MobileCoupons(TM) Launches Free Mobile Coupon Platform for Retailers

CINCINNATI, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- MobileCoupons.com launched a first of its kind, online coupon creator that makes it easy for retailers and restaurants to create and distribute mobile and digital coupon offers.  In less than 5 minutes merchants can create and publish coupons through a simple user interface. Once approved, the offers are available to consumers everywhere through downloadable iPhone and Android apps, the mobile web, and wired Internet – coupons are redeemed by showing the coupon on your phone.  The product is free to both merchants and consumers.  

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MobileCoupons.com includes built-in analytics so merchants can track and change their coupons at any time.  This means that coupon offers can show real time results and campaigns can be optimized immediately.  In addition, coupons can be created for short time frames to fill slow demand time periods or as a special promotion.  

MobileCoupons are now offered by well-known chains such as Arby's, AAMCO Transmission and Little Caesars as well as independent restaurants like Tommy Doyle's in Boston.  According to the Yankee Group, Mobile coupons are projected to grow 10x next year and to continue triple digit growth in 2011 and 2012.  As retailers rush to take advantage of this trend, MobileCoupons.com is working with a number of large national chains to integrate MobileCoupons.com directly into their POS systems.  MobileCoupons.com parent company experience in the barcode/scanner and mobile web industries makes them an ideal partner for solving retailer operational issues.

MobileCoupons have social networking built-in and can be shared on Twitter and Facebook with just a click of a button. All offers are also optimized for web search engines, increasing the online visibility of both brands and their coupons.  In most cases merchant listings and coupons are already near the top of search results.  

"A pizza restaurant in Houston Texas recently posted a creative deal on mobilecoupons.com whereby a consumer just shows the coupon on their phone and 10% of the bill is donated to Haiti Relief," said Rob Deubell, President of MobileCoupons.com. "Consumers in Houston tweeted the Haiti Relief coupon via the website, sharing it with their friends and family."  Offers can also be printed from a desktop computer, sent to phone via text messaging, or searched and clipped from the mobile web, iPhone or android app.  MobileCoupons.com reaches all consumers – even those without a smartphone or web-enabled phone.  

Mobile Coupons offer a number of advantages for consumers; they don't have to find, cut, save and remember to carry coupons; MobileCoupons.com gives consumers anytime, anywhere access.  According to a recent study by the Yankee Group, 87% of consumers are interested in receiving coupons through their phone.  Unlike other mobile coupon services, all of the coupons on MobileCoupons.com are created directly by merchants, so there is a 100% redemption success rate.  

About MobileCoupons.com

Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, MobileCoupons.com is wholly owned by OpenMotion LLC & RACO Industries, who have 20 years of experience in the barcode and data collection industry and 6 years experience creating mobile applications for consumer brands like Hotels.com, Ticketmaster and Expedia.  The track record in mobile and barcode/scanner technologies places mobilecoupons.com in a strong position to solve operational issues with retailers.  RACO's experience in barcoding, application development and mobility led to the purchase of the mobilecoupons.com domain name in late 2003.  After waiting several years for the wireless market to mature, MobileCoupons.com was officially launched in December of 2009.

SOURCE MobileCoupons.com