My two favorite things-- shopping and the iPhone
I just download a new application from the iPhone app store called Coupon Sherpa which defines itself as an "in-store coupon application for the iPhone."
You simply browse for a store or restaurant by category or check the alphabetical list for your favorites. Most coupons show up with barcodes that can be scanned in at the register when checking out. (Others lead you to the offer on the vendor's Web site.) As of this posting, there are 178 coupons in 111 stores in Coupon Sherpa, including many major retailers.
The app is only $1.99, but, in celebration of Earth Day, and to highlight one of Coupon Sherpa's goals "to reduce the amount of paper that is wasted by printing coupons", the application is free until this Friday, April 29. (But well-worth the cost of the app anytime!)
I cannot wait to try it out later today when I go shopping. It will be interesting to see how handing the iPhone to the cashier will go over, but I think they had better get used to it!
You simply browse for a store or restaurant by category or check the alphabetical list for your favorites. Most coupons show up with barcodes that can be scanned in at the register when checking out. (Others lead you to the offer on the vendor's Web site.) As of this posting, there are 178 coupons in 111 stores in Coupon Sherpa, including many major retailers.
The app is only $1.99, but, in celebration of Earth Day, and to highlight one of Coupon Sherpa's goals "to reduce the amount of paper that is wasted by printing coupons", the application is free until this Friday, April 29. (But well-worth the cost of the app anytime!)
I cannot wait to try it out later today when I go shopping. It will be interesting to see how handing the iPhone to the cashier will go over, but I think they had better get used to it!
Labels: Coupon Sherpa, iPhone, Kathy Schrock
posted by Kathy Schrock at 7:01 AM
3 Comments:
What a great concept, love the idea of not having to clip coupons and then forget them on the kitchen counter. Thanks for sharing Kathy. Another great shopping App that you may not have heard of is Grocery IQ. Thinking it cost $1.99 but well worth it. Like my coupons, I used to forget my list all the time but I never forgot my phone. It organizes your list by aisles and allows you to make a favorites list for those items you always get. Then as you go through the story you check off the items and they disappear. LOVE IT! Now if only I had an App to help me remember to take may reusable bags in with me.
This app is great! I just downloaded it today (June 9, 2009) and it was still free. I can't wait to use it! Thanks!!
In the long run, will the scanning of the barcode ruin the phone. I think that is an excellent idea to be able to get coupons on your phone. I carry them in my purse but, I forget them. Also, having them in my purse will eliminate the tedious process of searching for them.
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