Smart Holiday Shopping on the Web
Are you ready for some shopping? No, seriously. I'm saying you need to prepare if you're going to brave holiday shopping this week, online or off. Here are three useful tools offered by many retailer Web sites that Consumer Reports Money Adviser sats cab help you find good deals this week:
RSS Feeds- RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, allows retailers to send Web pages with news about sales and promotions directly to your PC. Wal-Mart, for example, has multiple feeds, including price rollbacks, clearance, and upcoming music and video release dates. To use feeds, you need an RSS reader. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser has one built in. So do personal home pages like My Yahoo, My AOL, and iGoogle. They can be found at Best Buy, CircuitCity, CompUSA, Overstock.com, RadioShack, Sears, and Target.
Widgets- These are store icons that you place on your computer desktop or embed on your personal Web page. Click on them to access the stores’ specials. You can download a widget from the retailer’s Web site, and some widgets can be installed on your iGoogle or Yahoo home page. They can be found at Charlotte Russe and Sears.
Cell phone sale alerts- If you’re always on the go, you can have text messages about sales sent to your cell phone. Or you can shop online with a Web-enabled cell phone by signing up at the retailer Web site. Century 21 Department Store, Sears, and Urban Outfitters offer cell-phone alerts. Amazon.com and Overstock.com let you shop by Web phone. And while you’re shopping in one store, FruCall.com lets you check prices at many others before you buy.
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Categories: Cellular/Landline/Voice over Internet, Computers, Holiday shopping, Marketing/Advertising
Comments
www.1001webshops.com is a good site too.
Posted by: Mark Vegter | November 25, 2008 2:56 AM
I've said it before but check out Sortprice.com too...I've already finished half of my shopping using merchants from there.
www.sortprice.com
DD: Awesome, Parker. Thanks for reminding us.
Posted by: Parker | November 25, 2008 2:41 PM