Shoppers can ask ChatGPT to find the best discounts and coupons at over 300,000 US retailers using a plugin from California-based SimplyCodes.

SimplyCodes is an AI-driven and community-centric coupon tool. Its ChatGPT plugin is available in OpenAI’s plugin store.

After installing the plugin in their ChatGPT account, shoppers can ask ChatGPT to find the best discounts and coupons at over 300,000 US retailers. Prior to the availability of this plugin, shoppers had limited access to real-time pricing or discounts information when using ChatGPT for shopping.

“Shopping hasn’t been a core use case for ChatGPT to date,” said Michael Quoc, founder of tech accelerator Demand.io, creator of SimplyCodes. “Our goal with the SimplyCodes ChatGPT plugin is to bring our industry-leading coupons and deals service directly to the hands of anyone using ChatGPT for shopping, price comparison or product research.”

With a community-first philosophy akin to Wikipedia, SimplyCodes uses AI, crowdsourcing and blockchain to empower its community of shoppers to earn rewards for contributing to its database of coupons.

“Prior to SimplyCodes, when shoppers asked ChatGPT for deals at popular brands like Nike, Walmart or Kohl’s, they would receive either no information or, worse, they would receive lists of coupons that were often expired or didn’t work,” said Sean Gartland, vice president at Demand.io. “With the SimplyCodes ChatGPT plugin enabled, shoppers will now receive a highly curated, verified, real-time listing of the best coupons for virtually any retailer directly from our database.”

To use the SimplyCodes plugin, users can browse the plugin store within ChatGPT, search for SimplyCodes or coupon and then enable the plugin. Going forward, whenever queried about deals and coupons, ChatGPT will call up the SimplyCodes plugin and return the best verified, real-time deals and coupon codes to satisfy the user’s request.

During 2023 and 2024, SimplyCodes will introduce its native iPhone and Android applications as well as additional AI integrations and features. SimplyCodes will also be available internationally starting in 2024.

Retailers seeking to connect with more customers using AI can now partner with SimplyCodes for integration into its AI ecosystem. SimplyCodes partners with more than 40,000 brands through affiliate relationships, and these brands can deliver their latest discounts and offers directly to ChatGPT users through the plugin.

Demand.io is a tech accelerator based in Los Angeles focused on creating ecommerce shopping tools powered by AI and community.