Groupon has for New Costco Members: a 1-Year Costco Membership + a $40 Costco Shop Card (Digital) on sale for $65 for Gold Star and $130 for Executive.
Thanks to Deal Hunter TattyBear for sharing this deal
Note: Ensure you select the membership of your choice before starting checkout. Your 1-year Costco membership period will begin immediately upon purchase of the voucher, check your email confirmation which will include your Costco membership number
Voucher will be redeemed, and the 1-year membership period will begin immediately upon purchase of the voucher.
To qualify, you must purchase this promotion by August 30, 2026.
Limit 1 Groupon voucher per person. Valid in the U.S. only. All sales final.
Valid only for new members and those who have not been a Costco member (in any capacity, Primary, Household, or Affiliate) in the last 18 months.
Promotional Digital Costco Shop Card will be emailed within 2 weeks after sign-up to qualifying members. The Digital Costco Shop Card will be emailed to the email address provided by the Primary Member at time of sign-up.
Please see the original post for additional details & refer to the comments below for discussion.
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Groupon has for New Costco Members: a 1-Year Costco Membership + a $40 Costco Shop Card (Digital) on sale for $65 for Gold Star and $130 for Executive.
Thanks to Deal Hunter TattyBear for sharing this deal
Note: Ensure you select the membership of your choice before starting checkout. Your 1-year Costco membership period will begin immediately upon purchase of the voucher, check your email confirmation which will include your Costco membership number
Voucher will be redeemed, and the 1-year membership period will begin immediately upon purchase of the voucher.
To qualify, you must purchase this promotion by August 30, 2026.
Limit 1 Groupon voucher per person. Valid in the U.S. only. All sales final.
Valid only for new members and those who have not been a Costco member (in any capacity, Primary, Household, or Affiliate) in the last 18 months.
Promotional Digital Costco Shop Card will be emailed within 2 weeks after sign-up to qualifying members. The Digital Costco Shop Card will be emailed to the email address provided by the Primary Member at time of sign-up.
Please see the original post for additional details & refer to the comments below for discussion.
Costco's membership ends at the end of the month you buy it in after the year has passed. If you buy it now, it will end Aug 31st, 2027. If you buy it Sep 1, 2026, It will end Sep 30th, 2027. By holding off until Sep 1, you gain about one month for free, so your membership will last almost 13 months instead of 12 months and 5 days..
but the details of this promotion says: "Must purchase this promotion by Aug 30, 2026 to qualify for the Costco Shop Card."...I think I have noticed sometimes they extend it but can't know if they will. i'm going to post the need to know info from the Groupon site here: "
Promotional value expires Aug 30, 2026. To qualify for the Digital Costco Shop Card you must purchase this promotion by August 30, 2026.
Terms & Conditions
Voucher will be redeemed, and the 1-year membership period will begin immediately upon purchase of the voucher. To qualify, you must purchase this promotion by August 30, 2026.
Limit 1 Groupon voucher per person. Valid in the U.S. only. All sales final.
Valid only for new members and those who have not been a Costco member (in any capacity, Primary, Household, or Affiliate) in the last 18 months.
Promotional Digital Costco Shop Card will be emailed within 2 weeks after sign-up to qualifying members. The Digital Costco Shop Card will be emailed to the email address provided by the Primary Member at time of sign-up.
Not valid for upgrade or renewal of an existing membership. Promotion may not be combined with any other promotion. To purchase this package, you must be 18 years of age or over.
Costco is not liable for incentives not received due to entry of an invalid address during sign-up.
Photo identification required when you visit the warehouse to pick up your membership card.
Costco accepts all Visa® cards, as well as cash, checks, debit/ATM cards, and Costco Shop Cards.
Annual 2% Reward - Terms, conditions and exclusions apply. See Costco.com or the membership counter for details.
As part of the checkout process you will be asked for certain personal information that will be transferred to Costco to enable them to issue you a membership number.
$40 Digital Costco Shop Card is not redeemable for cash, except as required by law. Digital Costco Shop Cards are not accepted at Food Court Kiosks.
Once purchased, membership is subject to Costco's Member Privileges and Conditions. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services. Offer is not eligible for our promo codes or other discounts."
If I have two separate state-issued IDs, can I alternate between them when joining as a new member? I'd use a different phone number and email, plus two different addresses. I'm concerned they might search my name in their system and match the photo to my recently expired membership.
Do you think they would have to offer $5/$10 memberships if they were good? Then again, for $10 you can make that back pretty easily so probably no brainer. Def higher prices than Costco, and gas is not top tier.
I will hold off on this. COSTCO had a much better deal directly on their website in July. They offered a $50 SHOP card for new members. I'm pretty sure they're going to run another $50 SHOP card promo before the end of the year.
if i buy this membership as a gift for someone (who is out of town) and they activate it one month after purchase date, do they lose 1 month of membership?
of course I didn't have enough time to get this again! Looks like they only ran it for a few days? Was the gift card usable just online too and did you have to go into the store in order to activate the membership? if that's the case, wasthere a deadline when you had to go into the store by?
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I will hold off on this. COSTCO had a much better deal directly on their website in July. They offered a $50 SHOP card for new members. I'm pretty sure they're going to run another $50 SHOP card promo before the end of the year.
$50 shop card for the standard membership? But why are you sure they're going to run it before the end of the year? Oh because they haven't run it yet? Have they run it every year?
of course I didn't have enough time to get this again! Looks like they only ran it for a few days? Was the gift card usable just online too and did you have to go into the store in order to activate the membership? if that's the case, wasthere a deadline when you had to go into the store by?
$50 shop card for the standard membership? But why are you sure they're going to run it before the end of the year? Oh because they haven't run it yet? Have they run it every year?
COSTCO tends to run this promo every July from what I remember. I think they run the $50 for standard membership again around black Friday but don't recall. Oh well, worst case scenario would be they run another offer but not as lucrative.
It makes sense that warehouse clubs offer deeply discounted first-year memberships: with renewal rates above 90%, they can afford the upfront discount because they expect to recover that value through renewals in subsequent years.
The YouTube video *"How Costco Makes Money"* explains this model and why Costco strictly verifies memberships at the entrance rather than merely relying on customers to scan them at checkout, as some other retailers do.
Membership fees are Costco's primary source of profit, while merchandise sales mainly serve to cover the company's operating expenses.
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Promotional value expires Aug 30, 2026. To qualify for the Digital Costco Shop Card you must purchase this promotion by August 30, 2026.
Terms & Conditions
Voucher will be redeemed, and the 1-year membership period will begin immediately upon purchase of the voucher. To qualify, you must purchase this promotion by August 30, 2026.
Limit 1 Groupon voucher per person. Valid in the U.S. only. All sales final.
Valid only for new members and those who have not been a Costco member (in any capacity, Primary, Household, or Affiliate) in the last 18 months.
Promotional Digital Costco Shop Card will be emailed within 2 weeks after sign-up to qualifying members. The Digital Costco Shop Card will be emailed to the email address provided by the Primary Member at time of sign-up.
Not valid for upgrade or renewal of an existing membership. Promotion may not be combined with any other promotion. To purchase this package, you must be 18 years of age or over.
Costco is not liable for incentives not received due to entry of an invalid address during sign-up.
Photo identification required when you visit the warehouse to pick up your membership card.
Costco accepts all Visa® cards, as well as cash, checks, debit/ATM cards, and Costco Shop Cards.
Annual 2% Reward - Terms, conditions and exclusions apply. See Costco.com or the membership counter for details.
As part of the checkout process you will be asked for certain personal information that will be transferred to Costco to enable them to issue you a membership number.
$40 Digital Costco Shop Card is not redeemable for cash, except as required by law. Digital Costco Shop Cards are not accepted at Food Court Kiosks.
Once purchased, membership is subject to Costco's Member Privileges and Conditions. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services. Offer is not eligible for our promo codes or other discounts."
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i will reach out to member services but that's annoying when the line is always full
Now what after this?
I had a membership 2 or 3 years ago.
I may have previous account info like email/password.
Can I use old one or create new account for the promotion?
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$50 shop card for the standard membership? But why are you sure they're going to run it before the end of the year? Oh because they haven't run it yet? Have they run it every year?
The YouTube video *"How Costco Makes Money"* explains this model and why Costco strictly verifies memberships at the entrance rather than merely relying on customers to scan them at checkout, as some other retailers do.
Membership fees are Costco's primary source of profit, while merchandise sales mainly serve to cover the company's operating expenses.
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