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Simple and Smart Tips to Save Money in Online Shopping

Everyone needs to make purchases and buy things in your day to day life, the E-Market has made our life very comfortable, saving all the time and cost to physically make our presence to a store or shops and buy all kinds of stuff. Online shopping is not just time-saving but it is also a great way to save oneself from all the discomforts of awkward interactions and of all Save Money with the following smart tips.

1.Be patient.

We all get attracted the moment we see a product in the online store, be patient unless you need the product immediately. If you don’t need it now, wait for some time meanwhile saving the item in your Wish List or Saving bucket or Ca. Most of the products in online retailers cost higher or doesn’t have any offer when they are freshly put up for sale. So be patient until some time as most online retailers offer massive offers for the same product after some time. So, the patient is the key here.

2.Compare.

There are heaps of Online retailers these days, so the first time you see a product that you would like to purchase, try to search the same product from another store and compare the prices and different cash backs and offers if available. A lot of times we tend to get carried away and make the purchase out of rush.If you compare it, you might save a lot as most of the time, there might be fair difference of prices and offers on the same product in many online sites. Compare, analyze and make a wise choice and make a huge saving with this simple trick.

3.Coupons.

A lot of online retailers provide some kind of coupon offers. Some offer direct monetary discounts or some percentile waiver from the total cost of the item, and other retailers offer some amount of cash backs. So be wise and smart to look out for such coupons, discounts, and cash backs and save some money. Remember “every penny counts and every penny saved is the penny earned”.


Coupon in Jabong

4.Offer Seasons.

As we know, we have lots of celebrations in a year, Christmas, Easters, New year, Thanksgiving, Valentine’s day, Mother’s Day, and the list goes on depending on your country, so be active and plan your shopping on this occasions as most of the online shops and sites offer Bumper Offers for their customers. This may be the best time of the year to make some huge purchases and improve your savings and a good kick to your holiday celebrations.

5.Be Loyal.

Loyalty is everywhere appreciated and rewarded, it’s no different when it comes to online shopping. Be loyal to one particular site or retailer, as they reward you with some bonus points for your long-term loyalty with their store, these points earned can be used as a token or equivalent monetary exchange for your next purchase.

In some online shopping site, you are promoted to a different level of membership for doing regular shopping from the same site. Different memberships get different offers, a higher level member gets better offers for their purchases. So, make sure you stay loyal to one online shopping site/retailer and get the maximum benefits. This will greatly help you save money and keep your wallet fat. Follow these simple tricks irrespective of any Online Shopping sites or retailers and save your precious money.

Here is an example of how I got points called Jabong Points for being a loyal customer in the famous Indian Online store Jabong. I got points worth INR 300(4.5 USD), I used this points for my next purchase and saved some money.


Points in Jabong.

Another instance of getting rewarded for your loyalty in terms of higher membership is international online shopping site based in China called the “Ali Express”, this online store promotes you to a different level of memberships which comes with the value-added benefit of getting higher discounts and offers on your purchase. So be loyal and gain best discounts saving some amount from your wallet.


Ali Express membership system and related offers.

Thank you and let me know what you think of this simple and smart tricks and if there is anything I could add up to making this article better and more helpful, do comment your views and ideas.