8 Great Ways to Save on Amazon Products
Over the last decade, Amazon.com has become the most popular shopping destination in the world. In addition to being the premier shopping website, it’s even eclipsed most physical retail stores in its scope and popularity. While Amazon tends to already offer some of the best deals around, there are a number of tips and tricks a bargain hunter can use to ensure they’re getting the best possible deal for their money.
Here are some tips for getting the best deals on Amazon.
Subscribe to Amazon Prime
If you shop on Amazon frequently, a subscription to their premium service, Amazon Prime, will quickly pay for itself. For $99 a year (or $10.99 a month) you get a wide range of benefits, most notably free two-day shipping. But in addition to reducing both your shipping time and cost, you also get access to the robust library of movies and TV shows on Amazon video. Not only that, but you also get even steeper discounts on a variety of products across the site, as well as free access to their large ebook library through Prime Reading. These are just some of the major benefits that are included in a Prime membership, making it one of the best ways to save money at Amazon.
Deal of the Day
One of the simplest tricks you can employ is checking the Deal of the Day section of the Amazon website each day. The site offers new deals on a variety of products each day and often they can offer discounts as significant as 50% off. This should be the section every price conscious consumer checks first every single day to ensure they don’t miss any great daily deals.
Lightning Deals
While the Deal of the Day section changes each day, Lightning Deals only last a few hours However they tend to offer much steeper discounts than the “Deal of the Day” section, sometimes even 8o to 90 percent off!
There are some restrictions however…
You can only buy one of any product on a Lightning Deal, and there’s a limited supply. Luckily you can track these sales and how many of each item is left using the Watch Deal feature, giving you the chance to monitor these sales before you decide to buy.
Amazon Warehouse Deals
Unfortunately, a lot of people aren’t aware of Amazon Warehouse Deals. Which is a shame because they can offer deep discounts on a wide variety of products. Hidden under the used section on a product’s page, these deals typically still qualify for Prime’s free two-day shipping.
While these are typically used or open box items in a lot of cases they’re in “like new condition”, meaning there’s virtually no difference. Well, no difference besides the price, with warehouse deals often offering amazing discounts on lightly used products. Make sure to check for Warehouse Deals before every purchase since it can drastically reduce the price of your purchase.
Subscribe and Save
If you use Amazon for your household essentials then Subscribe and Save should be an essential part of your Amazon experience, and if you don’t, Subscribe and Save might make you reconsider. With subscribe and save, you get additional discounts on common household items by setting a subscription that sends them to your door each month (or two months or however you set it up to 6 months apart). This ends up as a win-win for you, the customer. You no longer have to worry about restocking on common household items, and you know you’re getting them at a discount. If you use Amazon for these sort of purchases, it only makes sense to subscribe and, well, save.
Use A Price Tracking App
In recent years a number of Amazon price tracking apps have been developed that give savvy consumers the ability to track price changes over time and, hopefully, strike when the price is lowest. A quick Google search will reveal a number of these applications, and they all have their own pros and cons. Choose the one you feel most comfortable with and start tracking purchases you plan on making in the near future.
Use The Amazon Store Card to Your Advantage
Credit cards can be dangerous, however, used correctly they can be powerful cost saving tools The Amazon Store Card gives you 5% back on all purchases as long as you have Amazon Prime. This means you can get 5% back for every single purchase you make on Amazon. If you pay off your balance every month this means there’s no real downside. Just remember to pay off your balance.
Take Advantage of the Amazon Trade-in Program
The Amazon Trade-in program allows you to trade your items in for Amazon Gift Card credit. This can be a great way to get value out of an old purchase you want to get rid of. In a lot of cases, the amount of Amazon credit you can get for these trade-ins exceeds the cash value you’d normally get, helping you save.
Conclusion
Amazon gives you a wide range of ways to save on their products if you know the proper way to use their services. In addition, outside resources like price tracking apps can help you get even better deals on Amazon products. Together, all of these resources make one of the greatest dropping websites in the world even better and ultimately, cheaper.
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