How to Use My Coupins

Find, Organize and Share Coupons, Discounts and Deals

• How to search for a coupon• How to setup free account – personal• How to edit your account• How to setup a free account - Business• How to create/add a coupon board• How to add the coupon clipper to your browser• How to add a coupon• How to share a coupon• How to follow a person or company• How to use My Coupins on your phone

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How to Find a Coupon

My Coupins – Search by Category

Three ways to view coupons;1. Everything – All coupons with latest

coupons at the top2. Popular – See the most popular coupons

based on “likes” and “repins”3. Category – See only coupons for the

category you want

My Coupins – Search by Keyword

Search by Keyword - “pizza”

My Coupins – Search by Keyword

Search by Brand – “Best Buy”

My Coupins – Search by Keyword

Search by Brand – “Papa Murphy’s”

My Coupins – Search by Keyword

Search by Location – City or State

How to Set A Free Account on My Coupins

My Coupins – Setup Free Account

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My Coupins – Setup Free Account

If you click on “Register/Login”, then click on Register Account

My Coupins – Setup Free Account

Two ways to register;1. Social Login – Login with your

Facebook or Twitter account2. Create Account – Choose a

Username and Password, enter your email address and check the “Terms of Service” box

* Check your email for your user registration confirmation

My Coupins – Setup Free Account

Open the “Account Registration” email from My Coupins

My Coupins – Setup Free Account

Click the link to verify your email and new account

My Coupins – Setup Free Account

After clicking the link in your email to verify your new account, you will be brought back to this page.

Click the “Login” button to start finding, organizing and sharing your favorite coupons, deals and discounts!

My Coupins – Setup Free Account

When you are logged in, you will see your user name and “Add” at the top right of the page.

How to Edit Your Settings and Profile

My Coupins – Edit Settings

When you move your mouse over your name, you will see a dropdown menu where you can manage your account and edit your settings.

To edit your profile, click on “Settings”

My Coupins – Edit Settings

There are three things you can edit/manage on the Settings page;1. Change your password2. Edit your profile3. Change email notifications

My Coupins – Change Password

To change your password, enter your new password in the “Password” box and enter it again in the “Confirm Password” box.

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the “Save Settings” button to save your new password.

My Coupins – Edit Profile

In the Profile section, you can add a brief description about yourself, your city and state, a link to your website if you have one and links to your social media profiles on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google+.

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the “Save Settings” button to save your changes.

For the social media accounts you only need to type in your

My Coupins – Edit Profile

There are 4 email notifications alerts and they are all checked/turned on in the default setting.

This will allow you to see how other users are engaging with the coupons you are posting and when someone follows you, which is especially helpful for business accounts.

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the “Save Settings” button to save your changes.

The Email Notification settings appear at the bottom of the Settings page so you will have to scroll down to see them.

My Coupins – Completed User Profile

This is what a completed and active user profile looks like including links to the user’s Facebook, Twitter and Google+ accounts

You can view your profile by clicking on the “See Your Public Profile” button on the Settings page.

How to Create a Coupon Board

My Coupins – Create/Add a Board

The first step to creating or adding a board is to move your mouse over the “Add” dropdown at the top right of the home page and click on “Board”

My Coupins – Create/Add a Board

1) In the “Title” box, type in the name of your new board e.g. Grocery, Pizza, Kohl’s, Children's Clothing, etc.

Remember that you are choosing names for your boards based on how you want to organize your coupons.

2) After you type in the name of your new board, choose a category from the “Category” dropdown list. This will make it easier for other people on My Coupins to find, follow and share your coupons and boards.

My Coupins – Create/Add a Board

In this example, John is creating a board for Oil Change Coupons.

The logical “Category” choice would be Automotive.

After you have added the Title and selected the Category for your new board, click on the blue “Add Board” button.

My Coupins – Create/Add a Board

Here is what your new board will look like.

As you can see, no coupons have been added to this board yet….

How to Add a Coupon

My Coupins – How to Add a Coupon

The first step to adding a coupon is to move your mouse over the “Add” dropdown menu at the top right of the home page and click on “Pin”

My Coupins – How to Add a Coupon

There are 3 ways to add a coupon to My Coupins;1. Upload an image/coupon

from your computer2. Type in the url of the

coupon image or the web page where the coupon exists.

3. Use the My Coupins coupon clipper from your web browser.

My Coupins – How to Add a Coupon

To upload a coupon/image from your computer, click the “Choose File” Button.

This will open a window from your computer where your images are saved.

Double click on the coupon you want to pin on your Board

My Coupins – How to Add a Coupon

Your coupon will appear in the coupon staging area where you can add more information such as;• A description – You can add

things like the company name, expiration date, address, phone #, etc.

• Tags – This is where you add words to make your coupon more searchable like; oil change, Minneapolis, Valvoline, etc.

• Price – This is a feature that rarely gets used on My Coupins.

• Link - A link to the website of the web page where the coupon lives or a link to the home page of the company offering the coupon.

• Category – This refers to the categories of the boards you have created. Notice “Oil Change Coupons” is already showing because we already created this board in our profile.

• You can also create a new board/category in your profile by clicking on the “Add New Board” button.

• “Pin It” – Click this when you are ready to post your coupon to the website

My Coupins – How to Add a Coupon

Your coupon will appear in the coupon staging area where you can add more information such as;• A description – You can add

things like the company name, expiration date, address, phone #, etc.

• Tags – This is where you add words to make your coupon more searchable like; oil change, Minneapolis, Valvoline, etc.

• Price – This is a feature that rarely gets used on My Coupins.

• Link - A link to the website of the web page where the coupon lives or a link to the home page of the company offering the coupon.

• Category – This refers to the categories of the boards you have created. Notice “Oil Change Coupons” is already showing because we already created this board in our profile.

• You can also create a new board/category in your profile by clicking on the “Add New Board” button.

• “Pin It” – Click this when you are ready to post your coupon to the website

My Coupins – How to Add a Coupon

After you click the “Pin It” button at the bottom of your coupon, you will see your completed coupon/pin. This page is only visible to you.

From this page you can see that it was pinned to your “Oil Change Coupons” board.

Click on the “See This Pin” button to see the page you created for this coupon.

From this page you can also; • “Add Another Pin” – Click here if

you have another coupon you want to post to one of your boards.

• Share it on Social Media – From here, you can like your coupon on Facebook, Tweet it on your Twitter account or share it on Google+

My Coupins – How to Add a Coupon

This is how your coupon page looks to the public. From this page anyone can also; • “Pin it” to their

Pinterest account• “Embed” the coupon

on another website or blog

• “Email” it to a friend• “Report” it if there

are errors on it or it is spam

• “Post a comment” about the coupon or the establishment offering the coupon

Users can also see who pinned it and when it was pinned and “Repin” it to one of their own boards.

The “Edit” buttons are only visible to you because its your coupon and you are logged in to your account.

My Coupins – How to Add a Coupon

This is how your coupon looks on the My Coupins home page.