Do you ever feel overwhelmed when shopping online? You’re not alone! Although you cannot beat shopping in the comfort of your own when it comes to convenience, it can be staggering just how many choices there are out there available to the online shopper.
Perhaps you’re looking for a new pair of white sneakers. After spending time finally finding the brand and style you want, now there’s another hurdle to cross–where to buy them online? With so many online shopping websites selling the same products, how do you know which site to shop from?
Although there are a variety of different factors that consumers use to choose where to purchase products from online–such as fast shipping and great customer service–the final choice often is dictated by one thing: the lowest price.
So how do you go about finding the lowest price? Read on for practical tips from the Trans-Express team!
Search Multiple Stores
One of the quickest and easiest ways to go about finding the lowest price of a product is to search multiple websites and find out where it’s cheapest. If you’re still in search of those sneakers, just try typing in the exact brand and style into a search engine and seeing what results come up. Perhaps another website is running a promotional sale and offering the shoes at a lower price than the other websites you’re currently searching!
Get on the Newsletter List
We can all agree that getting countless emails from stores is the quickest way to overflow an inbox, but getting on a store’s email list still remains to be one of the best ways to save money. Not only do stores advertise all of their sales and promos, but they often send emails tailored to your specific shopping behaviors. For example, if you haven’t made a purchase in a while or opened one of the store’s emails in a long time, a site might send you “winback” emails offering special savings.
Browser Extension
In recent years, a huge advancement in the online shopping industry has been savings-based browser extensions. The most popular, Honey, automatically searches for and applies digital coupons and promo codes it finds and will apply directly to your shopping cart. It’s a very effective way to quickly save money on the products you’re looking for!
Search for Promo Codes & Coupons
We all know that good promo codes can save a consumer a ton of cash on purchases, but sometimes they can be hard to find if you’re not on a site’s email newsletter list. You might get lucky–many websites will advertise promo codes directly on their websites if you know the right place to look. Popular placements include the top of the homepage or during the checkout process. However, if you can’t find a code on their site, you can search promo code/coupon websites. Although many promo codes do not work, by trying several, you might get lucky–it’s worth a try!
Download the App
Downloading a website’s app is a great way to save money on purchases! Oftentimes, by downloading a store’s app, you can accumulate loyalty points which can lead to big savings. Stores and restaurants will also often offer exclusive deals only to their app users.
Wait for the Sales
Timing sales is perhaps the oldest trick in the book when it comes to saving money!
Although you probably know the big ones–Black Friday and Cyber Monday–stores often run sales around most other big holidays as well. Traditionally, there are seasonal and quarterly sales too, and stores will often run around the same time each year, so if you’re loyal to a store, try and spot the patterns. A good rule of thumb–spring and summer merchandise usually goes on clearance in June and July and fall and winter merchandise usually goes on sale in January after the winter holidays.
Now that you know how to save money online, you should know about how to save money on shipping it internationally! Since most stores do not ship to every country, obtaining a U.S. based international shipping address is the best and easiest way to get your packages in your home country. However, it’s important to trust your international shipping provider–for 40 years, Trans-Express has been the most trust-worthy logistics company. Get your own free international shipping address in a matter of minutes, and enjoy receiving your packages quickly and easily.
Happy Shopping!
