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Our purpose is to ensure that coupon codes are available that will save the savvy web-wise shopper a little money. There are usually codes available, often they are hidden amongst dozens of expired codes. While it is a challenge to continually update coupon sites, by focusing on one merchant (shop.mlb.com) instead of hundreds or even thousands of merchants like some coupon sites, we are able to give all of our attention to providing up to date codes.

In our experience, there is not always a coupon code that is current, and most sites leave the expired ones for people to try endlessly. Perhaps they leave the coupon on their site to add valuable ‘content’ that the search engines love. Other coupon codes that are floating around cyberspace, are actually codes that were never meant to be available to the public. For example, a couple of years ago, MLB customer service had a code ‘MLBSORRY20′ that gave 20% off to people who had bad experiences with their online shopping experience. Somehow this code was shared, no doubt on a board such as fatwallet.com and before MLB knew it, MLBSORRY20 was being used by every other shopper. Their intent to show goodwill towards those whose order was messed up, was abused by 1000′s of people looking for a deal. Since then, MLB has kept tighter control over their promotional codes so that they all have expiry dates within a week or two of release.

That being said consider this quote from Newsweek, June 25, 2007:

“Growing at a rate of roughly 30 percent a year, (mlb.com) now takes in about $400 million in revenue. Going by its logs, it entertains more than 50 million visitors a month, putting it close to the top 100 sites of any kind. By the end of the season, more than a million subscribers will pay for its media offerings, including video content of all out-of-market games at $99 to $120 a season and audio broadcasts for $20 a season. More than a billion minutes of baseball will flow from its servers. It sells more than $80 million in merchandise, ranging from hats and jerseys to authenticated relics like signed baseballs and bases. (In the 24 hours after Boston became champs in 2004, the site sold $5 million worth of Red Sox gear.) BAM processes a third of the 75 million tickets sold for major-league parks, and resells at premium prices the ducats that season-ticket holders want to offload. It also employs a team of journalists who cover each team—”we had to make sure our reporters were independent,” says BAM’s content czar Dinn Mann—and hosts hundreds of blogs written by players, celebrities and fans. One of the fastest-growing revenue streams is advertising, now bringing in 15 percent of the total. . . . ”

So maybe they could spare us a few deals ; )