NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–8coupons.com, (http://www.8coupons.com) NYC’s leading destination for online and cell phone based coupons, today announced the launch of their ‘NYC Money Map’ to help New Yorkers navigate the thousands of deals available in the city. By simply clicking here and entering your zip code, you will be able to see all of the money saving deals on your block, in your neighborhood, or right by your office.

8coupons.com has seen traffic jump more than 700% since August 2008 as demand for local savings surges. Launched in August 2007 as a mobile coupon company, 8coupons has evolved into a local deals platform allowing users to post and share information on discounts for local merchants in and around New York City. In addition to the hundreds of exclusive cell phone redeemable coupons listed on 8coupons.com, there has been an influx of deals and coupons being shared on the website by the users themselves. The ‘NYC Money Map’ combines both, and now boasts over 5,000 unique deals ranging from printable coupons for national retailers, to happy hour specials for St. Patrick’s Day, to lunch coupons, to discount tickets for Broadway shows, to discounts on tax preparations.

To hone in on exactly what you want, you can browse, search, and filter all deals by category or keyword.

“There are so many local sales and specials all over the city that you wouldn’t otherwise know about unless you just happened to walk by and see that chalkboard or sign in front of the store. We’ve created a platform that enables the local community to share that information with one another,” said Landy Ung, co-founder and CEO of 8coupons. “Our goal is to help New Yorkers stretch their paychecks, while simultaneously helping local merchants drive in more foot traffic.”

New Yorkers can submit their favorite deals here and instantly see them appear on the ‘NYC Money Map’.

About 8coupons.com

8coupons.com is the premier online and mobile destination for deals on places to eat, drink, shop, and do stuff in your neighborhood. On 8coupons.com, you will find over 5,000 local savings in and around New York City. In addition to exclusive text coupon offers that are redeemable by showing your mobile phone, 8coupons also provides the local community with a platform to share and find deals

Yesterday, we launched our NYC Money Map!  It’s really exciting to see people book marking it and even tweeting about it on twitter.  We’re hoping to get some feedback on the map as it’s really a beta version of what’s coming down the pipe.  Stay tuned…

New York, New York - July 14, 2008 - 8coupons.com celebrates its 1st birthday on 8.8.08 and will present 8-cent OCHO LOCO deals throughout the month of August. The first will take place on Tuesday, July 29th at the famous Supermac in NYC (348 Seventh Avenue - between 29th and 30th). Simply visit 8coupons.com, send yourself a text message coupon and redeem it with the cashier. It’s an easy way to enjoy Supermac’s delicious mac and cheese for only 8 cents!

In addition, we’ll celebrate on 8. 8.08 with 8-cent Miller beers at Wicked Willy’s (149 Bleecker at Laguardia Street) and will feature other OCHO LOCO deals such as $8 haircuts ($55 value) and 8-cent American Apparel T-shirts. Savvy New Yorkers can sign up for more of these yet-to-be announced deal alerts on 8coupons.com.

“We are extremely excited to celebrate our first birthday with some great new OCHO LOCO promotions.” says Landy Ung, Co-founder and CEO of 8coupons. “Our easy-to-use text messaging based coupons help New Yorkers save time, and money on great products by using a medium they are very familiar with.”

These “Crazy 8″ promotions are just one aspect of 8coupons’ viral marketing campaign. To help spread the word, 8coupons is also leveraging social networking site Facebook, through their “me coupons” Facebook application.

Cold Stone Creamery at Astor Place (NYC) partners with 8coupons to offer
mobile coupons for 8-cent scoops!

NEW YORK, May 28 /PRNewswire/ — Cold Stone Creamery at 2 Astor Place in Manhattan has teamed up with New York-based mobile marketing company 8coupons to offer an exclusive “OCHO LOCO” deal, giving away 8-cent ice cream scoops all day on Sunday, June 8th, 2008.

This “Crazy 8″ promotion is part of 8coupons’ viral marketing campaign in which customers can send the 8-cent text message based coupon from 8coupons.com to their cell phone and redeem it by showing their phone to the cashier. To help spread the word, 8coupons is also leveraging social networking site Facebook, through their “me coupons” Facebook application. “Partnering with 8coupons has provided us with an innovative and more efficient way to reach out to, and stay in touch with, our customers,” said Daniel Petryszyn, the New York franchisee for Cold Stone Creamery, “8coupons allows us the opportunity to leverage today’s mobile and online technologies to make it more convenient for our customers to get our special offers.”
“We’re excited to kick off summer ‘08 with this special OCHO LOCO promotion with Cold Stone Creamery. Our goal is to provide a more convenient way for Cold Stone Creamery fans and new customers to take advantage of special offers by using a medium that’s familiar to them,” says Landy Ung, Co-founder and CEO of 8coupons. “SMS text messaging is simple, ubiquitous, and cost-effective.”

About 8coupons:
8coupons is the latest way New Yorkers are saving time & money by getting up-to-the-minute deals in their neighborhoods for restaurants, bars, beauty & spas, entertainment, shopping, and services delivered straight to their cell phones. Coupons can be sent to your cell phone from http://8coupons.com or you can sign up for exclusive merchant deal alerts and receive them real-time. You simply show the cashier your phone to redeem the coupon. 8coupons offers
can also be accessed via RSS, the 8coupons widget, and on Facebook.

About Cold Stone Creamery (at 2 Astor Place):

Cold Stone Creamery delivers the Ultimate Ice Cream Experience(R) through a community of franchisees who are passionate about ice cream. The Cold Stone Creamery at 2 Astor Place in the East Village, Manhattan is Cold Stone
Creamery’s first hybrid, a co-branded franchise that features both The Original Soup Man’s world-renowned soups and Cold Stone Creamery’s super-premium ice cream.

8COUPONS.COM IS TAKING NYC SAVINGS MOBILE
8coupons.com Offers Deals in Manhattan via Text Messaging

New York, NY Aug 24, 2007 – 8coupons.com is a new website that allows New Yorkers to receive and redeem their local neighborhood deals as a text message on their cell phones. It’s a free service that promotes local merchants of New York City in the following neighborhoods: Chelsea, Tribeca/SoHo, Lower East Side, Greenwich/West Village and Union Square with plans to expand into other neighborhoods and boroughs.

To start the simple process, log on to www.8coupons.com and choose the coupon of your choice. Then enter your mobile number and the coupon will be sent directly to your phone within a matter of seconds. To utilize your savings, present the text message to the merchant at the check-out process to receive the discount or offer.

‘We are excited to empower local merchants with an online tool that they can use to promote their businesses, while at the same time, extending money-saving opportunities to local community residents,’ said 8coupons CEO Landy Ung. ‘And since text messaging has taken on such a huge roll in the mobile phone community, we wanted to make it as easy as possible for people to take advantage of these deals by simply redeeming them as mobile coupons!’ Other tools such as the website’s recently launched coupon widget, lets you get 8coupon’s latest deals right on your desktop or blog.

Ung also decided to make 8coupons a user driven site by allowing users to rate the deals which then helps determine the top 8 deals on the homepage. There are other interactive tools on 8coupons.com that give users the opportunity to openly discuss and provide comments and feedback such as a blog and an instant messaging application that lets you IM 8coupons team members at anytime. ‘We truly want to know what our users think and want from us,’ said Ung. ‘This information not only helps us improve 8coupons.com, but it also provides our merchant partners valuable information about their products and services.’

On September 8th, 8coupons will be kicking off their exclusive ‘Ocho Loco’ deals by sponsoring a launch party where they’ll be giving away $.08 gourmet burgers at the Twisted Burger located near Union Square in Manhattan. These “crazy 8” offers are outrageous, random deals that range anywhere from $.88 pedicures, to $.08 cocktails, to $8 entrées at participating local merchants. Ocho Loco events and offers are exclusive to members and for a limited time only. To get information on these Ocho Loco deals and events, log on to the 8coupons website, and sign up for the Ocho Loco Deals e-mail alerts.

Coupons include selections from Restaurants, Entertainment, Beauty/Spa, Services and Shopping. Local merchants include Slate NYC, Baluchi’s Indian Cuisine, Ocean Spa of New York, The Gotham City Improv, Earth NYC, September Wines & Spirits, and Café Fuego.

Burgner PR
Christie Burgner

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