Saving Money when Shopping Online or in the Store

Coupons: So this does take some time on your part, but coupons are money. My kids learned this at a very young age since I am an avid user and fan of coupons. You can find coupons through the old school newspaper way as well as online. An example of one for:

Grocery Stores is:
http://www.grocerycouponnetwork.com/

Another great way to find coupons through the search engine is typing in keywords. For instance, if you are looking for a printable coupon to take to the store, type in:

Michaels
printable coupon michaels

Childrens Place
printable coupon childrens place
[month] birthday coupon childrens place (i.e. october birthday coupon childrens place)
printable coupon dicks sporting goods

If you are looking for an online code for a particular site, first go to that site to determine what lingo they use for their discount codes like "promotion code", "coupon code", "discount code", and so forth. Once you determine what lingo they use, type in the store name and then the lingo for the search engine. Here are some examples.

Lands End
lands end promotion code

Advanced Auto Parts
advanced auto parts promo code

Stride Rite
stride rite coupon code
stride rite promotion code

Shoes.com
shoes.com promo code

As for cashback, my sister told me about Ebates.com. I was kind of doubtful at first, but now I am a believer =). I joined last year and have earned a little over a $100 cashback so far. Pretty awesome, right? That's $100 that I didn't really have to work for, which is fine by me. So the way ebates works is that there are a ton of online companies (i.e. target, macys, nordstrom, lands end, walmart, amazon, land of nod, childrens place, gymboree, photo websites, Advanced Auto Parts, and MORE) that are affiliated with ebates. So you sign up with Ebates.com and when you are ready to shop at one of the online stores that is affiliated with them, click on the store link FROM the ebates.com website. This will activate your cash back savings. So for instance, Lands End is typically 3% cash back (sometimes 6%) so when you have gone to Lands End.com through ebates.com, you will earn 3% cashback from your total purchase. Ebates has promotions for double cashback for a variety of its affiliates so sometimes you can earn as much as 6% cashback. It all adds up. You can either have the cashback money mailed to you or deposited into a paypal account. It's your choice. If you are going to shop online anyways, why not get some cashback while you're at it. Here's the link.

http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=gYr8SL0QkdLaFhqQw44jDw%3D%3D


That's it for now. If I think of anymore ways to save money, I will keep you posted.