Los Angeles, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/08/2011 -- Black Friday may be weeks away, but coupon code site ShopGala.com is gearing up for the big shopping extravaganza by releasing a limited number of Black Friday coupons ahead of schedule. This move is meant to help early bird shoppers plan their online Black Friday shopping strategy. To make sifting through Black Friday deals a bit easier, ShopGala has set up a page dedicated to coupon codes that are working and valid on the days leading up to and immediately following Black Friday.

ShopGala spokesman Andy Powell notes that the popularity of Black Friday coupon codes seem to increase every year as more shoppers avoid the over-crowded malls and shopping centers. Powell explains: "We receive many comments from site visitors that they're shifting their Black Friday shopping from offline to online. This is chiefly done in order to get the deals that the malls provide on Black Friday without the hassle of waking up early and competing elbow-to-elbow with fellow shoppers. Also, online deals on Black Friday seem to get better as time goes on. When we first starting offering Black Friday coupon codes, a shopper would be lucky to get 5% off of their purchase. In short, the deals weren't very good. However, there is a very-real trend now in which online deals are keeping up with their offline counterparts." Powell adds that certain store's coupons actually save a customer more if they are used online rather than at the actual store's location.

Why did ShopGala commit so much of their resources to compile a list of coupon codes that may only work for a single day? Powell notes that, "Black Friday is a monster day for coupon code sites and retail stores in general. We find that traffic to our site nearly doubles on Black Friday. To best serve our site's visitors, we need to help them get the coupons they need in the shortest possible time frame. By organizing our best deals on a single page, we hope it makes the site visitor's job a tad bit easier. For example, if someone looking for a Kohls coupon code that only works on Black Friday they will be disappointed if they have to sift through old or not-yet-working Kohls coupon codes."

Black Friday coupon codes at ShopGala that are creating an early buzz include coupons for Office Max, Mint.com and Faucet Direct, the site reports. Popular categories of coupon codes include free shipping and percent off coupons.

Shoppers looking for a money-saving Black Friday Kohls Coupon code should visit http://shopgala.com/coupons/kohls-coupon-codes/1639 for more details.

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San Jose, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/01/2011 -- Early bird holiday shoppers looking to slash their shopping costs have some help from a leading coupon code website. Shopgala.com's team has recently finished a scouring of the web for working coupon codes to help customers save their hard-earned cash for the holiday season. Many of these brand-new coupon codes were released today on their site.

One ShopGala.com team member, Andy Powell, discusses which coupon codes site visitors can expect to find during their visit to his site: "We have a number of different categories of coupon codes on ShopGala.com. Some of the most common include free shipping, percent off-certain items or free items with the purchase of another item. The one thing they all have in common is that they help people save money during their trip to online retailers."

What coupon codes are popular at the moment? Powell notes that the demand for certain retailers' coupon codes stay surprisingly consistent throughout the year. "Interestingly, the retailers that have the highest demand don't fluctuate a whole lot as the holidays approach. For example, people that are on the hunt for a Kohls coupon code in March are the same that stop by our Kohls coupon code page in November. However, that's not too say demand doesn't increase. We find that more than 35% of our website's annual traffic comes during the short stretch of time from early November to the last week of December.", Powell adds. He notes that coupon codes from Nordstrom's, HSN and Kohl's are especially hot during the holiday shopping season.

Powell states that fake or non-working coupon codes are a common problem in the industry –and that ShopGala.com goes the extra mile to test their coupon codes for functionality. According to Powell: "We've worked hard to ensure that nearly all of our coupons are functional –so that our visitors can feel confident that they'll actually get the deal they were promised when they are in the online shopping card of their favorite retailer. It's crucial that a buyer seeing a 10%-off Kohls coupon actually get's 10% off of their purchase. We know how frustrating it is for a shopper in this economy to expect a deal and not get it. That's why one of our top priorities is to maximize the amount of working coupon codes on our site."

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