Features of using coupons on AliExpress

The rules of successful trade are unshakable regardless of its type: affordable prices, good quality goods, marketing in the form of attractive discounts. With the first item, AliExpress is doing well, but with the second, there are problems that the marketplace cannot particularly influence, like the sellers themselves. Therefore, special attention is paid here to discounts in the form of coupons, which are offered both by online stores themselves and by AliExpress, and such discounts can be received by both buyers and sellers. The problem is that not everyone knows how to get and use these coupons, and this review is dedicated to covering this interesting and useful topic.

Possibilities of using the discount received from the coupon center

The famous marketplace has a Coupon Center – a subsection of the site that collects discounts from AliExpress sellers. There are a huge number of coupons, but they can only be used with a specific seller and for certain products.

Let’s take a closer look at how to use coupons for buyers on AliExpress:

• first of all, you need to register – the Coupon Center can be used only by registered users of the service;
  
• now go directly to the Coupon Center , select the desired product (you can just view the entire page, or you can go to the desired category) and press the “Get” button;
  
• the received discount is valid only for the goods of a particular seller; to use the coupon, click the “Spend” button;
  
• you will be redirected to the page of the online store that provided you with the discount. To apply this coupon on AliExpress, click the Products button or the Discount Products tab and select the products you are interested in;
  
• we add the product to the cart, and its cost will be automatically reduced by the amount of the discount provided.

Note that recently you can get a coupon in another way – by exchanging the accumulated virtual coins for discount coupons. True, this opportunity is only available in the mobile application, and there are rules. How to get and exchange coins for coupons is a topic for another article, and also quite interesting.

In runet, you can easily find a dozen sites that are aggregators of discounts on AliExpress, that is, they specialize in finding the most “delicious” offers and post them for everyone to see.

Retrieving and Applying a Seller Coupon

You don’t have to go to the Coupon Center to use a coupon from a seller on AliExpress. As such, there is no button for this center either on the website or in the mobile application. But even just browsing the products, you can get a discount coupon. Here’s how to do it:

• choosing the product you are interested in in the catalog, click on it;
• we get to the product card, where on the right, under the price (or price range, if the products are offered with different characteristics) there may be an offer with discounts from the seller himself, and next to it there is a button “Get coupons”;
  
• after clicking on it, a window will open with all the discounts and instructions on how to get and use them;
  
• You can also view the bonuses from the seller through the menu of the online store by clicking on the “Discount goods” button (there will be a subsection “Seller discounts”, where all coupons and goods on sale are collected;
  
• There can be several discounts, but whether you can use them in total or only one at a time depends on the seller. To activate the coupon, it is enough to add the item to the cart after clicking the “Get coupons” button, the discount value will be taken into account automatically, and it is easy to check.
  

In the mobile application, the coupon rules on AliExpress are the same as on the website.

Using a newbie coupon

Red coupons provided by the AliExpress hypermarket itself are rare. Their feature is the ability to use with any product. We will describe below how to search for such coupons, but for now we note that any newly registered user of the service has the opportunity to receive a new user coupon as an incentive, the size of which is usually small and varies between 2-6 dollars. This money is paid to sellers by AliExpress itself, so this discount is considered the most universal, although it is applicable only once.

You can get a newbie coupon on AliExpress absolutely free of charge – just click the corresponding button, which is displayed on the main page and when browsing the catalog. It appears immediately after registration and becomes unavailable if you have already used this coupon, which applies to absolutely all product offers.

Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to apply a newbie coupon from AliExpress:

• just go shopping by adding the items you like to the cart;
• when you go to the cart, you can tick off everything that you want to buy right now;
  
• now you can click the Get Coupons button. A window will open, where all the discounts that you can use will be listed (usually these are seller discounts, which depend on the total value of the order and therefore are not always applicable). If any of the discounts is available to you, click the “Apply” button;
  
• if you refresh the page, then on the right in the order window, the total amount will decrease by the amount of the discount received;
  
• but to spend your newbie coupon, you need to click the “Buy” button, after which it will be possible to use a newbie discount from AliExpress, as well as a special coupon, if you have one, or a promotional code. The latter can be obtained if, for example, register on the service using the invitation link. The order amount will again decrease by the size of the discounts used.
  

How to get and use special coupons on AliExpress

As a reward for loyal customers, AliExpress practices the distribution of coupons. Your chances of getting these special coupons are increased if you use the mobile app.

One of the main ways to get such discounts from the service is to exchange the accumulated virtual currency for coupons. There are several ways to accumulate such coins, mainly performing any active actions on AliExpress:

• by daily access to the “Mobile Bonuses” section and by clicking on the coin icon;
  
• by subscribing to receive offers from stores;
• making reposts about the service in social networks;
• just visiting stores on AliExpress every day;
• coins are given even for completing games available in the mobile application.
  

Another way to get and use specials. coupons on AliExpress – participation in sales. In the mobile application, they are usually indicated in white, and on the site – in red or combined red and white. If special coupons are available, you can see them in the product card, for which you need to click the “Get coupons” button. The exact same result is guaranteed by clicking the Buy Now button. If the service asks for coins for a discount, and you have enough of them, then use this opportunity to get a special coupon.

Often, AliExpress gives discounts for some significant dates, it can be both coins and coupons.

Let’s consider how to use special coupons provided by the AliExpress service. To do this, go to your personal account and click the “Coupons” button. A page will appear on which all currently available coupons, including those from the service, will be marked. Just click the “Apply” button and you will be taken to the section where the products for which the selected discount is provided will be collected. Choose the products you need, the special coupon can be used at the stage of ordering, that is, after clicking the “Buy” button.

AliExpress Coupon Policy

As a rule, all coupons provided by sellers and the service have restrictions in terms of their use:

• most often the coupon is applicable to an order for a certain amount (if from a seller, then the order must also be formed from the range of this online store);
• if you have accumulated a sufficient number of coupons to pay for the purchase in full, then you will not be able to do this – the coupon is valid only for a certain part of the cost of the product;
• coupons can not be used for all sellers, even if it is a discount from the AliExpress hypermarket;
• usually cash bonuses can be accumulated, but within the same online store. It’s not common to split a discount between two different sellers;
• for each order, there may be a limitation on the number of coupons used;
• each coupon has a limited duration, from a few hours to 1-2 weeks. If you do not have time to use it, the discount will disappear.

Despite these limitations, coupons help you buy the item you need much cheaper, especially if you use multiple coupons at once. We hope that the knowledge gained will help you save substantial amounts on each purchase. Happy shopping!