How we verify coupons
What gets tested, what the date means, and what we do when a code dies.
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Most coupon sites scrape every code they can find, publish all of them, and let the shopper do the testing. It fills a page fast. We try codes in a real cart and put the date of each test on the coupon, so you can see which ones we checked and when. Here is the whole process, so you can decide whether the "verified" label on our coupons is worth anything.
The process, start to finish
- 1Sourcing
Store newsletters, in-app promos, direct and affiliate partnerships, plus offers we find ourselves. Reader submissions are welcome and go through the same test as everything else before they appear.
- 2Testing
The code goes into a real cart on the store's site. That's where we find out whether it applies at all, what the actual discount is, and what the fine print says: minimum order, excluded brands, new-customer-only.
- 3Recording
Each check is recorded with the date it happened, one of three outcomes (worked, failed, or still works but the terms changed), and what the cart showed. The date is the date of the test, never the date the coupon was added.
- 4Re-checking
Live codes get re-tested on a rolling basis, and again before a big sale event when retailers rewrite their promos overnight. Every re-test adds another entry; the earlier ones stay.
Every check is on the record, including the ones we failed
Open any coupon that has been checked more than once and its full history is near the bottom of the page: each date, what happened, and what we saw in the cart. The failures are in there too. A log that only ever said "worked" would be marketing. The useful version shows a code breaking on the 14th and a replacement going up on the 20th. Have a look at any coupon on the coupons page and judge for yourself.
When a code stops working
The page stays up. The code is struck through, the page says when it failed and links to what still works at that store, and the failed check stays in the history. If we deleted it, you'd search the same code next week and land on someone else's page telling you it's live.
What the "Last verified" date means
It's the last day someone at Savooh put that code into a cart. If a coupon hasn't been through the test yet, it shows no date, which also tells you which codes to try first. Separately, each coupon page counts how many shoppers have told us the code applied at their checkout. That number is reader-reported, labelled as such, and kept apart from our own checks.
How often we come back to a code
Not on a fixed schedule. High-traffic stores and anything with an expiry attached get looked at most often. Seasonal codes, like White Friday, Ramadan, Eid, and back-to-school, get re-checked going into the event and again during it, because that's the window where discounts change fastest and dead codes do the most damage.
Found a code that didn't work?
Two ways to tell us. On the coupon itself there's a "Did this code work?" question, one tap either way, and a yes is what sets the shopper-confirmed date other people see. For anything that needs explaining, email contact@savooh.com with the store name and the code. Whatever you send gets re-tested, and the result goes into the log like any other check.
Independence and disclosure
A store cannot buy a "verified" label, a higher position, or the removal of a failed check from its history. Verification answers one question: does the code work today. Where the money comes from is set out in the affiliate disclosure.