It’s the 21st century; everything is digital, from buying groceries to paying bills. Not to mention that Online E-commerce has skyrocketed.
But at the same time, companies have exploited this opportunity to rake in their pockets with dollars, and that’s why I’m sharing five tips to save money online while shopping!
Compare Before You Buy:-
Because of so many online options, one advantage you get is to choose from some websites before you have to finalize your product.
This gives you the advantage of comparing the price and reviews.
You can often get the same hotel rooms, books, or anything at quite the price difference from different E-commerce portals.
You can either do this manually, or you can use those automated comparing websites available.
Use Coupons:-
There is always one or the other kind of deal with these E-commerce platforms.
You might not find them with the naked eye simply because they might not promote it on the homepage.
In those cases, you have to Google for the coupons. Something like Flipkart Coupons, Swiggy Coupons, Faasos Coupons, Zomato Coupons, etc.
Google will take you to the relative sites, and then you can use those coupons to avail yourself of the discounts or offers available.
Wait for Deals
“Patience is rewarding” is an age-old phrase. I’m not sure about other affairs, but it sure holds as far as shopping online goes.
Simply because there’s almost impossible that there isn’t a deal around Christmas, Halloween, or other festivals.
If you can wait till the festive season, you can avail yourself of a 90% discount on some products.
And it’s not just about festive seasons; many E-commerce platforms give away deals in specific months across the year.
For, eg. The third month, the 6th month, and the 12th month. So, we should check those E-commerce platforms out around March, June, and December.
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Buy during Off-Seasons:-
Seasons was popular much before the Internet came along. Let’s say off-seasons mean you want to buy a refrigerator; if you buy it when it’s snowing around your place, you should get a pretty neat discount.
The same logic applies to any other products. Winter can be bought in summer; summer wears in winter.
The product sales go down in the off-season, as does the pricing.
Subscribe to the Newsletter:-
I know, they mostly spam our Emails. But in the last month alone I’ve availed a discount of over $1000 on Airfares.
So, you should subscribe if you can excuse the “spam Emails” from the E-commerce platforms.
Because whenever there’s a deal going on, they often do not send out an Email to their subscribers first and foremost.
A tip you can use is to set up a separate email account only for E-commerce newsletters; this way, your primary Email would remain junk-free, and you’d not miss out on the deals either!
Final Words:-
Those are the fundamental tips for bringing home some heavily discounted products.
There are other “complicated” ways you can cross paths with; e.g., a European guy figured out a “legal” way to reduce airfares by over 90%.
He figured out the cheapest destinations and connecting flights and developed an algorithm that combined all the factors; obviously, the algorithm was banned later. I’m trying to say that you can be that guy or just be a bit patient and use this guide.
