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Just have a plugin like https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bugmenot/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bugmenot/ that works with http:/
by adrianwaj 14y ago
Just have a plugin like https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bugmenot/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bugmenot/ that works with http://www.bugmenot.com http://www.bugmenot.com and instead of suggesting logins it suggests coupons. (add: in fact look at bottom of bugmenot -- retailmenot - wow, never knew about it: I wonder if it works well with the plugin)
I don't know how the mechanics of the plugin are going to work but it'd do 3 things: suggest codes for the correct field, send used codes back and whether successful or not, also check whether used codes are already in database. Who supplies the codes? E-commerce sites to distribute a new coupon codes, and they could also tag certain fields for the plugin to suggest upon and tell it their coupon submit page. What happens if ecommerce sites don't actively participate: it doesn't matter people will give to get. In fact, there could be a karma system: supply a working coupon and get karma the more it is used. Use someone else's coupon and lose karma.
The only hard bit is working out where a code must be entered and determining if it was successful - but sites don't change that much and that could be crowdsourced.
- lifeisstillgood 14y agoSo if you made it "social" then the plugin would feedback to saversrus.com where your account would say - saved 15$ today - your code uploads were used by 235 people and save them 3457$ I like it :-)
- adrianwaj 14y agoYeah, so do I, the issue is gaming, verification and security. I just don't know how it could be pulled off without underlying sites cooperating with custom markup. Maybe if people gave their logins to shopping sites to saversrus, it could go in and check underlying records for the savings made and coupons used.. like how billguard checks banking sites for errors in credit card bills. At least here a plugin wouldn't need to be used or it could be an alternative to one, and backoffice logins could be used to check purchases and coupons that occurred in the past.