Frequently asked questions
Straight answers about how Fyndare works: success rates, freshness, and how we keep the lights on.
What is Fyndare?
Fyndare is a coupon and promo-code site built around real evidence. Codes come from retailers' own affiliate feeds and are removed at sync time once a retailer stops publishing them, and every store page shows the date its feed was last checked. As shoppers report back, a code also builds a public track record: its success rate and when it last worked. The name comes from the Swedish word "fynd", a great find or bargain.
What does "fynd" mean?
"Fynd" is Swedish for a great find: a bargain or treasure you uncover. In Sweden it isn't just a discount; it's the thrilling moment of discovering something valuable. Fyndare ("the finder") is built to give shoppers that feeling at checkout.
How do you know if a coupon code works?
Two ways. First, shoppers vote on every code ("did this work?"), and those votes update each code's success rate and last-worked date in real time. Second, automated freshness checks deactivate codes past their expiry date. Codes are ranked by a confidence score that combines success rate, how recently a code was confirmed working, and listing recency.
Why do some coupon codes not work?
Retailers retire codes without notice, restrict them to specific items or customers, or cap redemptions. That's why we show the retailer's own expiry date and drop codes that leave the feed, instead of pretending everything works. Recently expired codes are labeled as such. Retailers sometimes honor them past the listed end date.
Is Fyndare free? Do I need an account?
Yes, completely free, and no account is needed. There are no pop-ups, no email walls, and no registration barriers. Find a code, copy it, use it.
How does Fyndare make money?
Through affiliate commissions: when you buy after clicking a store link, the retailer may pay us a commission at no extra cost to you. This never affects which codes we show or how they rank. Ranking is driven by community votes and freshness data. Full details are on the affiliate disclosure page.
How often are codes updated?
Sync jobs run every four hours against each partner affiliate network, and offers that no longer appear in a feed are removed on that run. How recently any one store was refreshed depends on when its retailer republishes, so each store page prints its own last-checked date instead of a site-wide promise. Codes past their expiry date deactivate automatically, and community votes update success rates in real time.
What is the success rate shown on codes?
The share of shopper votes reporting that the code worked, out of all votes on that code. A code showing "90% success (30 votes)" worked for 27 of the 30 shoppers who reported back. Codes start unrated rather than with an invented score, and because voting is new, the large majority currently show no rate at all — an unrated code is not a bad one, just an unreported one.
Still curious? Read the affiliate disclosure or start finding codes on the homepage.