7 Best Ways You Can Use To Save Money When Shopping Online
Online shopping has become a craze like never before. From the biggest to the smallest of things that might just be available in the local market, people prefer to shop online from well within the comforts of their homes and offices.
The benefit of shopping online
The incentive of being able to shop without putting in any physical efforts and running to the supermarket every now and then becomes the biggest motivating factor for online shopping. What if this incentive was clubbed along with a greater incentive like saving money? This would only mean that shopping fanatics will be hitting vouchers web sites and availing more and more discounts and shopping online like never before. This is quite a picture of the impeding future times when we might find shopping for their school stationery online.
Here are 7 best ways you can use to save money when shopping online
Voucher & Discount Codes: This is the biggest and the most preferred ways to save money when shopping online. This can easily be found on (http://www.voucherking.co.uk/) site. These are basically codes that can be used at the time of placing orders on various shopping website. The discount code appearing on the coupon needs to be keyed into the promo code bars on various websites to avail instant discounts on delivery and prices.
Shopping at websites that offer discounts: Flipkart, Amazon, Ebay etc, are few of the sites that are known for the huge discounts they offer. People can not only choose from a wide range of products but can also avail great discounts on the same.
Deals of the day: There are a number of sites that come out with deals of the day offer; this means that on a particular day, the site might be offering discounts at unbelievable rates on a particular product or service. If people are on a constant look out for such websites, they might be able to crack highly profitable deals.
Use cards: websites often provide clubbed offers with various cards, like instant cash back or an added 5% discount with the base discount rate. Hence the use of cards from certain banks can guarantee more money savings. Card discounts clubbed with discounts from various vouchers web sites can be used to save a great deal on products and services.
Check comparison websites: These are websites where a comparison of prices of a certain commodity can be made. These websites list prices from a number of other websites and help one to make price and deals comparisons and decide upon which one is the best site.
Free shipping websites: Shipping websites on the internet work in collaboration with other internet merchants and offer free shipping to its members who buy products from these websites. Often heavy and big products might not have the free shipping offer clubbed with them. This necessitates membership with free shipping websites.
Membership: Frequent shoppers from a particular online shopping outlet can consider getting membership for the same. Getting a membership would entitle a person to greater discounts and the existing offer can be clubbed with offers from other vouchers web sites.
There are many more ways you can use to save money when shopping online, but above mentioned 7 ways are the best ways you can save huge money. Use the comment box below to share your thoughts with us.
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Hi Bashir,
Wow! I think you mentioned ALL the possible ways to shop online in this one post 🙂
Oh yes…shopping online saves you all the trouble of running to the local market or store and stand in long queues for your turn. I think when you can get everything sitting at home with the click of a button – why would you want to shop otherwise. But yes, speaking of myself – if there are somethings that need to be seen and observed before purchasing them, I don’t choose the online shopping method, and prefer to buy them from the normal market – otherwise online shopping works, especially when there are deals on.
However, I rarely shop online nowadays because I was kind of cheater when I once had shopped long back, but being careful and studying the site, their rules, and then going ahead and shopping online works best, at least for me.
I agree, sites like eBay and a few others, which we all know are authentic ones should be used more for shopping online, especially when they offer discounts and giveaways. I’ve subscribed to a few too, and I get their notifications in my mail box each time there is a sale or discount, and if it suits me or if anything is required I do use my credit card and purchase those things too – but again – I am very careful now 🙂
Thanks for sharing these ways with us. Have a nice week ahead 🙂
Hi Harleena,
I just mentioned 7 ways to shop online and save money, and I guess there are many ways you can save money. You’re right shopping online can save your lot of time and market troubles. I know how hard is doing shopping in local markets. LOL
You pointed the good issue and I missed that point in my post. Before shopping online always read their terms of use, terms and condition, refund policy, money back guarantee etc. One most important thing do shop online only on trusted companies.
Thanks for contributing valuable information in the post – I appreciate it. 🙂
The advantages of shopping online are hige but we have to mention also ?????? what comes together with this. I’m not talking about ebay or Amazon now, there are plenty of other online stores, like Aliexpress it is Japanese market area.. prices are great. I made an order yestwrday and have fingers crossed for my parcel.. We will see… If everything will be all right I will believe in non-riscking online shopping~!
What did you order online? BTW, do you work for Templates mint or you own this site?
Excluding disount coupuns and banks offering discounts on transaction throuh cards , other ways are completely new to me .. thanks for the info , i would certainly give a shot to other ways of getting discounts .:D
I hope you get the better discounts whenever you shop online. 🙂
Great post well now days online shopping trend is spread all over lot’s of online retail shops present in internet world they gives lucrative offers to attract the costumer in affordable price well through this article some great points and tactics to save money if you are online shopping. Thank You for sharing this nice post.
Hi Sneha,
I’m glad you found the post nice and liked it. Online shopping is now a craze and its good becuase we can shop online from our home and office without going to market place.
Thank you for your comment.
Online shopping is definitely a big relief for all those people who do not like the rush of supermarkets and shopping complexes..My credit cards gives me lots of incentives when i shop online..So for the past two years i’ve been purchasing everything i want from online shopping sites.
Thank for sharing! I am a self confessed shopaholic. Thank you, i really need to discipline myself but it is hard, luckily I ran into your post. Thank you!
Online shopping system is a very popular system in this age of modern technology. Thanks for sharing these tips with us. It will be really helpful to us for shopping.
I love, love, love shopping online! It’s like one of my favorite thing to do in the whole world! Thanks for sharing all these tips!!!! I cannot thank you enough!
I knew some of the benefits of online shopping already and you have opened my eyes to a few more, so thanks a lot. I shop online especially because of the discounts and sometimes; you get really great deals online, which you won’t find anywhere else.
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The best way that I save money shopping online is to not start. But seriously, try not to get roped into buying things you don’t need just to save on shipping. Wait until you’ve got enough items to get the free shipping or you can find a coupon that will make it worth it.