About Advantage Savers

Advantage Savers is a free information service that helps low income people across America save money and get free stuff. We connect people with benefits, programs and resources in their local communities (such as food banks and homeless shelters). We also research and report on helpful nationwide, state and local programs that help alleviate poverty (such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Section 8, and more).

We’re here to help people in poverty.

At Advantage Savers , we understand the struggle. The goal of everything we write and everything we do is to put help in the hands of those who need it most. Specifically, our mission is to help low income people get the help they need to make ends meet. We do this by covering a diverse range of topics that are both local and nationwide. Who (and how) does Advantage Savers help? We help by providing factual information about low income benefits, programs and resources around the United States. Our audience is very diverse, and includes seniors, young families, single mothers, disabled veterans and more. You don’t have to take our word for it, though! Our readers will tell you how much we’ve helped them in their own words. Check out our review page to see how we’ve helped our readers.

Why should I trust Advantage Savers ?

Our first and primary goal is to help others. Everyone who submits content for Advantage Savers follows a strict set of guidelines and best practices to ensure that our information is accurate. We also have a dedicated fact-checker who reviews our older content to ensure that it’s accurate and up-to-date. The majority of content on the website is written by Nicole Thelin, our founder. Nicole has over 20 years of experience as a journalist and researcher. Advantage Savers began after her personal experiences with poverty, as described below. She has specialized in researching low income topics since 2013. As you can see in the Team section below, the majority of our current contributors are social workers who have hands-on experience assisting low income clients. We also have a fact-checker that keeps our content updated and accurate. Advantage Savers is part of The Lighthouse Information Network LLC, which is owned solely by Nicole Thelin. This is Nicole’s content creation company, which operates other websites like GetHelpMap.com, ThatWeirdFamily.com and more. This business is registered in the state of Utah and its entity number is 11271209-0160.

Advantage Savers has been featured in many media outlets including:

• US News
• The Sun
• Fox 11 News (Los Angeles CA)
• Fox 26 News (Houston TX)
• Yahoo Finance
• Money Inc.
• Google Publisher Stories
• Niche Pursuits
• Goodwill AZ

How does Advantage Savers make money?

This is a question that we’re often asked. Advantage Savers makes money through the use of display advertising and affiliate programs. We partner with some excellent brands, such as Ibotta and Amazon, who offer products and discounts that benefit with low income families.

Integrity is more important to us than money. We carefully vet every advertiser, sponsor, and affiliate program that we participate in. We will not promote any product, service, or company that is harmful to or predatory toward our audience. We only accept partnerships and deals for products that we feel are genuinely helpful to our audience.

If you would like to support us financially, please purchase a YouTube channel membership (starting at just 99 cents per month!).

How did Advantage Savers start?

Advantage Savers began from the struggle that Nicole and her family experienced in 2007.

When their family faced homelessness after her husband’s abrupt medical discharge from the US Army, she started researching programs that could help them get back on their feet. With the resources she found, she was able to gather enough donations and pledges to help her family move into a low income housing unit in the next town over. One agency supplied furniture; a food bank stocked their shelves with food. It was a miracle!

In the years that followed, Nicole helped friends and family find help with their needs, too. She was constantly being asked to help others find resources with rent, food, medical coverage, dental care, veterinary expenses, transportation and more.

Eventually, she realized that she could use my experience as a researcher and writer to help a much larger audience. She purchased the Advantage Savers domain in 2013 and has been researching low income assistance programs for people all over America since then.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Advantage Savers

As you can tell by the extensive comments below, we’ve received a lot of questions about our business. We’ve done our best to answer the most common ones here. If you have a question that isn’t answered below, please let us know!

How do I contact Advantage Savers ?

The best way to reach Advantage Savers is to leave a comment on our website, social media pages, or YouTube channel. Our moderator will usually respond within 48 hours. For business matters (such as sponsorships or interview requests), you can email Nicole’s assistant at help@lowincomerelief.com but please understand that we can’t respond individually to everyone due to the volume of emails that we receive.

Where is Advantage Savers ?

Advantage Savers is part of The Lighthouse Information Network LLC and is registered in the state of Utah. However, our business is all-remote so our team can work from anywhere. For the safety of our team members and their families, we do not list our physical location online.

Can I call Advantage Savers ?

Advantage Savers does not have a public phone number. Our team is very small and very busy, so we simply do not have the time or resources to help our readers individually. If you need help, please consider chatting with LIRA on our website.

Does Advantage Savers posts?

Advantage Savers is always looking for new and helpful resources for our audience. However, due to the amount of spam we’ve received, we no longer accept guest posts. We also do NOT accept paid link insertions in existing content, as that is a link scheme and against Google Webmaster Guidelines.

Is Advantage Savers available for interviews or speaking engagements?

YES! Nicole, the founder of Advantage Savers  , is happy to participate in an interview or speak at your event. Since she has received a number of threats, all requests are screened by her assistant first. Please contact help@AdvantageSavers .com with your request.