Couponing in Canada 101

Smart Cookie Sandra Hanna is sharing her savvy spending tips that dispel the myths about couponing in Canada today. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Sandra and always enjoy her advice on saving money, plus she has a unique Canadian perspective that makes all the difference when you are talking about coupons and deals on the web! 


 

Couponing 101: Spending More to Save More

Couponing Myths and creative ways to leverage coupons and promo codes

 

Myth 1: Couponing takes too much time

 

Couponing is not what it used to be. You don’t need piles of flyers, a colour-coded binder and five hours on a Sunday to save big money. Today, all you need is your smart phone and 15 seconds, and you can save instantly almost every time you make a purchase both online and in-store. In the time it takes to check in on your Instagram feed, you can save yourself some extra cash!

 

Myth 2: You can’t get a coupon on a premium item

 

Coupons and promo codes can be used for much more than toilet paper and toothpaste. Consumers are becoming savvy to promo codes and high-end retailers are listening, with brands like Club Monaco and Sephora offering discounts in this fashion. Using RetailMeNot.ca, we recently found a promo code for $10 off the entire order and free shipping for high-quality organic and natural items at Well.ca, which carries brands like Honest Company and Method. And if you’re looking for a unique homemade gift, don’t forget to search for a promo code before you buy from Etsy.

 

Myth 3: Doubling up on savings is against Canadian laws and regulations

 

Many people often think the sale price is the best price. False – certain retailers will allow you to stack your savings in Canada by adding promo codes or coupons on top of sale prices. Banana Republic is a great example – with frequent sales like 40 per cent off, you can save even more by stacking your savings with a promo code, giving you an extra 40 per cent off sale styles. Talk about a win, win! We recently found a promo code on RetailMeNot.ca for an extra 25 per cent off of sale items at Kate Spade as well.

 

Myth 4: Couponing isn’t worth the time invested

 

If you knew that a 15 second search for a coupon code each time you were able to make a purchase could add up to more than $1,500 at the end of the year, would you do it? Of course you would! In fact, RetailMeNot users report an average savings of $20 per transaction, which easily adds to big savings if you shop twice a week or more (who doesn’t)?  Look for deals on everything from free shipping to deep discounts.  The more purchases you make, the more you save!

 

Myth 5: Online shopping costs more in Canada than the in the U.S.

 

We’ve all been there – an item on a U.S. retail site seems costs less than on a Canadian site. Blame Canada? Not so fast! Once you factor in the exchange rate, duty, taxes and shipping, those supposed “savings” disappear quickly – meaning there has never been a better time to shop on Canadian-based sites. There are a ton of great Canadian retailers that ship from our home and native land, including Joe Fresh and Sears. Keep your eyes peeled for free shipping and sales, and you’ll be singing “Oh Canada” in no time!

Saving Makes Cents!

We’ve all heard of extreme couponing, but not every couponing experience has to be extreme. Using coupons or offer codes for items you were going to buy anyway is just plain smart! Why would you spend more than you have to right? I do a lot of my shopping online, especially over the holidays and I’ve already started on my Christmas list this year. This summer we bought a hot tub and the whole family loves to relax in warm water together. Dad and I slip on our robes to head out into the chilly fall weather but the boys don’t own one…yet!! I’ve secretly done a little holiday shopping and discovered that Joe Fresh had some really cozy sherpa lined robes for boys!! I was so crazy excited I couldn’t fill my cart fast enough! 

shipping

It was actually only at check out when I saw the shipping charge that made me stop and think. I hate paying for shipping, so anyway to get out of this I will! I headed over to Retailmenot.ca and took a look around. Sure enough, I discovered that Joe Fresh does offer free shipping on offers over $50, which mine did. But, that’s not all! I also noticed that Joe Fresh had an offer for 10% off your order if you sign up to their newsletter. That sounded pretty good, but I kept searching and found an even better deal! A 15% off coupon code! 

robes

I headed back to my order through the retailmenot.ca site and the shipping costs were removed and my 15FORME  code was successfully applied! I was one happy lady! It took no time for the robes to arrive and they are everything I had hoped they would be! Sooooo soft and dreamy!!! No more cold nights heading in and out of the hot tub for my boys and they even have hoods to keep their wet heads warm!

When you are shopping online this holiday, take a moment and stop by retailmenot.ca to see what savings are available! 

I am participating in the #SimpleSavings campaign with RetailMeNot.ca and have received special perks. Any opinions expressed in this post are my own.

Comments

  1. My fav online store is Amazon.ca

  2. Sabrina Tong says

    My favourite online shop is the one that I can get the best deal at. I travel from site to site. Sales change everyday. I have done well on Amazon, Shop.ca, Walmart.ca, and occasionally eBay.

  3. Anne Taylor says

    I love shopping at Single Jo Coffee!

  4. My favourite online shop is Sephora.

  5. Angela Mitchell says

    I love shopping at Chapters online.

  6. Dayna Wilson says

    I’m addicted to zulily.

  7. I like to shop on Etsy..so many great vendors all in one place

  8. Belinda McNabb says

    I like to shop online at old navy

  9. I Love shopping at Amazon.ca

  10. Huguette E. says

    I like shopping on Giant Tiger.

  11. I like shopping at Old Navy online.

  12. kathy downey says

    Amazon is my favourite online store to shop

  13. Lynda Cook says

    I actually have two favourites Amazon and Zulily,

  14. I enjoy shopping on Amazon.ca

  15. I shop at so many, but I love LL Bean and Amazon.

  16. I really like Walmart.ca!

  17. My favourites are Walmart and LaSenza

  18. I love shopping on katespade.com, especially when they have sales!

  19. Lillian Brown says

    Chapters is my favourite online shopping spot

  20. josephine evans says

    I shop online at Old Navy, Walmart & The Children’s Place

  21. I love Amazon 🙂

  22. Walmart.ca is great!

  23. Chapters is my favourite online store to shop.

  24. Raveen Chung says

    Definitely Chapters!

  25. I like to shop at walmart.ca.

  26. I mostly buy from Amazon.ca or Costco.ca

  27. Tricia Hope says

    I shop online a lot and prefer amazon.ca for the variety of goods offered

  28. Amazon.ca is probably my fave, even though there are a bunch of sites that I love to shop at, Amazon seems to be the box we get delivered to our house most often.

  29. My fave online shop is fab.ca for fun stuff, for stuff I need, it is amazon.ca

  30. My favourite place to shop is Amazon although I do shop at many others also.

  31. Florence C says

    Love to shop amazon.CA

  32. Ronald Gagnon says

    It is Amazon.com, only because I won a total of $750 in the past year. and even though they will not honor Amazon.ca (Canada) and charge shipping and fees…as Ido very little on-line shopping…old single bachler…I use them….balance now $211.98

  33. Haroon Khan says

    Amazon.ca is my fave!

  34. Vesper Meikle says

    Amazon is my favourite online store

  35. I love the on-line Body Shop

  36. ivy pluchinsky says

    amazon or walmart

  37. Learned something new here. Neat !

  38. and my fav online store is walmart.ca

  39. I love Amazon.

  40. Amazon.ca, hands down!

  41. Caroline M. says

    my favourite thing about shopping online is the ease of consulting many different sites & finding the best prices on items without spending a lot of time of gas looking for the items.

  42. My favorite is old navy or joe fresh

  43. Aeropostale, Chapters and Etsy.

  44. Patricia Cooper says

    My favourite online store is Chapters/Indigo!

  45. Ricki’s is where I make most of my online purchases!

  46. Doris Calvert says

    I like Single Jo Coffee , itunes, Wal mart

  47. I love shopping online at Lego

  48. Amazon is my favorite because they have tons of variety and great prices

  49. Amazon is my go-to, but I also like best buy and walmart

  50. Kelly young says

    I love amazon .ca so many things I want from there.

  51. It would be Amazon as they have products that are competitively priced and available online if it’s not in retail stores in Toronto. I shop via ebates, so, I get to earn cash back on my purchases, a win-win in savings.

  52. My favorite online shop is Amazon.

  53. Amy Heffernan says

    LOVE Old Navy!!! Thanks!

  54. I love shopping at Amazon.ca & David’s Tea!

  55. I have several favourites but Amazon.ca has to be my top one.

  56. Marilyn Legault says

    Shutterfly

  57. I love shopping at Amazon!

  58. I love O ld Navy!

  59. My favourite is Old Navy. They always have good deals

  60. It would be a tie between Amazong and Toys r us…..

  61. Amazon for me

  62. FREDERIC BROWN says

    love shopping at Chapters online.

  63. Erika Belanger says

    Children’s Place for sure!

  64. lynn clayton says

    i love amazon. ca or .com and i also like addion elle and tru

  65. My favourite online stores to shop at are Toys R Us, Chapters, Walmart and amazon!

  66. I love Old Navy for shopping (in-store and on-line). I also love Amazon.ca

  67. I love shopping at The Gap, Old Navy and Chapters!

  68. Ebay.ca followed closely by Amazon.ca.

  69. I love Amazon.ca

  70. angela september says

    i love shopping at the bay online and etsy for unique gifts

  71. Bailey Dexter says

    I love the The Children’s Place Canada! Most of my grand kids live out of town. This is a great store to shop on-line for them as if anything don’t fit they can bring it back to exchange for other items!

  72. Old navy is my favourite online store

  73. Melinda L. says

    I love shopping at Old Navy

  74. at Christmas it is Toys r Us

  75. Judy Cowan says

    I like Old Navy and Walmart.

  76. Best Buy is my favourite online store.

  77. I like amazon.ca and indigo

  78. Forever21.ca

  79. Amazon is my favorite.

  80. Rosanne Robinson says

    Amazon.ca and TSC.ca

  81. Walmart!

  82. Karla Sceviour says

    I love to shop on walmart.ca

  83. Elizabeth Matthiesen says

    I don’t shop online really, I only buy airline tickets online. I like to actually see and feel what I buy 🙂

  84. I like to shop for make up online from Sephora

  85. Elaine Buonsante says

    I like to shop on Amazon.

  86. Elizabeth Vlug says

    I love anything home related. Oh and books. Two of my faves are Amazon and Zulily. Online shopping is so easy, thanks for reminding me for this upcoming Christmas season.

  87. Carol Denny says

    Walmart.ca

  88. Amazon.

  89. I like the choices on Amazon.ca

  90. angela september says

    i like shopping at the bay online

  91. I love well.ca

  92. I love shopping Julep and Doterra

  93. nicolthepickle says

    I like Old Navy because they have such good sales online.

  94. I love to shop at old navy

  95. Florence C says

    I love to shop the Children’s place and old navy.

  96. I tend to shop Sephora a lot!

  97. I love amazon.com

  98. Julie Bolduc says

    I like walmart.ca

  99. I love shopping at Garage and Dynamite!

  100. Carole Dube says

    My favourite online store is Amazon.ca

  101. Doreen Lamoureux says

    Amazon is my number one so far.

  102. Monica Miller says

    I’m a little bit addicted to well.ca 🙂

  103. Lisa McLain says

    Amazon

  104. walmart

  105. Aimee Robison says

    I love Walmart, Amazon, and Toys R Us

  106. Angela Massis says

    I love shopping at Old Navy

  107. Jennifer P. says

    Amazon is my favourite online store to shop at – such great variety.

  108. Susanne B. says

    Amazon

  109. I really love shopping at Rickis because I find that their online selection is huge, they always have sales, and they ship to the store right by my house for free! Love it!

  110. Robyn Bellefleur says

    I like shopping on Amazon.

  111. Susan Patterson says

    I like Amazon.ca the best! Thanks!

  112. Amazon, ToysRUs and Ebay are my go to online shops

  113. Susanne McCarthy says

    Old Navy and Walmart

  114. Stephanie Black says

    I like Etsy, Amazon, Zulily, Beyong the Rack…

  115. I like shopping at Sears.

  116. I love shopping walmart and amazon

  117. My favourite is Old Navy!

  118. I don’t do a lot of online shopping but it seems the way to go these days

  119. Victoria Ess says

    I like Le Chateau!

  120. i like to shop at amazon

  121. Amazon.ca

  122. It’s usually one of the kids clothes stores, like Gap.

  123. Brenda Witherspoon-Bedard says

    I like Amazon.ca and GAP

  124. Well.ca

  125. Definitely Amazon!

  126. Erika Letson says

    My favourite right now is amazon.ca

  127. Hands down Sephora!

  128. Definitely Amazon.ca

  129. chapters

  130. I love Well.ca

  131. Elva Roberts says

    I haven’t done much online shopping but if I had a favorite, it would be ‘Stuck on you’, where the items are personalized for Children.

  132. I love shopping at Winners/Homesense. Great selection and value!

  133. Maria McLachlan says

    it’s a toss between Old Navy and Well.ca lately

  134. Amazon.ca!

  135. Amazon.ca is my fav.

  136. Michelle Policelli says

    Amazon.ca

  137. I love buying my girls clothes online at children’s place.

  138. I like to shop at chapters/indigo.

  139. I’ve always really enjoyed shopping at Amazon.ca

  140. Amazon is a site I feel pretty comfortable shopping at.

  141. Amazon.ca is my favorite because it has everything you could ever want!

  142. Mark’s is my first choice!

  143. I absolutely love shopping on Amazon!!

  144. I like to shop with amazon.ca.

  145. lisa neutel says

    besides amazon ..i love shopping bath and body works for myself and american eagle for my kids

  146. I like shopping at Chapters and Amazon

  147. Wendi Maroon says

    Chapters Indigo!

  148. Amazon.ca!

  149. we always like shopping at Staples

  150. Amazon!

  151. Etsy and eBay

  152. Amazon.ca is my favourite site.

  153. Amazon, definitely.

  154. My favourite is chapters indigo

  155. Banana Republic

  156. I like to shop Old Navy online.

  157. Everything is on Amazon!

  158. Darren Scrubb says

    My favourite online store is Walmart

  159. I love shopping Old Navy and the Gap online! So many good deals!

  160. Love Old Navy and Sephora for online shopping..and Amazon of course!

  161. I used to like shopping on Amazon but I now try to use sites like Great Canadian Rebates to earn some cash back!

  162. Amazon.ca

  163. amazon

  164. My favourite online store is Amazon.

  165. My favourite online store would be Amazon.

  166. Joanne Jang says

    Amazon Prime makes shopping super fast and easy!

  167. never tried online shopping. thanks

  168. Judy Thuy Duong says

    My favorite store to shop online is Costco.

  169. My Favourite online store to shop at is Chapters

  170. Erinn Lishman says

    Chapter’s Indigo is my favourite online store!

  171. My favorite is chapters. I could never have too many books!

  172. Chapters is my favourite.

  173. Amazon

  174. Edith Rennes says

    Amazon

  175. Wanda Bergman says

    bookdepository.com is my favourite.

  176. Sandy Couzens says

    I am doing a lot of my Christmas shopping on line this year and the on line site that is my favorite is Amazon. Thank you

  177. I am not a huge online shopper, but do buy some speciality items like embroidery designs from specialized sites. For overall online shopping my favourite site is Amazon.ca.

  178. I have two favorites – Amazon and The Bay.

  179. Chelsea Macnab says

    I usually shop at Old Navy or Gap online!

  180. Diana Powell says

    I love shopping on line at Sephora.

  181. Ali Express is my favourite

  182. I like Ali Express and Etsy. But I am super-careful about where I shop.

  183. I love sephora and amazon!! I spend way too much time browsing on those sites

  184. margaux retrophiliac says

    That would have to be Old Navy.

  185. Melanie Borhi says

    i dont shop online. but if i did i would choose lush.

  186. Wayne Lecoy says

    It would be great to win a $200 Visa Gift Card from RetailMeNot.
    In response to your question of
    What is your favourite online store to shop?
    My favourite online store is Walmart.ca.
    Thank you for having this giveaway.

  187. The Bay

  188. i love Sephora

  189. Alison Braidwood says

    I really like Beyond the Rack. I bought a rug from them – it’s super soft, stylish, and shipping was only $5.95. Can’t really beat that :0

  190. Indigo.

  191. I love online shopping at WalMart. Much less walking LOL

  192. Tracey Flattes says

    I love Amazon.ca as they have everything and the shipping is super fast!

  193. I love to shop online at The Children’s Place.

  194. Amazon

  195. Julie Farmer says

    Amazon is my favourite store to shop online

  196. cheryl hodgkins says

    I would have to say amazon.ca

  197. karen petrychko says

    Amazon is my favorite for online.

  198. I love shopping at amazon because they have a great selection of products

  199. I love shopping online at the bay and amazon!

  200. I like shopping at bestbuy.ca

  201. Indigo. It is a bit of an obsession.

  202. Sephora.ca

  203. Mike Gismondi says

    amazon.ca

  204. Cheryl Almas says

    Walmart.ca

  205. Hmm, I think it’d have to be Costco Canada’s website. Good variety, prices, warranties and return policies, and shipping is pretty quick too.

  206. Sephora.com is my weakness.

  207. I’m probably on amazon.ca the most.

  208. amazon.ca

  209. I’m fickle, I like to shop around!

  210. Dana Miller says

    My favourite online store to shop is Santana Canada! https://santanacanada.com/

  211. I love to shop at Bath & Body Works

  212. Jesse LaPaire says

    Currently we do most of our online shopping at sears.ca!

  213. Kayla Gilbert says

    I love shopping at Wal-Mart.ca!

  214. stacey dempsey says

    I love to shop on amazon

  215. I love shopping at Amazon.ca and eBay.

  216. I shop so much on Amazon.ca I should buy shares! I’m not exclusive there though, I always want the best price, as long as they ship to Canada at a reasonable price!

  217. Hudson’s Bay / The bay

  218. Walmart.ca

  219. I love Indigo Chapters store for online shopping!

  220. I love amazon.ca for online shopping.

  221. Chapters and Amazon

  222. I don’t do much for online shopping, but I have had good experiences with amazon.ca and Beyond the Rack

  223. I love shopping at the Gap online because they have Tall sizes!

  224. I love shopping at Carters for my littleones

  225. I shop online all over the place! Here’s one: Hudson’s Bay.
    Cheers.

  226. I don’t do a lot of online shopping, but when I do it’s usually at Amazon.ca.

  227. I always shop online at Old Navy.

  228. Wanda Tracey says

    I love shopping at ShoeMe.ca Canada.I love that store!

  229. ebay.ca

  230. Rosanne Robinson says

    my favourite on-line site to shop is, Amazon.com

  231. Angie Andrews says

    Amazon.ca is my favourite store to shop at online

  232. Wendy Jensen says

    My favorite on line store to shop is Sears.

  233. Jeanette Jackson says

    My favorite online store is Amazon.ca

  234. I love Amazon and Chapters/Indigo.

  235. banana republic!

  236. Chapters, my all time fav 🙂

  237. Nancy J Montgomery says

    I liked shopping online at Walmart.ca.

  238. Favorite store online has to be well.ca.

  239. I most often buy online from Amazon , but it’s fun ordering from different places! The last place I ordered from was an online ghosthunter’s shop! 🙂

  240. I like to shop at Amazon!

  241. My favourite online store to shop is The Bay

  242. Christine W says

    I love to shop at amazon and sephora

  243. dawn gordon says

    favorite shop is ebay

  244. Valerie Mallette says

    My favourite online store to shop is amazon.ca

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