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Make Informed Decisions While Shopping Online

September 7, 2008 by Holly
Filed Under: Shopping, Your Style

With the world’s population now doing the bulk of their shopping online and the people of the US, specifically, going through the first hurdle of a recession, we are now beginning to see the impact money makes on our lives and more importantly, the real value of a dollar. As a freelancer, I, along with other freelancers have spoken about how we feel the decline in income first and we have collectively been seeing the first few waves of an impending recession for months now. As someone who also shops online quite frequently, I have become a bit pickier about how and where I spend the money I do manage to earn.

Many stores will do the first leg of a sale online only, before it hits stores and they have also released online only coupon codes. Internet sales are important to companies and the convenience of online shopping is important to us. That is why I was thrilled to have come across a website that I have come to refer to as the bible of cheap online shopping.

Free Shipping.org is a website that tells you what stores are currently having promotions and where you can get the convenience of free shipping. You may come across a sale item on a store’s website but once you get through the checkout and look at the shipping costs you soon realize that while you did get a product a lot cheaper online than you would have at the store, you end up paying what you supposedly saved and then some just in shipping costs. Free Shipping.org lists the stores you want to shop at, the free shipping promotion they are running at the time and the promotional codes letting you save as much money as possible.

Free Shipping

Their site is set up into several different categories containing over 800 stores so each and every single person who likes the convenience of online shopping should not miss out on any free shipping promotion. Free Shipping.org also gives you the added security of free shipping alerts, letting you know every time a store has a free shipping promotion.

Don’t spend more money than you have to when shopping online and visit Free Shipping.org for free shipping promotions at your favorite stores.

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About Holly Ord

Woman Tribune founder, Holly Ord, is a freelance writer, web designer and developer, feminist activist and believer in women. She lives in NEPA and has been blogging on women's rights and gender equality at her website, MenstrualPoetry.com for the better part of three years.

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Comments

8 Comments on "Make Informed Decisions While Shopping Online"

  1. Michael on Mon, 8th Sep 2008 12:32 am 

    Thank you for sharing tips, as well as for the link. I hate shopping for products that are shipped at such an expensive price.

  2. designer sofas on Sat, 2nd May 2009 9:05 pm 

    http://www.freeshipping.org is a fantasic site . Great savings – Thanks for the heads up.

  3. Corner Sofa on Fri, 5th Jun 2009 12:00 pm 

    also alot of the time you can find deals and sales online that you wouldnt usually find instore.

  4. Pocket Change on Wed, 8th Jul 2009 2:33 pm 

    Also try checking out http://www.become.com/ It’s a comparison shopping site that shows you the best deals online for a wide range of products.

  5. Comparison Shopping on Fri, 4th Dec 2009 7:30 pm 

    ..try out http://www.onewayshopping.com. The shopping site compares prices and features the best deals online.

  6. Nata on Wed, 10th Feb 2010 9:32 am 

    Great post. I also check Retailmenot and Slickdeals for coupons and deals.

    I hated online shopping until I had kids. Now I shop mostly online :)

  7. niggula on Wed, 3rd Mar 2010 12:55 am 

    Nice post.Thanks for sharing such information about freeshipping.org.

  8. womanthebest on Tue, 17th Aug 2010 2:05 am 

    Ill definitely keep this in mind next time. Bookmarking ….. now lol. Thanks for the material info. Don’t stop and will stay here.

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