A Note from Neal
Welcome to the March issue of DealTaker.com’s newsletter.

Once again, we’ll be sponsoring the North Texas Race for the Cure held June 2 in the Plano, TX area. We’ve set a goal to sponsor 10-12 such races around the country, so if you’d like us to help with a race in your area, go to www.komen.org to find a race near you, then send an e-mail request to beth@dealtaker.com so we can look into it.

Thanks as always for helping us make DealTaker.com the cool place for hot deals!
– Neal Rapoport, president

Tax Time is Here!
The clock is ticking, but you still have plenty of time to save money by filing your tax return through one of our links. At DealTaker.com, you can access exclusive coupon codes and savings links to five top tax filing programs – TurboTax, TaxCut, TaxNet. TaxBrain and Complete Tax.

Easter Fashions & Bunny Stuff!
With Easter less than a month away, bargains abound at DealTaker.com for everything you need for the biggest of Spring time holidays.

Peruse a myriad of clothing retailers for Easter dresses and spring shoes at stores like JC Penney, Chadwicks, Coldwater Creek.

Find spring-themed décor from stores like Bylane Home, Kohl’s and Miles Kimball.

Pick up all the goodies you need to fill Easter baskets from stores such as Oriental Trading Company and Hearth Song. Check out these hot Easter/Spring deals:

80,000 members & still growing!
February was a month-long party at DealTaker.com as we celebrated our third birthday and the registration of our 80,000th member!

We’ve restocked our closets with more brightly colored T-shirts, backpacks, pens and more fun new things will arrive in the next few weeks. Watch the home page and our forums for more information about how you can win our signature stuff! As always, remember to pass the word along to your friends, too, so they can enjoy the deals and you can earn points for more free goodies.

DealTaker.com Hits the NASCAR Track!
DealTaker.com was called on to sponsor car #34 (driven by Jay Sauter) during the Busch race in Las Vegas. Our logo was prominently featured on the hood and other places on the car. Click on the picture to see larger pictures and read more about it on our site!

The More Things Change…
All the things you love about DealTaker.com – bargains galore, moderated forums featuring great deals and freebies, exclusive coupons, etc. – are here as always, but watch in the coming weeks for significant changes:

• PriceTaker – Recent changes include the addition of more stores, tracking of shipping prices and improvement in categories generated in searches;
• DealTaker – Here, you might not use all the improvements to internal pieces of the system,  but some will be apparent; and
• More online help – additions in text to make DealTaker.com a more user-friendly site are starting to show up around the site.

New Stores for DealTaker.com
New stores are constantly being added to our list of affiliate businesses. Stores added within the past month or two include Fantasy Jewelry Box, Claire Burke, b and lu, KooKoo Bear Kids, Olive Kids, Scientifics, Carol Wright Gifts, ifrogz, Kiehls, Family Savings Outlet, Madison Place and Coldwater Creek.

Meet a DealTaker!
This month’s featured DealTaker is Jesse Bulpitt, one of our programmers in the Plano, TX, office.

Jesse Bulpitt
Username: jesse
Age: 22
Marital Status: Still technically a newlywed, married to Jennifer since January 2006.
Joined DT: Jesse has been around the office since May 2006, and keeps things running smoothly in the office and remote locations as well as for all our members!
In his free time: Having grown up in California, Jesse now enjoys spending time with family who live near them in Keller, TX. He and Jennifer also like to work in the kitchen together, cooking up special dinners!

YOU could be featured in a future newsletter. Just email a picture, a few personal details and one sentence telling us why you should be picked as our DealTaker for the month of April! Send that e-mail to beth@dealtaker.com.