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About Penny Central

A free, community-driven guide for finding $0.01 clearance items at Home Depot.
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Penny Central is a community-driven guide for finding clearance items marked to $0.01 at Home Depot stores. This resource was created by and for members of the Home Depot One Cent Items Facebook group, which has grown to over 50,000+ members.

This guide covers the clearance lifecycle, digital scouting tools, in-store strategies, checkout procedures, and community best practices. Everything you need to understand how penny items work and how to find them effectively.

How This Site is Supported

Penny Central is completely free. No ads, no paywalls, no premium tiers. Running this site comes with real costs: hosting, domain, development time, and ongoing maintenance. Here's how you can help:

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This is the easiest win. Turn on cashback before normal purchases, earn money back, and when you clear $10 BeFrugal sends a referral bonus that keeps Penny Central running.

  • Works at Home Depot, Lowe's, Sam's Club, Amazon, and more
  • Free to sign up, no card required
  • Supports Penny Central once you earn $10+ in cashback
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Hosting, APIs, map tiles, and in-store testing runs add up. If the guides helped you score a haul, buying me a coffee via PayPal keeps everything fast and free.

  • Covers hosting, domains, and analytics
  • Funds new tools and field-testing trips
  • Keeps the guides ad-free and open to everyone
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How This Site Stays Free

None of this is required. All the penny item info and guides work with or without it.

I cover the cost of the site, tools, and updates myself. There are no paywalls or hidden gotchas.

To keep everything free long term, there are two totally optional ways to support the project:

  • BeFrugal cashback — you earn money back on normal orders and I receive a one-time referral bonus after you reach $10
  • Buying me a coffee via PayPal when the guides save you serious time or gas money

If you want the full breakdown of how cashback works, how long it takes, and what the catches are, you can read the full explanation here:

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Support the Site (Optional)

Penny Central stays ad-free on purpose. If the guides saved you time or gas money, here are two low-effort ways to keep it running:

  • Activate free cashback with BeFrugal before normal purchases. When you earn $10+ in cashback, they send me a referral bonus (no extra cost to you).
  • Buy me a coffee via PayPal if the playbook helped you score a haul. It goes straight to hosting, map APIs, and testing runs.

BeFrugal doesn't reveal penny items. It only levels up the everyday orders you're already placing.

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