Who doesn’t love to save money?
As it turns out, there are plenty of ways to save money as you shop, even if you’re shopping online. Some of our ideas should be fairly common sense, but we promise that we have some ideas to run by you that you may have never considered.
Let’s start with a few easy changes you can make.
Price match – do your research! The word “research” may sound slightly daunting, but it’s not. Besides, we’re talking about research you can do from the comfort of your desk chair, couch, bed, or wherever you park yourself while surfing online.
The easiest thing you can do to save a few bucks is to peruse a few sites before making a purchasing decision. Really, you just need to make sure that you aren’t getting taken to the cleaners!
Then, price match. That’s the same thing you’re already doing, just go the extra step and inform one of the sellers of their competitor’s price. In many cases, they’ll be willing to price match and offer you the lowest possible offer.
This can save you a lot of pain and ensure that you get the best possible price.
Use coupons. Coupons get a bad rap far too often. Then again, if you’re reading this, you probably don’t think you’re “too cool” to use a good ol’ fashioned coupon.
And believe it or not, all33 coupon and discount codes remain the best and most surefire way to save money in a hurry.
There are plenty of places to get coupons for online retailers, from signing up for email newsletters to browsing social media or reading affiliate channels and blogs. And believe it or not, coupons and discount codes remain the best and most surefire way to save money in a hurry.
If you’re searching any number of websites for coupon codes, just be sure to be careful that whatever code you end up picking matches up with the site at which you’re trying to achieve your discount.
Otherwise, you could be unpleasantly surprised if a code doesn’t end up working out.
Use the incognito window. Believe it or not, many of the website merchants that you visit know who you are. This is because of your browser settings, and these sites know where you live and what else you’re shopping for.
This allows them to adjust the prices that you see based on the details they have about your lie and buying habits.
The best way to get around this is to use multiple web browsers or to simply use the incognito window on your existing browser. That will limit the cookies that are left behind and your overall digital footprint with each of the retailers that you frequent.
Notice new shops, plus be willing to walk away. If there are certain sites and shops that you are at all the time, don’t be afraid to find like-minded retailers that may be new to the space and willing to match prices and/or have plenty of introductory deals.
Also, if you have a retailer that is following you around with offers based on what you didn’t buy at their site already, don’t be afraid to simply say “no” and walk away without completing a purchase. After all, you can always come back to it.
Final Thoughts
There are tons of options when it comes to shopping online, and if you browse, price match, use coupons, go incognito, and be willing to walk away … well, you’ll be in fairly good shape overall.