Every day, more and more consumers are realizing that shopping on the internet means good, or even great deals that just aren’t available at the traditional brick and mortar establishments in their local communities. The smaller stores are out and about on the Internet dangling some of these mega-deals on a fishing line with the hopes that you’ll bite and possibly buy an additional item or two from them “while you’re at it”, or later on down the river. Either way, your name, address and email address are all in their database for future e-mail campaigns and catalogs.
Even the big, national chain stores are enticing their customers to shop online with phenomenal deals that are available “Online Only”. Why? These corporations already have a warehouse to store their merchandise until its ready to be shipped to the store. At the store level, the products need to be taken off of the truck and inventoried before it can be set onto the sales floor to be sold. The store needs lights, heat/cooling and employees to maintain, sell and ring up the merchandise, and perhaps even bring it out to you car. When the item is sold on the Internet, the consumer pays shipping charges, which includes unloading the item from the truck and carrying it to your front door. It now costs the store substantially less money to sell you the product. The end result is a cheaper price for you, the consumer when shopping on the Internet.
Free shipping is one of the fabulous incentives used by both small and large companies to persuade you to spend more money on their website, typically tiered or leveled at a pre-set, specific dollar amount. Although nominal handling charges may still apply, having your internet deal shipped to you for free is even better than when you find a bargain at your local store, as you didn’t need to use any expensive fuel to get to the store, nor will you come home from shopping with the infamous crowd-causing headache.
And who doesn’t love something for free? “Daily Freebies” are all over the Internet (and there are new ones every day, too!), you just need to know where to look for them. Listings include product samples, promotional products with discounts and other types of free offers.
To assist you in gathering the necessary information for a successful shopping experience, there are websites devoted especially to your cause. These newfound genius sites not only compile all of this useful information for you, but they organize it into categories. From clothing and accessories to CD’s, gifts and coupons, they’ve got your shopping needs covered!