Tips for saving on Internet purchases

The Brazilian e-commerce grows dramatically each year and, if you have not bought items like clothing, shoe, sunscreen or grocery shopping through a site on the Internet, prepare to change some of its concepts and open your eyes to new opportunities.

It is a fact that in the offline world could negotiate discounts on word-of-mouth with some sellers of physical stores, but the Internet gives you tools to get these discounts quickly, a distance of one switch browser tabs and speed of a click!

Walking in shooping in search of discount is something that only satisfies the need to sightsee, see people and chat with friends, and I do not think the main focus should be to seek the best discount. If a large shopping can search in 5 different stores, Internet can do the same thing in 50 different stores, spending much less time.

The purpose of this post is teach you the techniques that I use to save money on internet shopping. Who never asked for that friend or relative NERD, who understands tudo Computer, so he bought a notebook, tennis, perfume or TV at some site? It is, in my case, I'm that person who finds the Internet the lowest things of the physical premises.

Drivers of consumption

Before you start detailing tips, I would like to define the three main motivators that make us buy a product: need, opportunity and vanity. I detail below:

Need

Here fits everything we need to buy to fill an important need. If the refrigerator broke and beyond repair, need to buy a new. Simple as that.

Opportunity

I define this category that we have an urgent reason to buy a product, because we already have another similar that meets nearly all our needs, but the offer price is so low that drives our consumerist side. If you have an iPhone 4S running smoothly and your friend offers you an iPhone 5S at half the value because it is in need of money, of course you will not miss this opportunity right!?

Vanity

It's when you buy expensive without! :) Who has not bought a new car, having one with only one year of use, and said that it does not lose in depreciation and reduce maintenance costs? It is, conceited always have that excuse.

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These motivators of consumer influence how we save on Internet purchases. If we have a real need, will use more search engines, comparison of price and discount coupons to find the product, but, if we are on the lookout for opportunities, we will focus on lightning deals offered by companies on social networks, newsletters and collective purchasing.

Let the tips and good shopping!

Save the Internet shopping

1- Compare Prices

The first tip is to compare prices. Compare prices at major stores you trust.

The two main tools for this task are nominate sites Buscapé and Bondfaro. With them you can compare the price of a product in several stores on the Internet, ordering the stores at the lowest price, which are best evaluated by the customers and also the most popular.

I am confident enough in these two sites and always use them in my comparative price.

2- In search Free Shipping

When comparing prices, is always attentive to the amount of freight to your address. Many stores offer their products at lower values ​​and end up on the list of sites Buscapé and Bondfaro when ordered by lowest price, but end up charging a high value on shipping that ends up being more expensive than at other stores.

Always seek the option that will provide free shipping, but I always tuned in the final value of the purchase to decide which shop finish the transaction.

3- Find discount coupons and receive part of the money back!

I have written another post here on the blog as long as all the tips on this issue. Pan on the Internet a great discount coupon became much easier when aggregators on the Internet suggest Code. Better than it was when the concept of “cashback” (Money back) arrived here in Brazil.

The Meliuz combines the concept of the best discount, with the advantage of give you back part of the price paid for Your Product. Explain much better in this part post on Meliuz. Sugiro a sought.

4- Do not dismiss social networks

The large e-commerce stores in Brazil have strong presence in major social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Google . In these networks the stores sometimes offer exclusive promotions and discounts. The tip here is you follow the stores you most identify with and be aware of when a promotion meet your expectation.

5- Economizator Ponto Frio

The PontoFrio.com is one of the most active companies in social networks. It offers several discounts via Twitter and Facebook as many of its competitors, but what stands out in this regard is cheaper to buy the application Economizator, available on your fan page on Facebook.

To Economizator, you enter the product code you want the discount and it generates you a link that redirects to a page with the discount applied. Very interesting this approach.

6- Let Google help you with discounts

Look about your product also Google site. When, in search, you provide the name, brand and / or model of the product you wish, usually the first search results are offers on this product researched.

Some sites cadastram products on Google Shopping at more attractive prices than the normal channels. The trick is not to disregard this search when conducting research Price.

7- Pague vista (docket or transfer) and get more discount

Many sites offer accumulative discounts when you make the payment via bank transfer or wire transfer. Some even offer 5%, 10% until 12% discount if you choose this payment method.

If you have all the money and can pay cash, I suggest you opt for this path, because, plus repay all your debt, Got the discount on the purchase will always be greater than if you invested the same amount of output during a year in savings!

8- Collective Buying Site is still a good deal

If you are in search, mainly, any opportunity or something to meet their vanity, collective buying sites are still a good place to mine more attractive prices.

A good sites to help you in this quest is the SaveMe, that aggregates several other collective buying sites, allowing you to perform search in various promotions at once.

9- De olho nas Newsletters

Every day large sites send emails to your list of registration with exclusive promotions. The trick is to make the registration in the main sites you trust and accept incoming promotions by email.

A top tip is to still create a filter in your email to group these emails advertising in a specific folder. That way the campaigns do not occupy your inbox and you, when you need, You can see deals.

10- Your credit card can offer you discounts

Some banks and credit cards offer clubs advantage with exclusive promotions and discounts to its customers. It is also a great tip price search on these sites.

Conclusion

Buying on the Internet is not a rocket science and is becoming the main way to purchase the Brazilian middle class. Know the tips to save these purchases is essential to ensure a great price on the product.

Of course there are many shops that apply Internet fraud, but there is also a list, updated by Procon-SP, with fraudulent sites that should be avoided. This list will help you identify the untrusted sites.

I love to shop online and love helping my friends and family to find a product with low Internet. These are the techniques I use to get the best discount and I hope to help you buy cheaper online!

And you, have any other tips to save the Internet? Leave your comments below and help broaden these tips.