PayPal Honey for Safari 4+

An Awesome App

I've had the Honey app for about 3 years now and I have benefited greatly just for shopping, something I do anyway. I no longer have to search the web for coupon codes. Honey finds the most relevant coupon codes that saves me the most money. Sometimes, Honey has saved me more money than the coupons a website might offer. That's not even the best part about the Honey app. Within just this year, I have earned over $135 cash back. That's real cash back in my pocket!!!! I try not to make big purchases if I don't have the Honey app available. If you are thinking about downloading the app, what are you waiting for? You're literally losing money without it. Happy shopping!!!

Meh...

To respond to the devloper comment, it wasn't the codes that usually didn't work that ultimately made me remove it from my computer, it was how horrible it made Safari run. The Honey Extension really slowed things down. Between this and the fact that the codes didn't always work, I removed it. And FWIW, I didn't ever enter codes, I just let Honey do it, but like I mentioned, most times they didn't work...

I downloaded this a couple of months ago on my MBA. Over the last couple of months, it has "saved" me some money on a few random purchases without me actually having to search for codes and trying them. I never signed up with Honey, I just let it do it's thing when browsing for items to buy. Most times it didn't do anything though... Anyway, I have noticed the last few weeks that my computer has been going really slow.... and this came on suddenly. I have gigabit internet and my computers no slouch, so I knew something was wrong... I had a hunch that it may be this app slowing everything down so today I deleted it from my computer.... and BAM! My computer is back to lightening fast! So, nevermind the fact that this is just a data miner (but what isn't anymore?) but this was an ok app. Too bad it slowed everything down so much though... I couldn't take how much it slowed Safari down and took it off... and it won't be back. I'll just have to go back to using google to search for coupons again! lol.

Developer Response ,

Hey there, thanks for reaching out! It's possible that code you used just didn't apply to the items in your cart. Our system monitors coupon activity - If it finds that a coupon code hasn’t been working for any of our members, it will be removed from our system. We do not sell your personal information. Ever. Honey works by finding you the best deals. When you buy something with a Honey coupon, promo code, or offer, the store sometimes pays us a fee. That’s how we make money. We do not need to (or want to) sell your information.

Smart way of collecting user data

I used this app, and in the beginning, it saved me a few bucks. Sure, it is convenient to have an automatic coupon search when they even work. It is, however, unclear how to use the accumulated reward points (I guess they're helpful to use within their affiliated merchants?). Anyway, despite its usefulness or not, I uninstalled this app given the incredible amount of personal data it collects from users, including financial information, browser history, searches, location, and so much more. They build a comprehensive profile of their users to serve whatever business they run behind the curtains based on user data mining. Suppose this is okay if you don't mind giving away your sensitive data for free (the coupons are searchable anyway). Honey is a Paypal service, a company whose business model and ethics are not on my best consideration. If you make heavy use of online shopping, you can save a few dollars the easy way, but the trade of my personal information for such a convenience is definitely not worth it.

Developer Response ,

Hey there! We're happy to clarify.

When you earn enough, you can redeem your Honey Gold for a gift card of your choice on the Redemption Page.

In terms of privacy, we only read the page when you're on a whitelisted shopping site so that we can find coupon codes for you. If you're not on a shopping site on our whitelist, then we don't track or see any of your browsing. Our extension never collects other sites' passwords, phone numbers, or your credit card info. Additionally, we do not sell your personal information. Ever. Honey works by finding you the best deals. When you buy something with a Honey coupon, promo code, or offer, the store sometimes pays us a fee. That’s how we make money. We do not need to (or want to) sell your information.

You can read more about the commitment in our Privacy Policy: http://bit.ly/2QlMqqe.