I wanted to write a post on how to organize a coupon swap for today’s Frugal Friday post. If you are purchasing several papers a week you will find that you end up with many “extra” coupons. One of the best sources I find for finding coupons is through “swapping”. I created an exchange when I started stockpiling with several of my friends. We got together once a week and simply swapped coupons. It was nice because we were able to each find coupons that were “leftover” from each other and put them to use. Now through the site we have created a swap with our local library in our community that meets twice a month.
It is simple to start a swap.
- Start a swap at work. For those interested place your leftover coupons into a rubber maid container with lid and then everyone can pass the container back and forth or place in your break room.
- Form a lunch bunch swap and enjoy a sack lunch together while you swap.
- Form a coupon swap with members of your MOMS Club, MOPS, Homemakers or PTSO.
- Swap with the Moms at your children’s school, ask if you can swap in an extra room of the cafeteria after drop off or before pick up.
- Another idea is to email a group of friends and see who would be interested in participating and how often.
Swapping is great because for example I personally don’t use baby coupons or pet coupons however those are in “high demand” for many of my friends. If you form a group with a diverse group that will make swapping even more profitable!
Just a reminder never throw away an expired coupon. You can read about donating expired coupons.
Hope these tips help you organize a coupon swap! It only takes 2 people to start one!
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As stay-at-home moms for eight years, Melissa and Shelley know what it takes to live a savvy lifestyle within a budget. Their passion for helping people has expanded their reach from Stockpiling Moms.com to also including speaking engagements, book authors (Savvy Saving Couponing Secrets from the Stockpiling Moms) and conference co-hosts. Melissa and Shelley are best friends who met through 
A coworker and I have been swapping coupons for a while now, and now another coworker gives me his leftovers (he doesn’t want mine). Since the start of the year, I’ve been doing a coupon swap with my friends – we are only meeting every other month, but it’s been great!
I’d always have coupon discussions with two of my former students on Facebook. One decided to start a page where we could converse and share ideas. This was around March of this year. We have now grown to 87 people in our group just by referrals from other people in the group. It is a private group which makes the growth even more exciting! We exchange unwanted coupons with each other via mail, in person or when we meet-up in a group. We also send unused/expired coupons to the military. It’s a great way to be comrades-in-arms to save money!