Coupon Mountain

{{Infobox company

| hq_location_city = Monrovia, California

| hq_location_country = United States

| founded = {{start date and age|2001}}

| founders = {{ubl|Harry Tsao|Talmadge O'Neill}}

| type = Division

| parent = {{ubl|MeziMedia (2001-2010)|ValueClick Brands (2010-2013)|IAC (2013-2014)}}

| defunct = {{end date|2014|10}}

}}

Coupon Mountain was an e-commerce website operated based in Monrovia, California, that displayed syndicated online deals. Founded in 2001 by Harry Tsao and Talmadge O'Neill, Coupon Mountain began as one of the two original website properties for MeziMedia, which was acquired by ValueClick for up to $352 million.{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2007/07/16/valueclick-acquires-comparison-shopping-operator-mezimedia-for-up-to-352million/|title=ValueClick Acquires Comparison Shopping Operator MeziMedia For Up To $352million}} MeziMedia was renamed to ValueClick Brands in 2010.[https://web.archive.org/web/20091224010402/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=35386708 ValueClick Brands, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek] In November 2013, ValueClick sold several of its online properties to IAC{{Cite web |url=http://iac.com/media-room/press-releases/valueclick-inc-signs-definitive-agreement-sell-owned-operated-websites-segment |title=ValueClick, Inc. Signs Definitive Agreement to Sell Owned & Operated Websites Segment | IAC |access-date=2014-05-20 |archive-date=2018-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317011140/http://iac.com/media-room/press-releases/valueclick-inc-signs-definitive-agreement-sell-owned-operated-websites-segment |url-status=dead }} which, in addition to Coupon Mountain, included price-comparison website PriceRunner and investment education site Investopedia for $80 million.{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-12-10/iac-gets-a-bargain-in-buying-valueclick-websites | title=IAC Gets a Bargain in Buying ValueClick Websites | newspaper=Bloomberg.com | date=10 December 2013 }} Coupon Mountain, along with PriceRunner, were being actively shopped in 2016 after slumping sales attributed to a change in Google's search algorithm {{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/tech-tycoon-diller-to-sell-pricerunner-site-10161584|title=Tech Tycoon Diller To Sell PriceRunner Site|website=Sky News}} but only PriceRunner was sold in March 2016 to Swedish firm NS Intressenter {{Cite web |url=http://www.mannheimerswartling.se/en/news/news/iacinteractivecorp-avyttrar-pricerunner-till-ns-intressenter/ |title=IAC/InterActiveCorp divests PriceRunner to NS Intressenter | Mannheimer Swartling |access-date=2016-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817011129/http://www.mannheimerswartling.se/en/news/news/iacinteractivecorp-avyttrar-pricerunner-till-ns-intressenter/ |archive-date=2016-08-17 |url-status=dead }} for around $100 million.{{Cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/story/swedes-click-with-comparison-site-pricerunner-10207745|title = Swedes Click with Comparison Site PriceRunner}} That got fully acquired by Klarna in 2022.

At its peak in 2008, Coupon Mountain held 14% of the total market-share for coupon websites{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizreport.com/2008/06/americans_become_more_interested_in_coupons.html|title=Americans become more interested in coupons - Research archives - BizReport|website=www.bizreport.com|date=13 June 2008}} and has been offline since October 2014.