RetailMeNot.com Celebrates Third Anniversary Number One Online Coupon Site Marks Three Years of Great Deals for Consumers

MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct 30, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- RetailMeNot.com, a top consumer destination for coupons, discounts and promotional codes for merchandise, groceries, travel and services, today announced it is celebrating its third year of providing coupons, deals and discounts to consumers. Since it launched on October 30, 2006, RetailMeNot.com has helped millions of consumers save money at thousands of retailers from Amazon to Zales.com.

Over the past three years, RetailMeNot.com has driven innovation in the online coupon industry. This year, RetailMeNot.com began offering printable and grocery coupons, making the site a one-stop shop for the most and best coupons on the web. RetailMeNot.com also unveiled a new site design to make it even faster and easier for consumers to search for coupons online and launched a UK version called VoucherHub.com.

In 2008, RetailMeNot.com introduced the Shopping Community, the first social network for coupon-conscious consumers. The company also released people-powered price comparison engine BeatMyPrice.com, which integrates coupons from RetailMeNot.com with the lowest prices around the web.

At launch, RetailMeNot.com was the first coupon website to enable coupon-sharing and to give users the ability to vote and comment on the viability of coupons.

In addition, RetailMeNot.com created the first Firefox plug-in and Internet Explorer toolbar to alert shoppers to the availability of coupons while they browse. The company also pioneered the "click-to-copy and open site" technology that lets consumers easily cut and paste a coupon code with one click.

RetailMeNot.com achieved 10 times year-over-year revenue growth in 2008 and has already surpassed that growth metric for 2009. Last month alone, retailers generated more than $19 million in sales through RetailMeNot.com, a more than 85 percent increase from September 2008. In addition, in September of this year consumers saved $3.6 million using online coupon codes and $1.5 million using printable coupons.

"We knew RetailMeNot.com had the potential to become an extremely popular destination, but its rapid rise in popularity has exceeded our expectations," said Guy King, co-founder, RetailMeNot.com. "Our success is a result of putting the user experience first and focusing on innovation. As consumers continue to look for ways to save money and stay on budget, we will continue to improve the services offered on RetailMeNot.com to make the online discount and coupon experience even more convenient." About RetailMeNot.com RetailMeNot.com is a top consumer destination for coupons, discounts and promotional codes for merchandise, travel and services with over 11 million visitors per month. RetailMeNot.com's online community posts, uses, recommends and ranks more than 400,000 online discounts and promotions for more than 100,000 retailers, restaurants and brands, including Amazon, GameStop, Macy's, Dell , Home Depot and Gap. RetailMeNot.com's mission is to help consumers save money and enjoy a hassle-free discount shopping experience. RetailMeNot.com, a division of Stateless Systems, is located in Melbourne, Australia.

www.RetailMeNot.com is a registered domain of Stateless Systems. All other domains, names and trademarks mentioned herein are property of their respective owners.

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