What Zinc Save does

Zinc Save was a for-profit, privately held company founded in 2014 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Per available firmographic data, it operated as a Chrome extension designed to automate online savings for consumers — a consumer-facing browser tool in the coupon/cashback category that competed in a crowded market alongside players such as Honey, Capital One Shopping, and Rakuten.

The company was accepted into Y Combinator's accelerator program as part of its 2014 cohort, which provided initial incubator-level support. No subsequent funding rounds, revenue figures, customer counts, product details, management team, or partnership data are present in the source material. Firmographic indicators suggest a micro-scale operation (1-10 employees), consistent with an early-stage consumer extension.

Critically, the only verifiable primary source data shows that ZincSave.com — the company's domain — is currently listed for sale on the HugeDomains marketplace for $495 (or $20.63/month for 24 months at 0% interest). The listing contains no indication of an active product, service, or operating business, and no company history, revenue, or operational status is disclosed. This effectively renders the company dormant or wound down, with its core digital asset being liquidated through a domain marketplace rather than transferred or operated.

Name

Zinc Save

Website

https://zincsave.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Zinc Save was a Cambridge, MA-based consumer Chrome extension founded in 2014 (Y Combinator batch) that automated online savings. The company appears dormant, with its domain ZincSave.com currently listed for sale on HugeDomains for $495.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

akta.pro primary industry

Social Commerce Enablement (Shops, Catalog, Checkout, Link-in-bio) (CRAFANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Omnichannel Commerce & Click-and-Collect Platforms (BPAMAGAL)

Keywords

• Browser savings extension
• Automated online savings
• Shopping savings tool
• Personal finance browser plugin
• Consumer savings software

Headquarters

HQ city

Cambridge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Operations

Core offering

Zinc Save offers a Chrome browser extension focused on automating savings for users while they shop online. The product is a consumer-facing browser plugin intended to surface or apply savings opportunities automatically during online browsing and checkout flows. No additional product modules, service tiers, or enterprise offerings are documented in the available source material.

Product overview

ZincSave.com is a domain name listed for sale on HugeDomains marketplace. The domain is currently not associated with an active product, service, or company offering. The listing contains no information about products, services, modules, or any active business operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Direct peers

• Capital One Shopping: Browser extension (formerly Wikibuy) that compares prices, applies coupons, and offers rewards on online purchases. Closely comparable product offering and customer use case to Zinc Save.
• Karma: Shopping and cashback browser/wallet extension providing automatic coupons and rewards at checkout. Direct product comparison and same target user behavior.
• Honey (PayPal): Browser extension that automatically finds and applies coupon codes and cashback offers at checkout. Direct product overlap with Zinc Save's described savings-automation functionality, now scaled and owned by PayPal.

Emerging players

• BeFrugal: Cashback and coupon site with browser extension support. Comparable savings-automation functionality at a smaller scale than Honey/Rakuten.
• CamelCamelCamel: Amazon-focused price tracking and alert tool with a browser extension component. Partial overlap: targets deal-seeking shoppers but specializes in price history rather than checkout-time coupon automation.
• Keepa: Amazon price tracker with browser extension that surfaces deal and price-drop data. Adjacent savings-extension use case, narrower in catalog scope.

Broad incumbents

• CouponCabin: Cashback and coupon aggregator serving the same value proposition as Zinc Save. Larger, more established player with broader retail partnerships.
• RetailMeNot: Long-standing coupon, deal, and cashback platform serving the same consumer deal-seeking behavior Zinc Save targets, but as a multi-channel web/mobile destination rather than a Chrome extension.
• Slickdeals: Large community-driven deals and coupons platform. Comparable consumer savings use case, though heavier on curated deal content vs. in-checkout automation.
• Rakuten: Established cashback and affiliate shopping platform with browser extension support. Comparable in core savings/cashback mechanic but operates at much greater scale and as a broader loyalty ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights2 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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