The holidays are fast approaching with Christmas right around the corner.  Don’t forget to check CouponChief.com’s gift tag, http://www.couponchief.com/tags/gifts, for special discounts from great companies like Things Remembered, The Discovery Channel Store,  Taylor Gifts, GourmetGiftBaskets.com, 1-800-FLOWERS.com, JCPenney, and more. Send that special gift to someone you love this Christmas before time runs out! Check to make sure your shipped packages will arrive at their destination on time, and then check CouponChief.com for free shipping coupons for your favorite stores. 

Halloween savings are definitely a treat this Halloween. The best Halloween costumes can often be found online, where you can choose from a much larger selection of specialty costumes tailored to fit your scary requirements. Costume Kingdom carries some of the most original, great-looking costumes for adults. Hollywood Toys and Costumes also carry great Halloween costumes featuring your favorite movie hero character from Harry Potter, Star Trek, and Disney films that are sure to be a hit with anyone under the age of 19. Find free shipping and percentage off coupons for almost any Halloween site at http://www.couponchief.com/tags/halloween.

Often the best costumes are the ones you make yourself. If you’re shopping for fabric to make the perfect costume, stop in and view fabric coupons at http://www.couponchief.com/tags/fabric. Accessories and make up often help to make these costumes spectacularly spooky. Make your homemade costumes look more authentic with a wig, pair of sunglasses, cape, or robe.Other great accessories include blonde pop star wigs, ruby slippers, and a talking astronaut helmet!

Don’t forget to add Halloween to your relevant coupon tags. Please make sure to order your Halloween costume in time for Halloween. Last minute shoppers often turn in to ghosts!

My grandmother usually starts her Christmas shopping January 1^st to rack up on the sales that follow Christmas. You would be amazed at the items she finds for close to nothing to give to others the Christmas that follows. If you didn’t get started in January, make sure to utilize post-back-to-school sales with online mall coupons for early-bird Christmas shopping.

Sears has some especially good coupons this year, with $10 off Junior Apparel with no minimum purchase required. Old Navy also has a few great deals with 15% off $75. Overstock.com has some great online coupons that are expiring fast. Finally, don’t forget to stop by Amazon.com, a great site for pre-Christmas shopping.

Furthermore, always make sure to check for free shipping coupon codes for all your Christmas purchases. Online sites like Diamond.com are featuring coupon codes for free online shipping this year that could save you tons. Don’t miss out. There are only 69 more shopping days until Christmas!

We’ve recently set up a CouponChief Google Group at the suggestion of luv2deal (among others), where you can leave your feedback about site features, or discuss things you’d like to see on CouponChief.  We’ll monitor this group and keep you abreast of changes we’re making here to better serve the couponing community.

For starters, you can leave your feedback about the recent Trust Score changes here.

Mother’s Day is coming up on May 10th, so we’ve assembled some of the latest Mother’s Day coupon codes from around the web.  Whether you honour your mother with a card, flowers, or a photo book, you’ll find some great deals here.

And during tough times when we are all trying to save an extra buck, a phone call or e-card is all she needs to know you appreciate her.

From your friends at CouponChief

Trust Score

First, every coupon contributor has now been assigned a Trust Score. A user’s Trust Score is simply an indication of how reliable coupons are from a given contributor. It will be used on our website to help rank & order coupon listings, and to help our visitors quickly locate the most reliable coupons.

We calculate a contributors trust score based on 4 factors:
1. How many coupons they’ve entered over the past 30 days.
2. How reliable these coupons have been.
3. How many votes they’ve made over the past 30 days.
4. How accurate these votes have been.

Each contributor’s trust score is indicated on every coupon contibuted, and is also shown on the profile pages.

Coupon Types

Up until now, we’ve allowed users to enter “coupons” which do not require a promotion code. In place of the code, many Pays-2-Share users have been entering text such as “Click Here”, “No Code Required”, etc. From today on, these types of offers will no longer be accepted. We will allow existing coupons to stay in the system for 1 more week, at which point they will be removed.
Again, this change is meant to improve the browsing experience of our visitors, and only provide legitimate, working coupon codes.

Trust Score FAQ

What is my Trust Score?

Your Trust Score is an measure of how much reliable your contributions to CouponChief.com are. For example, if you consistently submit reliable coupons, and make reliable votes on OTHER users’ coupons, you will maintain a high Trust Score. Alternatively, if you submit “spammy”, expired, or non-functional coupons, or make erratic, unverified votes on other users’ coupons, you will have a low Trust Score.

How is my Trust Score used?

Your Trust Score is used throughout CouponChief.com to ensure a positive experience for all of our users. Coupons submitted by users with a high Trust Score will receive prioritized placement over coupons from users with lower scores. Your Trust Score will be indicated next to your name on every coupon you submit, so other users can judge whether or not your coupons are likely to be reliable. Also, votes from users with low trust scores will count for less — we don’t trust these users, so we won’t count their votes!

How is my Trust Score calculated?

Your Trust Score is based off of your contributions to our website:

1) The Reliability of Coupons You Submit - If most of your coupons receive poor votes, your Trust Score will be adversely affected.
2) The Reliability of Votes You Make - If your votes for other users’ coupons are ACCURATE (regardless of whether they are good or bad votes), your Trust Score will improve.
How is the accuracy of my votes determined? How do I ensure my votes are “accurate”?
1000’s of coupons are audited each day by Coupon Chief staff. If your votes typically agree with those of our staff, then they are considered “accurate”. The only way to ensure your votes are accurate are to try out the codes on the respective website, and vote based on whether or not the coupons work. You can vote once per day per coupon, but since all coupons eventually expire, you better re-check the status each day before you vote on a coupon — or else you may hurt your Trust Score!

What if somebody is purposely voting down my coupons to ruin my Trust Score?

These users will only be hurting themselves. Their reckless votes will lower their OWN Trust Score. Since votes from users with low trust score aren’t counted, your own trust score won’t be adversely affected.

How do I improve my Trust Score?

 It’s easy…
1) Make sure the coupons your submit actually work.
2) Help the community by voting on other users’ coupons. If you make lots of accurate votes, your score will go up! Just beware, inaccurate votes will hurt your score.