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We Tested Honey's Codes. Here's How Many Were Dead.
Most coupon codes online are dead. Somebody has to find that out at checkout. With Honey, that somebody is you. We put its codes and ours through the same guest carts.
The score
Dead means the checkout rejected the code. A real code that this cart didn't qualify for isn't counted as dead.
| Honey | McClipFace | |
|---|---|---|
| Codes tried | 62 | 61 |
| Typed in by hand | 31 | None. The agent does it. |
| Dead at checkout | 71% | 64% |
| Dead codes reported so other shoppers skip them | Shows a store success rate. Per code: not disclosed | Yes. Codes reported dead more than working drop to the bottom |
Whose time pays?
Dead codes are everywhere, on both sides of the score. The real question is who has to find the one that works.
With Honey, it's yours
You sit at checkout, click its button, and wait while it runs. When it couldn't, we typed its codes in by hand at 4 stores, for 3 that worked.
With McClipFace, it's the agent's
It tries the codes, reports what the checkout said, and checks them again, so the dead ones don't make it to you.
It gets better with use
Every real checkout reports back. The more people use it, the more codes get verified and the further the dead ones sink down the list.
And the money?
Honey saved $49.70 and we saved $34.20 this round. Your time is worth more.
How we tested
- Guest carts at 9 stores, October 12 to 13. Each cart got a junk code first, so we knew what a rejection looks like there.
- Honey's auto-apply ran wherever it would. Where it didn't, we typed its listed codes in by hand.
- No orders were placed. A code worked if the checkout took money off. A real code the cart didn't qualify for isn't counted as dead.
- When Honey ran codes without showing a result, we left them out of the percent dead.
- We didn't time anything, so the counts stand in for the work. One cart per store over two days is a small sample. Treat it as a snapshot.
Let the agent try the codes for you
Typing codes in at checkout is the part the agent takes off your hands. Every code a real shopper tests at a real checkout gets reported back and feeds the database.