to drive new customers to their door. It has limited appeal as it only applies to people who are new to your business. However, this allows a business owner to drive some traffic without discounting an overall discount to their services

Example Coupon: Free service X for first time customers

Up Sell Strategy
This is a nice way to bundle complimentary products or services. This is a great way to use a strong seller to sell something else.

Example Coupon: Get 50% off product X, when you purchase product Y

Specific Time
This technique usually works best for bars or restaurants to draw people in on their slow times. However, this offer will not appeal to many potential customers.

Example Coupon: Free Appetizers every day from 4-6pm

Specific Day Strategy
This is another popular way that restaurants and bars get customers in the door on slow days. This may sway existing customers to change their habits and it also has appeal to people who want to give your business a try.

Example Coupon: 20% off every Tuesday

Specific Season
This can be applied to many seasonal businesses. Summer businesses can offer winter discounts and vice versa.

Example Coupon: 20% off in August

Build Return Traffic
A great way to utilize coupons is to use them to get people to make a return trip to you business. This is also a way of rewarding customer loyalty.

Example Coupon: Buy a shirt and get a pair of socks on your next visit

Two-for-one traffic
This is a very effective way to get more out of your coupon, by drawing in more than just one customer. It's also a good way to get people to talk to others about your place of business.

Example Coupon: Buy one entree, get the second free