How we verify codes
Most coupon sites stamp “Verified today” on every card from the server clock. We don't. A verification date on CouponGroove means someone actually checked that code on that date, and the site records how it was checked. There are three levels, and each card tells you which one applies:
The three verification levels
- Sign-up test — the strongest level: a real registration was completed through the code recently enough to confirm the reward attaches. We can't do this constantly (merchants allow one account per person), so it's reserved for new codes and spot checks.
- Merchant-page check — the current program terms were read on the merchant's own site and this page was updated to match them, including reward amounts and requirements.
- Link check — the referral link was confirmed to resolve to the merchant's live sign-up flow with the referral attached. This catches dead and rewritten links, which is how most codes actually die.
The rules we hold ourselves to
- A verification date is never bumped without a real check behind it.
- If a code can't be re-verified, the card says “Not yet re-verified” — you'll see that label on the site right now, because honesty beats cosmetics.
- Expired codes move to a labeled “Expired” section instead of being dressed up as live. They stay visible because they document what the merchant has offered before.
- Reward claims state the realistic case, not the marketing ceiling — where a program uses lottery-style odds (like Robinhood's gift stock), the page says what most people get.
- Every referral code here is the site owner's own. A couple of listings are public merchant offers instead (Wang Jewelry's WELCOME code, OysterVPN's plan pricing) — those pages say so, and they currently earn this site nothing. There is no scraped inventory and no user-submitted codes we can't vouch for.
Found a dead code?
Report it. Confirmed-dead codes are marked expired the same day — that's the deal this site makes with its readers, and it's why the verification dates here mean something.
Want to run this kind of scrutiny yourself? We've written upeight quick checks that expose a lying coupon siteand asign-up bonus checklist to run before you deposit anywhere — the same tests we apply here, portable to any offer on the internet.