Cellfire Launches First Electronic Grocery Coupon Syndication Program for Smartphone Applications

Leading consumer brands and retailers come to Cellfire to deliver mobile and digital promotions.Cellfire Inc. today launched QMobile Coupons, the first electronic coupon syndication platform developed for iPhone™ and Android™ mobile applications. QMobile Coupons is a new way for mobile application developers and brands to provide valuable grocery coupon offers to the rapidly expanding mobile audience.  Consumers can easily discover and save coupons to their grocery store savings card anytime and anywhere within the convenience of their popular mobile applications.

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QR Codes for All: Mass Ability to Read and Create QR Codes Brings New Possiblilties for Coupon Marketers

Imagine pulling out your smartphone and using it as a scanner to download videos, coupons, information about a store or business, or even someone's business card info. Well, welcome to a truly digital world, because we're already there. All you need is a QR reader application.

DENSO WAVE Incorporated, the inventor of the two-dimensional barcode, called a Quick Response (QR) Code, introduced a QR Code reader application for the iPhone. The English version of the application "QRdeCODE" can be downloaded from the Apple Inc., App Store beginning June 7, for $1.99.

Not only will the QRdeCODE app allow you to scan these two-dimensional barcodes and get information, you can also create your own personal QR code so you can give information. The app will take information, like a name, number and email address and create a QR code so you can exchange your information. The user can also create a QR Code containing a text message and/or url.  

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TBO.com : Valpak pushing coupons through cell phones

Last month, Valpak quietly launched the new software so its coupons displayed better on iPhones, BlackBerry devices and other smart phones. Within 30 days, mobile phone users dialed up 140,000 coupons, a sharp increase, the company said.

Soon, the company plans to launch an iPhone application that presents mobile customers with discounts at any nearby companies that bought coupon deals through Valpak.

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Kelsey Group : Valpak Goes Mobile, Social

In an under-reported story, Valpak has begun to experiment with mobile distribution of its signature coupons. So far this has included an iPhone optimized web site and next up could be a native iPhone app.

This could come at the right time, when the mobile web continues to grow via smart phone penetration, falling device costs, and better software standards. Online coupons haven’t gotten off the ground to the degree that we all thought they would, but mobile comes without some adoption barriers (i.e. searching and printing before you leave the house).

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