This series will review different Price Compare Sites and give examples of great deals on these sites.
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Online shopping is the way to go for consumer looking for convenience and efficiency. What could be easier than sitting in your own living room, picking out a new TV from the comfort of your recliner? But aside from this convenience, online shoppers get a benefit that brick-and-mortar shoppers don't – great deals and discounts. Shopping online allows for simple and quick price comparisons between different merchants on virtually any product and retailers often offer promotions to their online customers that aren't available in the store. Here are some great resources that will help you save money and gas.
Price Comparison Websites
Websites that allow you to compare prices on multiple items are helpful for a variety of reasons. First, they allow you to get a good sense of the product's price range in just a few seconds. You'll know the higher end of the price range, the lower end, and where to get the best deal. These sites also help you determine if you can save money by ordering the product online or if you'd be better off driving to a local store. Always do your research before you buy.
BizRate.com: BizRate is a great place to get price comparisons on a number of different products. Whether you are looking for a television set, men's clothing or even just a pair of sunglasses, Biz Rate has the 411 you need to get a great deal. They claim they compare prices for items sold by “anyone, anywhere.”
PriceGrabber.com: Like BizRate, PriceGrabber compares a plethora of household items, appliances, and electronics. You can even check out the price differentials on music instruments. Call them the superstore of the internet, their “Bottom Line Calculations” approach allows consumers to compare the final total from each site – including shipping and handling.
Shopzilla.com: The parent company of BizRate.com, Shopzilla's most attractive feature is it's simple, modern design and easy searchability. The home page features lots of shortcuts to find the best deals of the moment. Shoppers also post reviews about each deal, so you know which vendor boast the most customer satisfaction.
DealTime.com: Like its competitors, DealTime offers consumers price comparisons on just about any product you can imagine. It's database includes information from thousands of online and big box merchants and customer reviews. The site even calculates the tax and shipping costs of ordering from a specific vendor.
Shopping.com: The parent company of DealTime, Shopping.com is owned by eBay and conducts international searches of different product comparisons. Like DealTime, its site is a bit barebones, but very easy to navigate. Shopping.com boasts the world's largest product catalog and is consistently in the top 10 Internet destinations globally.
Kaboodle.com: The product comparison site for the more trendy and modern-minded shopper, Kaboodle goes beyond big box store items and allows users to search for products even on sites like Etsy, a merchant system for individual designers. Kaboodle also incorporates a good amount of social networking into its interface design, allowing shoppers to chat with friends and fellow shoppers, post reviews, and create profiles. Find the hippest, cheapest products on this site.
Jellyfish.com: Owned by Microsoft, Jellyfish.com offers a truly innovative approach to Internet shopping by allowing shoppers to set the prices of products through an interactive system. Its signature approach is called “Smack Shopping,” named, appropriately, after a group of jellyfish. Smack Shopping is an online auction show run through the web site that allows shoppers to bid on products within a certain time frame. Auctioneers never disclose how many products are up for auction, and the prices drop second by second. It's a new, fun way to set about finding a discount.
Roboshopper: If you have ever used SideStep.com to purchase a plane ticket, then you will be familiar with the model employed by Roboshopper. Instead of searching for deals through standard discount sites, Roboshopper searches for deals by searching other price comparison sites and then redirects you to the vendor wit the best prices. It's a valuable service that will save you a lot of leg work and maximize your efficiency.
Froogle: Froogle is what Google termed its own price comparison service. It's a Beta system that's as simple and thorough as Google itself. Type in what you're looking for and Froogle will pull up a variety of brands, giving a price range and number of stores or online locations the product is available from.
NexTag: One of the more popular price comparison sites, NexTag offers shoppers the ability to not only compare prices for a new blender, but also prices for plane tickets, travel packages, financial services, and real estate. It has consistently been named one of the world's fastest growing companies by several publications, including Inc., 500, and it also has sister sites in the UK, Germany, and France. NexTag's comprehensive service boasts 17 million users each month.
Yahoo! Shopping: Most of the major search engines offer price comparison services, but one of the most popular is Yahoo! Shopping, mostly for it's comprehensive approach. Not only can you easily search for and find discounted products, but Yahoo! has teamed up with distributors so it's able to offer shoppers coupons and extra discounts on its site. You can choose to shop by brand, by store, or simply by what's available in the coupon center.
mySimon.com: Now owned by CNET, mySimon.com got off to a big start when it launched several years ago. It's one of the foremost product comparison sites out there mainly because it caters to the serious discount shopper with a number of features, like a periodic newsletter, column describing the most popular items purchased, RSS feed that consistently updates subscribers about the latest deals. The site also offers links to consumer reports right off its home page.
Pricesbolo.com: This fast-working price comparison site is based in India and is one of the fastest growing price comparison services in that country. One of Pricesbolo's best features is that it serves the consumer by working more closely with the sellers. Sellers and merchants who agree to drop their prices even further will benefit from having Pricesbolo drive more traffic to their businesses. It also rates the merchants in your area so you know which are the most reliable.
PriceRunner: PriceRunner was founded in 1999 and now has sites in several languages and countries. Retailers can pay the site to include them on product searches, but PriceRunner also includes deals from non-paying merchants. You'll be able to tell them apart by whether or not the merchant's logo is included in the advertisement. While there's nothing fancy about PriceRunner, it's a reliable and efficient service.
Become.com: A somewhat strange name for a price comparison website, but nevertheless it is a great, user-friendly site. Become.com offers easy searching for shoppers and lets them zoom into the kind of information they want to hear about each product. For example, if you are looking for a new stereo, you'll be able to compare competitive prices, as well as click on user reviews, customer forums, or published consumer reports. You can also create a profile through the site that will allow you to interact with other users. Become.com also has a philanthropic component, allowing you to donate to a featured nonprofit from its homepage.
AOL: Similar to Froogle, AOL's shopping site turns simple searches into a wealth of information. Type in the product and it will turn up a host of results with price ranges from multiple vendors. You can also access great deals through AOL's coupon portal, keep up with the newest products, and read articles posted on the shopping blog.
MSN: Again, this is another service available from a popular search engine provider. MSN Shopping allows for price comparisons on over 33 million products in its database. You can also get tips on how to purchase certain items from MSN's shopping gurus, access coupons, and read about the latest deals. If you're a person who has trouble making a decision, this site's helpful advice tools will be an attractive option for you.
DealOz.com: Are you a movie buff? Are your DVD spending habits getting a little out of control? Then this is the site for you. DealOz.com compares prices on any and all DVDs available. So what if the list price is $30; DealOz will find it for half that, at least.
Reseller Ratings: This site is interactive for both shoppers and merchants, and aside from a running blog advertising the latest deals on its homepage, Reseller Ratings lets users rate both products and merchants. Owners of the site claim it's most attractive feature is reviews by “real people.” Subscribe to the site's RSS feed to stay on top of the latest and greatest deals available minute by minute.
Pricewatch: Established in 1995, this somewhat minimalist site lets computer shoppers compare and contrast prices on technologies from multiple vendors. The site also offers users up-to-date technology news on hardware, software and games.
Coupon Code Sites
Most of us probably received our first lesson in discount shopping techniques from our dear, old coupon-clipping grandmothers and mothers. But in the age of eco-friendly behavior, it's time to shun the tree-destroying Sunday circulars for more accessible and efficient vouchers. There's hundred of websites out there devoted to the world of coupons — check out these helpful sites that allow you to apply deals to products found online.
RetailMeNot.com: RetailMeNot is a cute and highly useful coupon code site that features up-to-the-minute deals from all of the major retailers out there. Save 25 percent on a book from Borders or 30 percent off your purchase from Ann Taylor. Expiration dates are prominently displayed, and the site also puts out a weekly newsletter about the latest deals.
Fat Wallet: One of the more popular and user-friendly coupon sites, Fat Wallet offers tons of discounts and coupons and employs the “cash back” incentives so popular among many coupon sites these days. Cash back incentives work like this: purchase a product with a site's coupons and you'll get cash back on your purchase. That's because some coupon websites get commissions from retailers for driving traffic to their site.
CouponCabin.com: Coupon Cabin is a well-organized site that let's you easily find the most popular coupons available or search for deals with specific retailers. Coupons are categorized by expiration date and the site even has a section devoted entirely to coupons on the verge of expiring, so you won't ever miss a deal.
CouponCode.com: Coupon Code is another highly popular and highly useful coupon site, which has all the features any shopper would need to keep track of the best coupon deals available. Not only can you create an account where you can save coupons you want to use in the future, but the site also allows shoppers to compare prices and kill two birds with one stone.
CouponCodes4u.com: This site is for the serious shopper who is looking for daily deals. Its system is based on its user population – resourceful shoppers who collect rebate codes and coupons and email the codes into the folks who run the site. Register with this site and you'll get alerted each time a new deal pops up.
CouponHeaven.com: Another useful site that combines all of its deals into a simple and easy-to-use interface that doesn't overwhelm shoppers with flashing ads and messages. While the site does offer a “Featured Deals” section on its homepage, it really puts most of the onus on the user to know what they're looking for and conduct a search, either by merchant, category, or brand name.
CouponChief.com: With Coupon Chief, you will never have to worry that your coupons are out of date. It is updated daily and organized into a user-friendly format. At the very top, shoppers will find featured deals for the very day they're shopping and then right below the most recently-added coupons are listed, as well as all of the coupons expiring that day.
CouponShack.com: A well-designed and easy to use site, CouponShack has a frequently updated blog, staff recommended deals, and discounts that apply to a variety of products. Aside from products found in big box stores, look to this site for grocery coupons, travel deals, and discounts on financial services. Also be sure to check out their Deal of the Day.
CouponCactus.com: Aside from offering over 2,000 coupons daily, CouponCactus has even more incentives for shoppers. By registering with the site and helping to spread the word about the discounts offered, you can earn a commission. Every time someone uses a coupon from your referral, you'll get a percentage of the sale.
CurrentCodes.com: CurrentCodes.com knows that shoppers don't want to waste their time searching coupon sites only to find that all of the deals listed have already expired. Their full-time staff spends all day every day updating their information and making sure you have the most relevant and timely coupons at your fingertips. The site isn't flashy, but it's easy to use and definitely useful.
CouponAlbum.com: True to its name, Coupon Album offers coupons on everything imaginable, from actual products to travel to coupons that just cover shipping costs. One of the great features of its site is that listed with each coupon is an accompanying list of current sales offered by retail outlets that don't require coupons. The site also maintains several user forums, though none are very heavily utilized.
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