7 Online Shopping Tips You Should Know to Save Money
Hey there! 🙂 We all love shopping online, right? Well, at least I do. I prefer shopping online to shopping in crowded stores. Online shopping is especially helpful when our favorite stores are not close to our homes. So if you love online shopping (like me!), be sure to read these 7 tips before getting started.
How to Save Money While Shopping Online
- Before you even begin, look for the “Sale” or “Clearance” link and start there. Lots of great deals to be had. It’s always the first place I go when visiting a site (especially for toys and gifts).
- When shopping for clothes, you can narrow your search and speed things up by filtering what you’re looking for by either size or color or both. Narrowing your search will eliminate the need to scroll for days looking for what you really need. If you’re shopping for toys, filter your search by the age of the child or the type of item you’re looking for…like “arts & crafts” for example.
- If you see something you think you may buy, add the item to your cart. You’re not obligated to buy it, and if you decide later to purchase it, you don’t have to go back looking for it. With some sites, if you leave items in your cart for a few days, they will send you a reminder along with a coupon to purchase the items left in your cart. I love it when this happens! 🙂
- Everyone obviously scrolls down the page, so if there are many pages to choose from, I sometimes will skip to the last page and work my way back to the front. There are usually more options and colors available when I shop this way.
- Always check the shipping costs before sealing the deal. When buying sale or clearance items, it may be a better deal to add more items to the cart, especially if they are offering a fixed shipping cost.
- Be especially aware if any items are marked “Final Sale.” That usually means that it can’t be returned. Even if it’s not marked “Final Sale,” be sure to check out their return policies.
- LOOK FOR COUPONS!!! Sorry for shouting, but this one is so important. I never purchase anything online without a coupon. Most times, I can score a discount along with free shipping. You can usually find coupons directly on the website or sites like Rakuten.  A bonus is that Rakuten also offers cashback, so you can make money while you shop!
Hopefully, these online shopping tips will help you enjoy shopping online while saving money in the process!
If you have any additional online shopping tips to add, feel free to leave them in the comments! 🙂
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I had a great day on reading these seven online tips for shopping. My suggestion is to choose best site for shopping.
Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
I love the tip about starting at the back! Great idea… and also looking for coupons! Sometimes I just buy what I need and forget about the coupons! Thanks so much. 🙂
Gotta remember those coupons! You can save soooo much money by using them! 🙂
I am somewhat addicted to window shopping on aliexpress.
Their filters are pretty terrible, but the items are cute and CHEAP. Sometimes, if you look through a few pages of items, you’ll find the thing you found on the dress you found on the front page available for $50 on sale for $15. I have added some of the items to their wish list options so that I can compare things side-by-side. They let me know when the items are available for cheaper as well.
This is a very good list, Thank you for sharing!
I’ll have to check them out. I can’t believe the same item can be found cheaper if you keep scrolling through. I wonder if that happens on other sites as well…Thanks for the info and your comment!
It’s because aliexpress is like ebay. There are a lot of different shops that sell the same items.
Thanks! I’ll check it out. I hope it doesn’t turn into my next obsession!
Great tips! I use some of these tips when shopping online. Thanks for sharing!