As much as I love being the enabler and a part of Buxr community, the job comes with some responsibilities that are as distant from bargain hunting as they can be. I am talking about fighting spam. So far the incidents have been fairly rare and easily identifiable. Say, what would you think if a member with an account created within the past hour submitted a low value coupon or product linking to an obscure overseas based online store? Naturally these submissions are easy to spot and remove as they are nothing but noise in the eyes of the shopper.

The latest trend however is very alarming. I just received an email from one of our members who claims to have been solicited by representatives of a relatively well known online electronics retailer and was offered a so called “part-time job”. The responsibilities: post the retailer’s products on deal sites for a flat fee $3 per post, paid out via Paypal on a monthly basis. Here is an extract from the exchange between the member and a store rep:

store rep: this is our best seller these days, and at the lowest price now and please help us to make a post there, then show me the link of your post
member: I see…so I post this product on [the deal site], right?
store rep: yes
member: just this one or any from your site?
store rep: hmm, well, you can choose one from our site
choose the one you think it is really a deal
member: and then send the link to you, right?
of the deals post
store rep: yes correct
member: what about the approval form?
store rep: no, this is just a deals post for our product
member: oh
store rep: or if you want to take this part-time job, you can continue to make deals posts about our products
member: alright
store rep: then we wil pay you according to the quantity of the posts
member: i see, the more the better, right?
store rep: yes

I redacted all the identifiable information in the extract since I don’t think making such a strong claim as this w/o proper independent verification is appropriate. My source however is very credible and I have no whatsoever reasons not to trust it. So w/o naming anyone (yet), I want to send the word out, so you guys who run other deals sites and forums can come out and share if you had similar experience recently. Please contact me at the email on my about page, or just leave a comment to this post.

This is April revision of the Popular Deal Sites list. You can find the last month revision of the list here.

The change in rating shows the difference compared to March results and includes all deal sites from my database that meet Alexa Rank < 100,000 requirement. A total of 30 sites have made it this month which is one less than last month.

The average deal site lost (1.43%) in Alexa rank this month. The top gainer is a newcomer - bargainez.com (19.88%) and the top loser is again dealtaker.com (-28.51%) followed by couponalbum.com (-23.15%). Please enjoy the complete list below.

#	Web Site	Alexa Rank		Page Rank		Online Since
1	slickdeals.net (info)	752	(-6.97%)	6		10-Nov-1999
2	fatwallet.com (info)	1480	(-0.34%)	6		29-Nov-1999
3	anandtech.com	2867	(0.35%)	6		24-Aug-1997
4	dealspl.us (info)	3778	(4.64%)	5		15-May-2006
5	dealnews.com (info)	4124	(-3.83%)	7		20-Jan-1999
6	techbargains.com (info)	5153	(3.61%)	5		03-May-1999
7	resellerratings.com (info)	8277	(0.78%)	6		18-Jun-1998
8	dealigg.com (info)	8714	(6.04%)	4		04-Sep-2006
9	deals2buy.com (info)	12717	(-4.84%)	5		15-Nov-2002
10	bensbargains.net	13499	(-6.77%)	5		21-Mar-2000
11 (1)	dealcatcher.com	13837	(7.89%)	6		28-Jul-1999
12 (1)	bradsdeals.com	15127	(-0.1%)	4		29-Jun-2005
13 (2)	dealsea.com	15590	(1.53%)	5		27-Jun-2001
14	judysbook.com	16336	(-4.62%)	5		11-Aug-2003
15 (4)	dealtaker.com (info)	19021	(-28.51%)	7		08-Feb-2004
16 (1)	logicbuy.com	22178	(0.14%)	5		13-Nov-2003
17 (1)	webbyplanet.com	24608	(-15.22%)	5		09-Feb-2006
18 (1)	spoofee.com	25349	(5.49%)	4		31-Dec-2000
19 (1)	cheapstingybargains.com	29762	(-11.44%)	7		20-Jan-2005
20 (4)	bargainez.com	42991	(19.88%)	1		31-Oct-2009
21	dealsofamerica.com	43441	(-2.69%)	4		06-Sep-2003
22 (2)	couponalbum.com	44655	(-23.15%)	4		18-Jan-2006
23 (1)	dealofday.com	46078	(-3.71%)	5		30-Aug-1999
24 (1)	buxr.com	50062	(6.38%)	5		04-Dec-2007
25	edealinfo.com	58591	(-7.47%)	5		12-Dec-2000
26 (2)	bargainist.com (info)	61609	(12.51%)	5		21-Nov-2006
27 (1)	gottadeal.com	64224	(-8.95%)	5		27-Jan-2003
28 (1)	deals.com (info)	66743	(-3.15%)	4		28-Feb-1995
29	shopping-bargains.com	76285	(5.13%)	4		20-Feb-1999
30 (3)	daddyodeals.com	92070	(14.37%)	2		28-Mar-2006

This is March 2011 revision of the Popular Coupon sites list. You can find the previous revision of the list here.

The change in rating shows the difference compared to February results. This list currently has 33 sites - the same number as last month. On average the coupon sites have lost (2.08%) in March.

The best performer this month is smartsource.com (15.84%) followed by couponmom.com (10.79%). The worst result comes from 8coupons.com (-22.55%). Enjoy the complete list below!

#	Web Site	Alexa Rank		Page Rank		Online Since
1	retailmenot.com (info)	802	(-1.78%)	6		27-Oct-2006
2	coupons.com	1328	(9.78%)	6		07-Sep-1994
3	eversave.com	2057	(-2.29%)	5		08-Apr-1999
4	couponcabin.com	3658	(-2.58%)	6		27-Feb-2003
5 (4)	coupons.smartsource.com	8501	(15.84%)	5	(-1)	27-Apr-1995
6 (1)	tjoos.com	8954	(-13.41%)	5		16-Jun-2007
7 (1)	savings.com	9397	(-6.64%)	6		20-Apr-1995
8 (1)	couponmountain.com	9455	(-3.41%)	6		05-May-2001
9 (1)	couponcodes4u.com	10389	(-9.42%)	4		01-Aug-2007
10 (1)	couponmom.com	13404	(10.79%)	6		25-Jun-2002
11 (1)	coolsavings.com	14572	(1.87%)	6		03-Jun-1996
12	8coupons.com	19606	(-22.55%)	5		11-Jun-2006
13	ultimatecoupons.com	20040	(-17.47%)	4		02-Jul-2001
14	mycoupons.com	21528	(-16.97%)	5		16-Feb-1999
15	webbyplanet.com	21915	(-9.51%)	5		09-Feb-2006
16	offers.com	23684	(-15.8%)	6		24-Feb-1996
17	couponchief.com	24138	(3.39%)	5		15-Jan-2005
18	valpak.com	26407	(7.44%)	6		22-Jun-1994
19	hotcouponworld.com	28020	(2.61%)	4		15-Jun-2006
20	couponcode.com	38202	(7.11%)	4		24-Feb-2002
21 (1)	deallocker.com	47991	(0.06%)	4		24-Mar-2007
22 (1)	fabuloussavings.com	49323	(-7.01%)	5		27-Jan-1999
23 (2)	thegrocerygame.com	61605	(8.27%)	5		28-Aug-2001
24 (1)	wow-coupons.com	62348	(0.07%)	5		26-Nov-2003
25 (1)	cellfire.com	64374	(5.9%)	5		23-Jun-2004
26 (1)	befrugal.com	73076	(-0.45%)	4		14-May-1999
27 (2)	thecouponclippers.com	74154	(6.3%)	5		21-Sep-1999
28 (4)	couponwinner.com	74295	(-17.58%)	4	(-1)	30-Jan-2006
29 (1)	shopping-bargains.com	78182	(3.93%)	4		20-Feb-1999
30 (1)	mommysavesbig.com	79724	(3.69%)	4		06-May-2005
31 (3)	couponshare.com	80381	(-7.71%)	5		21-Jan-2002
32 (1)	flamingoworld.com	82894	(2.79%)	5		19-May-1999
33 (1)	couponseven.com	86551	(-3.93%)	6		23-May-2006

This is March 2011 revision of the Popular Price Comparison web sites list. You can find the last month revision of the list here.

The change in rating shows the difference compared to February results. The list has 29 web sites, one less than last month (bottomdollar is out). There are 21 more sites in my database that don’t meet Alexa Rank < 100,000 requirement. The average price comparison site has lost (6.42%) this month

The best performer this month is mysimon.com with a gain of (11.88%). The worst performer is dealio.com with a loss of (-24.63%). Please enjoy the complete list below.

#	Web Site	Alexa Rank		Page Rank		Online Since
1	google.com/products	1		8		11-Sep-2001
2	shopping.yahoo.com	4		8		18-Jan-1995
3	bing.com/shopping	5		0		22-May-2008
4	shopping.aol.com	50	(3.85%)	7		22-Jun-1995
5	shopper.cnet.com (info)	86	(-3.61%)	9		05-Jul-1996
6	nextag.com	687	(-3.31%)	7		15-Oct-1998
7	shopping.com	848	(-5.87%)	7		03-Jul-1997
8	bizrate.com	1081	(-15.74%)	6		24-Apr-1996
9	thefind.com (info)	1528	(-8.37%)	6		19-Oct-2006
10	shoplocal.com	1853	(-16.18%)	7		24-Sep-1998
11 (1)	shopzilla.com	2158	(-5.47%)	6		04-Jul-2002
12 (1)	pricegrabber.com (info)	2205	(-9.87%)	7		10-Mar-1999
13 (1)	epinions.com	2495	(2.58%)	6		12-Feb-1999
14 (1)	pronto.com	2579	(-2.14%)	8		01-Jan-2006
15	smarter.com	4026	(-7.02%)	6		28-Apr-1998
16	shopwiki.com	4934	(-13.82%)	5		15-Dec-2004
17 (1)	retrevo.com	4943	(-8.83%)	6		10-May-2006
18 (1)	ebates.com	4958	(-9.21%)	6		29-Dec-1998
19	become.com	5087	(-3.44%)	6		20-Jan-2004
20	dealtime.com	6110	(-20.61%)	6		07-Oct-1998
21	pricerunner.com	7161	(-5.19%)	6		19-May-1999
22	calibex.com	13884	(-1.7%)	5		02-Oct-2000
23	mysimon.com	17297	(11.88%)	9		15-Apr-1998
24	like.com	25686	(-11.55%)	6		22-Feb-1995
25	dealio.com	29613	(-24.63%)	5		08-Sep-2004
26	pricewatch.com	31736	(-9.84%)	6		26-Sep-1995
27	dealighted.com (info)	34705	(-15.18%)	6		09-Oct-2006
28 (1)	sortprice.com	53342	(1.53%)	5		15-Jan-2004
29 (1)	hawkee.com	55537	(-4.55%)	5	(1)	02-Jan-1997

This is March revision of the Popular Deal Sites list. You can find the last month revision of the list here.

The change in rating shows the difference compared to February results and includes all deal sites from my database that meet Alexa Rank < 100,000 requirement. A total of 31 sites have made it this month which is the same number as last month.

The average deal site lost (8.60%) in Alexa rank this month. The top gainer is anandtech.com (7.07%) and the top loser is again gottadeal.com (-31.92%) closely followed by xpbargains.com (-31.24%). Please enjoy the complete list below.

#	Web Site	Alexa Rank		Page Rank		Online Since
1	slickdeals.net (info)	703	(-11.06%)	6		10-Nov-1999
2	fatwallet.com (info)	1475	(0.47%)	6		29-Nov-1999
3	anandtech.com	2877	(7.07%)	6		24-Aug-1997
4 (1)	dealspl.us (info)	3962	(-6.19%)	5		15-May-2006
5 (1)	dealnews.com (info)	3972	(-12.43%)	7		20-Jan-1999
6	techbargains.com (info)	5346	(-7.22%)	5		03-May-1999
7	resellerratings.com (info)	8342	(-0.58%)	6		18-Jun-1998
8	dealigg.com (info)	9274	(-1.92%)	4		04-Sep-2006
9	deals2buy.com (info)	12130	(-11.14%)	5		15-Nov-2002
10	bensbargains.net	12643	(-13.11%)	5		21-Mar-2000
11	dealtaker.com (info)	14801	(-21.33%)	7		08-Feb-2004
12	dealcatcher.com	15022	(-5.19%)	6		28-Jul-1999
13 (1)	bradsdeals.com	15112	(-4.58%)	4		29-Jun-2005
14 (1)	judysbook.com	15615	(2.27%)	5		11-Aug-2003
15 (2)	dealsea.com	15833	(-10.07%)	5		27-Jun-2001
16	webbyplanet.com	21358	(-8.27%)	5		09-Feb-2006
17	logicbuy.com	22208	(-6.53%)	5		13-Nov-2003
18	cheapstingybargains.com	26707	(-16.61%)	7		20-Jan-2005
19 (1)	spoofee.com	26822	(5.73%)	4		31-Dec-2000
20 (1)	couponalbum.com	36261	(-29.67%)	4		18-Jan-2006
21	dealsofamerica.com	42305	(-13.39%)	4		06-Sep-2003
22 (1)	dealofday.com	44430	(1.45%)	5		30-Aug-1999
23 (2)	buxr.com	53475	(3.17%)	5		04-Dec-2007
24	bargainez.com	53657	(n/a)	1	(n/a)	31-Oct-2009
25 (1)	edealinfo.com	54518	(-19.7%)	5		12-Dec-2000
26 (4)	gottadeal.com	58950	(-31.92%)	5		27-Jan-2003
27 (1)	deals.com (info)	64702	(-8.26%)	4		28-Feb-1995
28 (1)	bargainist.com (info)	70419	(-6.58%)	5		21-Nov-2006
29	shopping-bargains.com	80407	(-3.62%)	4		20-Feb-1999
30 (2)	xpbargains.com	96953	(-31.24%)	5		29-Nov-2001
31 (1)	dealshouter.com	99522	(-6.09%)	3		04-Jun-2007

The discount in parenthesis is what you will get if you use Amazon Subscribe & Save program. Whether you like these Amazon coupons or not, I recommend you to check out these Amazon discount codes. The best part is that these codes don’t have an expiration date!

The change in rating shows the difference compared to January results. This list currently has 33 sites - one less than last month (gogoshopper is out). On average the coupon sites have lost (5.48%) in February.

The best performer this month is again thecouponclippers.com (16.71%) again followed by smartsource.com (15.68%). The worst result comes from couponseven.com (-19.62%). Enjoy the complete list below!

#	Web Site	Alexa Rank		Page Rank		Online Since
1	retailmenot.com (info)	788	(-10.67%)	6		27-Oct-2006
2	coupons.com	1472	(4.1%)	6		07-Sep-1994
3	eversave.com	2011	(0.35%)	5		08-Apr-1999
4	couponcabin.com	3566	(-14.19%)	6		27-Feb-2003
5	tjoos.com	7895	(-9.3%)	5		16-Jun-2007
6	savings.com	8812	(-18.76%)	6		20-Apr-1995
7	couponmountain.com	9143	(-14.22%)	6		05-May-2001
8	couponcodes4u.com	9495	(-13.67%)	4		01-Aug-2007
9	coupons.smartsource.com	10101	(15.68%)	6	(1)	27-Apr-1995
10 (1)	coolsavings.com	14850	(-3.25%)	6		03-Jun-1996
11 (3)	couponmom.com	15025	(11.75%)	6		25-Jun-2002
12 (2)	8coupons.com	15999	(-13.44%)	5		11-Jun-2006
13 (1)	ultimatecoupons.com	17060	(-11.27%)	4		02-Jul-2001
14 (1)	mycoupons.com	18404	(-16.94%)	5		16-Feb-1999
15 (1)	webbyplanet.com	20011	(2%)	5		09-Feb-2006
16 (1)	offers.com	20452	(-15.43%)	6		24-Feb-1996
17	couponchief.com	24985	(1.98%)	5		15-Jan-2005
18 (1)	valpak.com	28531	(6.82%)	6		22-Jun-1994
19 (1)	hotcouponworld.com	28771	(1.32%)	4		15-Jun-2006
20 (1)	couponcode.com	41128	(-2.29%)	4		24-Feb-2002
21 (1)	fabuloussavings.com	46092	(-14.82%)	5		27-Jan-1999
22	deallocker.com	48018	(-13.77%)	4		24-Mar-2007
23 (1)	wow-coupons.com	62393	(-0.64%)	5		26-Nov-2003
24 (1)	couponwinner.com	63185	(-13.17%)	5		30-Jan-2006
25	thegrocerygame.com	67158	(-1.45%)	5		28-Aug-2001
26 (1)	cellfire.com	68412	(1.13%)	5		23-Jun-2004
27 (2)	befrugal.com	72749	(-4.28%)	4		14-May-1999
28 (2)	couponshare.com	74624	(-12.19%)	5		21-Jan-2002
29 (4)	thecouponclippers.com	79136	(16.71%)	5		21-Sep-1999
30	shopping-bargains.com	81377	(-10.81%)	4		20-Feb-1999
31	mommysavesbig.com	82777	(-10.48%)	4		06-May-2005
32 (4)	couponseven.com	83281	(-19.62%)	6		23-May-2006
33 (1)	flamingoworld.com	85269	(1.97%)	5		19-May-1999

This is February 2011 revision of the Popular Price Comparison web sites list. You can find the last month revision of the list here.

The change in rating shows the difference compared to January results. The list has 30 web sites, one less than last month (pricescan is out). There are 20 more sites in my database that don’t meet Alexa Rank < 100,000 requirement. The average price comparison site has lost (10.51%) this month

The best performer this month is for the second time in a row hawkee.com with a gain of (7.07%). The second best is again calibex.com (5.31%). The worst performer this month is dealighted.com with a loss of (-52.59%). I suspect the site might have been affected by the recent algorithm change since it has little original content. Please enjoy the complete list below.

#	Web Site	Alexa Rank		Page Rank		Online Since
1	google.com/products	1		8		11-Sep-2001
2	shopping.yahoo.com	4		8		18-Jan-1995
3	bing.com/shopping	5		0	(-6)	22-May-2008
4	shopping.aol.com	52	(-1.96%)	7		22-Jun-1995
5	shopper.cnet.com (info)	83	(-6.41%)	9	(2)	05-Jul-1996
6	nextag.com	665	(-8.31%)	7		15-Oct-1998
7	shopping.com	801	(-5.95%)	7		03-Jul-1997
8	bizrate.com	934	(-16.6%)	6		24-Apr-1996
9 (1)	thefind.com (info)	1410	(-11.9%)	6		19-Oct-2006
10 (1)	shoplocal.com	1595	(-42.41%)	7		24-Sep-1998
11	pricegrabber.com (info)	2007	(-13.33%)	7		10-Mar-1999
12	shopzilla.com	2046	(-8.43%)	6		04-Jul-2002
13	pronto.com	2525	(-2.89%)	8		01-Jan-2006
14	epinions.com	2561	(-3.64%)	6		12-Feb-1999
15	smarter.com	3762	(-4.15%)	6		28-Apr-1998
16 (1)	shopwiki.com	4335	(-11.15%)	5		15-Dec-2004
17 (1)	ebates.com	4540	(-24.01%)	6		29-Dec-1998
18	retrevo.com	4542	(-9.74%)	6		10-May-2006
19 (1)	become.com	4918	(-3.49%)	6		20-Jan-2004
20 (1)	dealtime.com	5066	(-21.25%)	6		07-Oct-1998
21	pricerunner.com	6808	(-4.21%)	6		19-May-1999
22	calibex.com	13652	(5.31%)	5		02-Oct-2000
23 (2)	mysimon.com	19630	(-3.07%)	9		15-Apr-1998
24 (1)	like.com	23026	(-27.1%)	6		22-Feb-1995
25 (1)	dealio.com	23760	(-26.71%)	5		08-Sep-2004
26 (1)	pricewatch.com	28893	(-11.82%)	6		26-Sep-1995
27 (1)	dealighted.com (info)	30130	(-52.59%)	6		09-Oct-2006
28 (1)	hawkee.com	53119	(7.07%)	4	(-1)	02-Jan-1997
29 (1)	sortprice.com	54170	(-1.36%)	5		15-Jan-2004
30 (1)	bottomdollar.com	99991	(-5.28%)	0		04-Jul-1997

This is February revision of the Popular Deal Sites list. You can find the last month revision of the list here.

The change in rating shows the difference compared to January results and includes all deal sites from my database that meet Alexa Rank < 100,000 requirement. A total of 31 sites have made it this month which is two less than last month.

The average deal site lost (16.00%) in Alexa rank this month. The top gainer is webbyplanet.com (7.07%) and the top loser is gottadeal.com (-176.2%). Please enjoy the complete list below.

#	Web Site	Alexa Rank		Page Rank		Online Since
1	slickdeals.net (info)	633	(-15.51%)	6		10-Nov-1999
2	fatwallet.com (info)	1482	(-4.81%)	6		29-Nov-1999
3 (1)	anandtech.com	3096	(4.27%)	6		24-Aug-1997
4 (1)	dealnews.com (info)	3533	(-17.26%)	7		20-Jan-1999
5	dealspl.us (info)	3731	(-8.78%)	5		15-May-2006
6	techbargains.com (info)	4986	(-17.01%)	5		03-May-1999
7 (1)	resellerratings.com (info)	8294	(2.08%)	6		18-Jun-1998
8 (1)	dealigg.com (info)	9099	(-9.84%)	4		04-Sep-2006
9	deals2buy.com (info)	10914	(-25.53%)	5		15-Nov-2002
10	bensbargains.net	11178	(-11.97%)	5		21-Mar-2000
11	dealtaker.com (info)	12199	(-19.46%)	7		08-Feb-2004
12 (2)	dealcatcher.com	14281	(-7.33%)	6		28-Jul-1999
13	dealsea.com	14384	(-9.72%)	5		27-Jun-2001
14 (2)	bradsdeals.com	14450	(-17.37%)	4		29-Jun-2005
15 (1)	judysbook.com	15978	(4.63%)	5		11-Aug-2003
16 (3)	webbyplanet.com	19727	(7.07%)	5		09-Feb-2006
17	logicbuy.com	20846	(-19.89%)	5		13-Nov-2003
18	cheapstingybargains.com	22903	(-24.93%)	7		20-Jan-2005
19 (1)	couponalbum.com	27965	(-16.23%)	4		18-Jan-2006
20 (2)	spoofee.com	28452	(3.94%)	4		31-Dec-2000
21	dealsofamerica.com	37308	(-39%)	4		06-Sep-2003
22 (7)	gottadeal.com	44686	(-176.2%)	5		27-Jan-2003
23 (2)	dealofday.com	45082	(-3.86%)	5		30-Aug-1999
24	edealinfo.com	45547	(-14.75%)	5		12-Dec-2000
25 (1)	buxr.com	55227	(-3.02%)	5		04-Dec-2007
26 (1)	deals.com (info)	59767	(-10.97%)	4		28-Feb-1995
27 (3)	bargainist.com (info)	66072	(-3.05%)	5		21-Nov-2006
28 (1)	xpbargains.com	73873	(-25.49%)	5		29-Nov-2001
29 (2)	shopping-bargains.com	77601	(-7.56%)	4		20-Feb-1999
30 (2)	dealshouter.com	93809	(-5.81%)	3		04-Jun-2007
31 (2)	redtagdeals.com	97287	(-2.76%)	3		08-May-2002

Amazon has just released a new set of grocery coupon codes and it is a huge improvement over the last month. I am posting them as usual sorted by discount. Most of the coupons below expire March 31, 2011.

The discount in parenthesis is what you will get if you use Amazon Subscribe & Save program. Whether you like these Amazon coupons or not, I recommend you to check out these Amazon discount codes. The best part is that these codes don’t have an expiration date!

Amazon coupon codes for March 2011