How we operate MailOnline Discounts

At MailOnline Discounts, you can find thousands of vouchers. Some of these are sales and deals, and others are discount codes where you receive money off your online order when you input a code during the checkout process.

The most important thing to us is that you can trust that our vouchers are valid - it’s our priority that you get a rewarding, money-saving experience. How do we go about maintaining that trust and integrity? Allow us to explain.

How we source vouchers

• Networks and affiliate partners

  The first way we source our vouchers and offers is through affiliate networks, with whom we have close working relationships.

  Affiliate networks are the friendly middleman between brands (advertisers) and us (the publisher). They manage the contracts between the two parties and make sure everyone is happy with the offers being promoted. They make sure that when you click on a MailOnline Discounts voucher and make a purchase, we are paid a small commission.

  These networks send us the verified offers that the retailer is running, ready for us to schedule or publish on our pages. If there are any changes to the offers available, networks let us know in advance so we can amend or remove the vouchers, making sure you don’t see any that are no longer valid.

  Not all MailOnline Discounts pages go through an affiliate network, so we don’t make any commission from them. Even though they don’t make us any money, we understand they’re super popular with our users and help you to save money, so we work hard to maintain them.

• Exclusive discounts

  Sometimes, you’ll find vouchers on MailOnline Discounts which are tagged as ‘exclusive’. This means that you won’t find this discount code on any other discount code sites or on the retailer website - it’s exclusive to us. Our team worked closely with the brand to negotiate the best saving for you.
  
  Our close relationship with hundreds of brands is a result of more than 10 years in the industry, and it allows us to provide you with market-leading vouchers to help you save.
  
  With MailOnline’s enormous reach, and Global Savings Group’s expertise and relationships, we’re proud that we’re able to help more than 4 million people save money every year.

How do we hand-source vouchers?

We don’t only rely on the offers that affiliate networks and brands send us. As shopping experts, we also browse the websites and check newsletters, discovering the best sale offers and promotions that we know our users will love.

This saves you so much time and hassle, scouring through the websites of your favourite brands, looking for an offer that’s right for you. Instead, we’ve curated the best deals in one handy list, and when you click on the voucher, you’re taken directly to the right page on the retailer website.

How do we test our codes?

We know there’s nothing worse than applying a discount code at the checkout, and finding it’s invalid.That’s why we dedicate hours of our day to testing our codes, making sure they all still work, and that they provide genuine value.We also check that any terms and conditions are clearly specified. For example, if the code is only valid for new customers, selected products, or if you spend over a certain amount, we’ll make sure that this is clearly displayed on the voucher.

The dedicated editors in the MailOnline Shopping team make sure that all information displayed on our 100 most visited pages is updated daily and that the rest get checked on a rolling basis and as soon as they are updated with additional offers.

Even though we take our vouchers directly from the source, sometimes stock levels, a change in terms and conditions, or an earlier expiry date than anticipated can mean that it no longer works.

In the event that this happens, we remove the discount code immediately and alert the retailer. If you’ve found a code that no longer works, we’d love to hear from you! You can let us know about it here.