FatWallet was a comparison shopping website, centering on a set of forums that allowed users to publish deals and rebate offers on products and services, with computer-related products and electronics most prominent in the listings.
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FatWallet featured a "Coupons" section where users could find discounts from online retailers.
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FatWallet has since ended the cash back program and now directs its members to the program offered by Rakuten.
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FatWallet users posted the sale prices of major retailers, often before they were officially released in retailers' advertisements, which involved the site in a legal dispute in 2002 involving Black Friday advertisements.
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FatWallet filed a lawsuit in the U S District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against three of the retailers, seeking damages for knowing assertion of invalid copyright claims and a declaratory judgment that the take-down provisions of the DMCA were unconstitutional.
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Since its launch, FatWallet has expanded its forums to include discussion on other financial topics such as investments, banking and credit cards.
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FatWallet launched "Best Deals" in 2009, which features researched deals found on the internet by staff and members.
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FatWallet was sold to Ebates in 2011, at the same time as AnyCoupons, and later merged with Ebates to form a new company called Performance Marketing Brands.
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Shortly thereafter, a FatWallet employee confirmed that FatWallet's owner, Rakuten, would be shutting down the website, but was unable to provide further details.
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FatWallet was twice named one of the "50 Best Places To Work in America" by the Best Places To Work Institute and Entrepreneur magazine.
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