Consumer Day: 5 tips for finding the best deals online
Consumer Day is coming. With so many promotions going on all the time, it's normal to get a little lost. Therefore, knowing how to find the best offers on the date is essential, and the TecMundo is here to give you strength.
So, get ready to roll up your sleeves and purchase the item you want from the comfort of your home without having to press F5 every time on a page. Let's go?
Check out how to find the best deals on Consumer Day.Source: Freepik
5 tips for finding good deals on Consumer Day 2024
Based on the tips you can find below, listed by journalist Mark Ellwood, author of Bargain Fever: How to Shop in a Discounted World, the chances of closing a good deal only increase. And of course, take advantage of Consumer Week with surprising offers!
1. Leave your cart aside
When doing your research, apply a two-step process. First, go to a website, put what you want to buy in your cart and forget it exists. Come back there just a day or two later.
According to Ellwood, this encourages stores to win you over. This can happen both in the form of coupons and promotions sent exclusively to you.
2. Personalize your social networks
Considering that most promotions appear without prior notice, create a reference space where you can find recommendations from bloggers and experts of the desired product is able to provide clues about these surprises.
Therefore, use term identifiers and activate notifications on social networks to reach the Consumer Day promotion before the general public. Oh, and follow the corporate channels of your favorite brands.
Have a little patience. It will be worth it.Source: Freepik
3. Be suspicious of (almost) everything
Did you receive a recommendation for an amazing item that you've been waiting for for a while and it has free shipping? Stay tuned! Sometimes, the novelty comes down to just this discount. In other words, in relation to the original price, nothing has changed.
Ellwood points out that this is a common technique for attracting visitors to different stores. “Compare total costs with other sites before clicking checkout”, advises the specialist.
4. Clean your browser and use a VPN if you can
According to the journalist, Salespeople are more likely to offer discounts to new customersso creating a profile in your browser exclusively for shopping, free of cookies that report you, or clearing it is a good move.
Furthermore, depending on your location, prices may vary more or less. When in doubt, using a VPN to modify your IP comes in handy.
5. Track history
Comparator sites offer a history of prices charged for different items. Before giving in to a Consumer Day offer that seems unbelievable, take a look at what these portals have to say.
This way, you avoid buying something whose value has increased by 50% in the last 15 days and which costs exactly the same as always. Just pay attention and monitor the values before and during Consumer Week.
Did you follow all the steps? Now you can buy!Source: Freepik
Finally, be sure to follow apps that grant coupons or whose main functionality is to track good deals and enjoy!
Now that you know how to find the best deals, just don't go too thirsty and enjoy Consumer Day – and other occasions to come – the right way: by really saving. To the next!
