Are you new to using coupons and want to learn how to coupon? If so then you will want to check out the following informational guides and links on how to use coupons to save big money at the grocery stores.
Getting Started and How to Coupon:
Couponing 101 – Start here to learn the basics on how to save money using coupons.
Couponing 102 – Take couponing to the next level by learning more about how to track your savings and trade coupons.
Couponing 103 – Learn how to save even more money with rebates, refunds and special promotions.
Stockpiling 101 – Find our why building a stockpile is a key component to saving money using coupons. Learn what a stockpile is and how to build a stockpile of your own.
Couponing & Staying Within a Budget – A week by week starter guide on how couponing and stockpiling is done slowly over time.
How to Get Extra Coupon Inserts – Our in-depth guide to help you find ways to get your hands on extra coupons from the Sunday paper.
Learn Your Store Coupon Policies – Find over 100 coupon policies for your local grocery, drug and big box stores.
How to Save With Catalina Coupons – Our guide to understanding and saving with Catalina coupons.
Organizing Your Coupons
How to Organize Your Coupons: The Binder Method – In-depth guide on how to use and put together a coupon binder.
How to Organize Your Coupons: The Whole Insert Method – Not wanting to clip out all of those coupons, only clip what you need with the whole insert method of organizing your coupons.
How to Organize Your Coupons: The Coupon Box Method – Another popular way to organize your coupons is using a box to file away your coupons.
Getting the Most out of HotCouponWorld:
- Frequently Asked Questions – Find the answers to our most frequently asked questions about how to use Hotcouponworld.
- Abbreviations, Acronyms and Terms – Learn the coupon lingo and couponing terms that you will see throughout the site.
- Coupon Database – The internet’s largest and biggest database of coupons from all sources nationwide.
- How to Use the Coupon Database – The coupon database here at Hotcouponworld is feature rich, learn how to use it with this guide.
- Hotcouponworld Community Rules – Every community needs some rules, find out what ours are.
- Join the Trader in Training Group – If you would like to post in any of our trading forums, use the trading features of the coupon database or the iTrader rating feedback system you will first need to join the “TNT” group.
- Coupon Insert Schedule – Find out what coupon inserts will be in the Sunday paper each week and what weeks won’t have coupons at all.
Helpful Downloads:
Price Book # 1- (Excel) Provided by our very own Mrspinecone and featured in our Couponing 102!
- Price Book # 2- (Excel) Another good price book provided by member mamarock.
- Trade Tracker – (Excel) Hotcouponworld member evelester made this great spreadsheet for tracking your trades!
- CVS ECB Worksheet- (Excel) Just for you CVS shoppers a worksheet for tracking your Extra Care Bucks brought to you by member jawandtsmommy
- Sales Price Cheat Sheet – (PDF) Print out this cheat sheet and keep it handy in your coupon binder to help you remember what the individual price is when something is on sale for 4 for $5.00 or other prices.
