How To Save Money When You Shop Online

The world is now turning to eCommerce. A lot of people have over the years evolved from going to shops or malls to buying things online. But unlike going to stores where you bargain for prices, it is difficult to bargain online as most prices are set for purchase.

What most online buyers don't know is that you can buy items online cheaper sometimes than you pick them up at the store. A $3000 laptop can be purchased for $2500 if you look at the right places. 

In this article, i will write how online buyers can buy and have items delivered to them for a better and cheaper price.

Social Media Connection: Social media like Facebook or Twitter might be the best place to start in enjoying your online savings. Most brands nowadays, offers discount or write about upcoming sales on their social media account. So making connections with social media accounts with or your preferred brand is the way to go.

                  

Some brands also will launch their social media campaign by giving out discoun tto few people that liked or follow their page. So in your quest for getting good prices on your online transactions, social media connection will come a long way.

Using A Coupon: I don't see myself shopping without a coupon, it is like am throwing cash away online. Before you purchase anything online. Make sure you go ahead and check for coupons online. Coupons might give you from 5%, 10%, 25% or 50%. 

Coupons might come n different forms, finding a coupon online or connecting with a coupon website is the best way for online savings. There are lots of coupon sites and this might also varies per the country you live.

Australians can use websites like finder.com.au/deals or voucher cloud and North America and 100 markets in Europe, Asia, and South America can use websites like Groupon. Also, there is a groupon for United Kingdom citizens. Nigerians can also use websites like dealdey to get their online purchases much cheaper.

So before you use your credit card again, why don't you check out coupons for that particular item or website that will offer you a coupon. You never know, sometimes, ask the customer agents if they have a coupon you don't know about, they might give you one if they have one at the moment of your checkout.

                               

Sign Up For Newsletters: Signing up for newsletters on a website is another way to get informed about different exclusive contents. Large corporations send weekly newsletters or monthly to their users giving them exclusive prices for purchases or shipping.

International Sales Calendar/Anniversary : This doesn't happen often, but keeping an eye on the International sales calendar is another way to get anything online for a more a cheaper price. Some international sales calendar might include before or after the christmas season, Easter, Black Friday, Independence day or thanksgiving. Keeping an eye on purchases on these periods will see you buying for a more lesser price.

Retailers sometimes will have a bonanza for their anniversary dates, this might be remembering a day of establishment or offer discount for reaching a set milestone.

Check Out Competitions/Quiz: There was a time Windows was giving out a Microsoft surface on their Facebook account. They were asking people on Facebook to tell them the last outlet that was Opened in US. So people starts giving answers.

Sometimes you might win a coupon for the right answer of get items online for free, you just need to keep an eye on competitions and quiz online.

Free Plugins On Google Chrome: There are available plugins to help you shop easy and find discounts on products you love to buy. A Google Chrome plugin called Honey plugin allows you to shop online with ease by automatically alerting you of free coupons on popular websites like Amazon, Godaddy and 100+ US stores, though works for international store is at work, and maybe already done. So check it out after reading this. 

The plugin is also available for Mozilla Firefox.

Check their video here: