For true bargain hunters, a new concept in online shopping has sprung up in recent years. Daily deal websites have become hugely popular recently due in part to the fun “winning” nature and the great deals they offer. The idea is the website offers up one item of limited quantity each day at a ridiculously low price. Some sites will sell anything; others specialize in some type of item (electronics, or cookware for example). I’ve also noticed they all have very reasonable shipping prices. If there’s something you’d like to have, but are willing wait for just the right price, keep yours eyes on the daily deal sites. It only takes a few minutes each day to check all of them to see if they happen to be offering what you’re looking for. Alternatively, if you just like to get a really good deal, check them out on occasion – one just might be selling something you didn’t know you needed! Often these sites have discussion forums so you can get opinions from people who have used the item up for sale. Additionally, most sites keep an archive of what items they had for sale on previous days, just in case you’re curious what you missed.
- Woot! – One of the most popular sites and often focuses on electronics and other nifty gadgets. They have other branches such as wine.woot.com and shirt.woot.com, too. They provide pictures, full descriptions, and specifications for each item. If you’ve got the guts, they sometimes offer a mystery bundle called “bag of crap” and apparently the items inside aren’t crap after all because it always sells out like hot cakes!
- Yugster – Another very popular site. A review I read for this site says that Yugster sometimes offers a “second chance” offer after the first daily deal has sold out.
- Maczot – For the fellow Mac users out there. This site has software bundles for the Mac user. This is extremely helpful because often it’s difficult to find discounted software for the Macintosh platform. Occasionally they offer a mystery bundle of software at a ridiculously low price. If you’ve got the guts to buy a mystery package, you could end up with some great software at a ridiculously low price.
- ShirtADay - This site offers a different t-shirt design everyday. There's a small difference in their pricing though - as the day progresses and more people make purchases, the price of the t-shirt drops! Technically buyers pay a starting price, and get a refund at the end of the day after the discount has been determined. Often the t-shirts are decorated with a funny blurb, popular among the younger crowd. Typically shirts like these sell for $15 or more in stores or online. Most designs are about $10 plus shipping, and they even offer bigger sizes up to XXXL (for a few extra bucks, that is). Additionally, they have a clearance section for all the designs that haven't sold out 100%. Only select sizes are available under the clearance section, though! I think the best part of this site is the past shirts and potential shirts sections where visitors can vote for their favorite designs. The data from these polls help the crew decide which t-shirts designs to offer.
If you don’t have the time to visit each and every deal a day site (there are hundreds now!) there are great “roundup” sites that put the deals from a bunch of different sites all onto one site. I won’t review them all, because honestly I haven’t used them all. But here is a list for you:
· Froomb
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Thanks for the reviews. I hate shopping, but I love buying. Because of this I am always shopping online and I never know where to get a good deal. I looked at some of the sites that you listed and they were really good. I will definetly start using them.
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