Vlingo is a share-to-unlock community. Connecting Gmail shares the brand promotions you receive, and in return you unlock deals and codes from millions of promo emails shared by other members, including offers from brands you don't subscribe to.

Promotions that are still valid (not expired, not spam, from legitimate proven senders and validated by our AI) are migrated to your inbox in the app. Expired and junk emails are archived. Instead of wasting time digging through an endless Promotions tab, you can instantly access the discounts and deals relevant to you. Your inbox stays clear of clutter, so you save time while getting greater savings in the app. And by sharing your promotions, you gain access to our community of millions of discounts.

Vlingo only accesses commercial email from known promotional sending domains. It can't see, access, edit or view any messages beyond these.

Our AI-driven system ignores all personal emails entirely and looks only at known senders of promotional and commercial email. We also don't provide the advertising industry with targeting cookies or similar tools, and we don't use any method of personal profiling for re-identification.

No. Your personal information is never sold. Unlike other services, we don't sell to advertising brokers. The data we analyze is aggregated and anonymized, and we only access emails from known promotional and commercial brands.

To delete your account and data, log in to the app, go to Settings, then select Delete Account.

Yes. Connect and help us grow. Depending on the volume of your promotions, you'll receive up to $10 as a prepaid gift card, activated after 90 days connected.

The app is free to download and use. The co-op works because members contribute deidentified deal intelligence, which is how everyone gets better matches. We use the deal intelligence to work with brand partners to leverage better discounts only for our members.

It's your permanent place in line. The first 1,000 members to join get a founding member number, and it never changes — it keeps accelerated rewards on your account for as long as you use vlingo. It also helps us grow relationships with leading brands to get you discounts unseen anywhere.

Gmail at launch, with more providers on the roadmap.

We offer several cash rewards through sweepstakes, plus direct discounts on products you love. Rewards are based on your contribution to the community: sharing promotions, helping us learn which products you want deals on, and flagging in the app which deals are good and which aren't. This helps us grow as a membership platform, which in turn helps us secure exclusive discounts with brands.

Each month we give away rewards from leading brands. The more deals in your inbox and the more Lockers you create, the more entries you earn. No purchase necessary. Must be 18+. Not available in Texas or Nebraska. Official rules apply.

State regulations around sweepstakes and data make these two states unavailable at launch. We're working on it, and we'd rather be straight with you than quietly geo-block you after signup.

It is where you save the things you want. Vlingo keeps an eye on those products and notifies you as soon as the price drops, so you do not need to keep checking your shopping cart every few days to see if the prices have changed.

Most companies offer discounts following a specific pattern, not randomly. Vlingo analyzes two years of data on brand behavior to predict when each one might have its next sale, and displays it in a calendar.

A coupon code represents a brief combination of letters and numbers that you enter during checkout to lower the cost. It is generated by the retailer, who also determines what the coupon applies to and its expiration date. The discount is applied before you make the payment, and there is no subsequent refund. These codes can be public, allowing anyone to use them, or personal, sent to you via email and linked to your account. Typically, personal codes have a higher value, which makes them worthwhile to locate in your email rather than searching for public ones.

The terms promo code, coupon code, and discount code essentially have the same meaning. Retailers choose the term that fits best on their checkout page. What actually differs is the offer type associated with the code: it could be a certain percentage off your purchase, a fixed amount of money off, free shipping, or a complimentary gift with your purchase.

It is identical to a promo code or a coupon code. A brief code that you enter during checkout which reduces the total amount you have to pay.

There are four main ways, listed here from most valuable to least. The first is through your email inbox. Brands often send better offers to people who are already on their mailing list, and those codes are typically personal and more generous than the public ones. Most people never read these emails. The second is by signing up for a brand's newsletter or mailing list. It's common to receive a first-order discount of 10 to 20 percent, and the only cost to the customer is providing an email address. Third is by abandoning your shopping cart. If you leave items in your online shopping cart, many retailers will send you a discount code within a day or two to encourage you to complete the purchase. And fourth is through public code websites. These are the easiest to find but often the most expired and smallest discounts. Retailers expect that a code that anyone can use is already factored into the product's price.

The most valuable and least accessed place is the promotions tab in your personal email, as personal offers are more valuable than general ones and they often go unnoticed in an unopened folder. Other sources include the retailer's website, which may have a current offers page, loyalty or rewards programs that offer member-exclusive prices, browser extensions that apply public codes at checkout, and various coupon websites that are often outdated. Vlingo helps you explore the first option and more, as members share deals with each other which means you can find offers that you weren't personally sent but someone else did and shared.

Yes, if the emails are from a legitimate company. They are required to remove you from their mailing list and it's the most straightforward way to stop receiving emails. However, if the emails are spam, it's not safe. An unsubscribe link in spam email is a sure way to tell the sender that your email address is active, which typically leads to more spam, not less. Instead, mark those emails as spam and delete them. The trick is to know whether or not you recognize the sender. If it's someone you've willingly shared your email with, use the unsubscribe link. If it's a complete stranger, don't click on anything in the email.

If you connect Gmail to Vlingo, your promotions tab is organized into three searchable channels instead of one. These channels are your own promos, predicted deals, and deals shared by other members. This way, the clutter is removed, but the discounts are still there, which is not the case if you simply delete the tab.

Gmail encrypts messages both in transit and at rest. Google also applies spam and phishing filters to all incoming messages. However, the common vulnerabilities are typically related to the user's account rather than the service itself, such as using a password that was employed on another site, not enabling two-factor authentication, or granting excessive access to a third-party app.