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How AusCoupons verifies discount codes

Our verification checklist for Australian discount codes, promo codes and sign-up offers — the exact steps each deal goes through before it's published or refreshed.

Every deal on AusCoupons passes through the same checklist before we publish it, and the same checklist again every month.

The pre-publish checklist

Before a deal page goes live, the editor:

  1. Opens the brand’s live Australian page or app in a fresh browser session — not a cached affiliate page or a US/UK redirect.
  2. Confirms the offer is available to Australian customers — billing address AU, app store AU, no geo-block on sign-up.
  3. Notes the exact reward in plain numbers ($30 off your first ride, not “up to 50% off”).
  4. Reads the published terms for: minimum spend, who’s eligible (new customers only?), expiry, region.
  5. Tests the redemption flow — clicks the link or pastes the code at checkout to confirm it applies.
  6. Records the verification date in the page front matter (lastVerified). This is what shows up as “Last checked” in the sidebar of every deal page.

The monthly refresh

On the 1st of every month an automated job updates the lastVerified date and re-stamps the “Last updated” line in the body of each page. The editor then re-opens any deal whose terms have shifted in the past 30 days, and rewrites the page (or removes it).

If you spot a deal that’s stale, broken or misleading, get in touch via the Thrifty Kiwi contact page with the URL and we’ll re-check it within a week.

What we won’t publish

  • Anonymous community codes. If we can’t trace it to the brand’s published offer or a sign-up link we’ve used ourselves, it doesn’t go up.
  • “Up to” offers without a floor. “Up to 70% off” with no clear minimum benefit is marketing, not a deal.
  • Codes from brands whose terms prohibit external promotion.
  • Codes that only work outside Australia. Even if they’re generous, the audience here is AU shoppers.

Why we publish a verification date

Most coupon sites bury the verification date or fake it with a daily JavaScript timestamp. We surface the real date the editor last opened the brand’s page. If a deal page says “Last checked 12 March 2026” and you’re reading this in May, that’s a signal to email us — the monthly refresh missed something.

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