The Shopper’s Toolbox: 50 Sites To Find Deals, Free Shipping, EOL Items & More!

6 June 2008 by Mark (no comments)

Everybody wants to save money, that’s a given especially when it comes to shopping online for items for home and office. With the economy slowing and prices going up, it is more important than ever to budget and look to cut costs. But where do you find the deals? How do you find the best cheap places to shop online where your credit card or bank account won’t take a beating?

The Shopper’s Toolbox, collection of the best sites offering the cheapest deals online, can help you when times are tough!

Coupons
Rebates
Best Deals
Free Shipping
End Of the Line (EOL) Items

The following covers each of the categories, as well as listing sites to look at and a brief description of what you will find there for those specific shopping needs. So take a look, and then take advantage of all the hot deals that you’ll find!

Coupons

Coupons.com: Visit this site for numerous printable coupons to use in the stores. There are 50+ coupons here and a variety of items to save money on.
MyCoupons.com: This is one of the bigger coupon sites on the internet. There are 10 shopping categories, 383 coupon or promotional codes, and 1,893 stores to shop through. This is definitely the site to go to for shopping discounts on the internet.
HotCoupons.com: HotCoupons advertises that they are the largest online coupon website. There are thousands of free coupons here and you can search out deals by typing in your zip code to shop for deals locally, regionally, and nationally.
Valpak.com: Valpak has been around for years. These were those big packs of coupons that would show up in your mailbox from time to time. Now they’re available online en masse. Shop for printable online coupons by entering your zip code.
SmartSource.com: FREE printable coupons for numerous top name brands. You’ll usually find anywhere from 80-120 coupons listed here. Just print them up, take them to the store, and redeem them.
BestOnlineCoupons.com: The consumer can look for coupons either by category or specific website such as Best Buy, Dell, Old Navy and Wal*Mart — just to name a few. But you can also search out anything from Apparel and Clothing to Travel and Vacations.
Wow-Coupons.com: Coupons for the US and the UK. You’ll find printable coupons for Grocery, Rebates, Restaurants, and Travel — and lots of them. Online and offline coupons are both available at this site.
CoolSavings.com: This is another one of the larger coupon sites. You can even specify certain sites to get e-mail notifications from for your favorite items, as well as a listing of all kinds of free samples you can have mailed directly to you.
CouponMom.com: Deals, deals, and more deals is the theme here with this site. It is a membership site, but one that seems worth it. Evidently, a mom did a lot of work putting this site together. There are all kinds of useful shopping tips here as well.
UltimateCoupons.com: Coupons and coupon codes is the format here, and they all help you to save money when you’re shopping online and offline. There are over 600 businesses listed in the index on this site. Enjoy the savings.

Rebates

MyRebates.com: This site is one that the consumer must visit before starting to shop online. It’s definitely a good site to find ways of getting cash back on a lot of online purchases. There are a lot of categories to shop through, daily coupon listings, and so on.
RebatePlace.com: If it’s consumer electronics, or computer hardware and software that you need, then this is a site you should visit. This site targets just these three categories and nothing else, but it is still a good site to bookmark.
BJS.com: This is a membership site. The focus is online rebates and “In-Club” coupons. Anytime you purchase an item from this site the rebate coupon (if one applies) gets set up to print.
ShopAtHome.com: Rebate coupons from literally thousands of brand names can be found at this site. Some free shipping is available here, also. The consumer signs up with a login name and password, and then starts looking at all the bargains.
Rebate.com: This is definitely a site for the consumer to investigate. Find your favorite store, shop for whatever items you need, and then earn money back when you make your purchase.
Rebates411.com: If you regularly take advantage of a lot of coupon shopping and rebates, then you should probably sign up at this site. This is what is referred to as a “tracking” site where you can check the status on your rebate/promotion claim.
FreeAfterRebate.info: This is pretty much a technologies-oriented rebate site but there are a lot of really great deals on hardware and software applications. In fact, after making a couple of purchases on certain items, you qualify for a free one.
About.com Coupons: This is interesting reading and is basically an article about rebate sites to avoid based on consumer’s experiences. There are other links to more articles as well . About.com is a valuable source of information on all kinds of consumer issues.
AceHardware.com: This is the place for the handy person, a.k.a. the Do-It-Yourself individual. There are monthly listings for rebates on all kinds of their products. This is a good site to look at if you’re planning a home project anywhere in the near future.
eBates.com: This is a good membership site for rebates on a variety of things for the home. Sign up, make a purchase, and get a gift card in return (usually a $10 value at the least). Every time you purchase something, you get a gift card.

Best Deals

Deals.com: This is another great site to visit for all types of shopping deals. The categories, with the number of their related sites listed in parentheses, are Clothing (476 sites), Computers (1,413 sites), Electronics (1,768 sites), Home and Garden (431), and Jewelry and Watches (673 sites).
SlickDeals.net: You will find some of the best internet prices involving a lot of retailers here. The site is primarily oriented towards computers and consumer electronics, but there are some really big savings on items listed here.
DealCatcher.com: Find coupons, deals, rebates and more on a variety of sites from Amazon to Zappos. Just a word of caution though; this site is set up to change deals every day, so the mentality of thinking about it (rather than buying it) may result in the item being gone when you finally decide to buy it. If you see it, it’s wise to buy it then, not later as it will most likely be gone.
Frommers.com: Start your vacation at this site. They list some great deals on air fares, cruises, hotels, etc. all over the world. Plus there are tons of travel-oriented articles to read and get ideas from.
iSaveYouDeals.com: This site is also one to explore. There are over 1,000 stores and over 4,000 deals listed here. From Automotive to Travel, this site is a definite destination for the internet shopper.
Funtasia.net: There are free online coupons and discounts from over 850 different stores here. They list daily bargains and feature a different retailer’s buys everyday as well. It’s worth it to look at this site since it lists lots of the bigger national retailers.
CouponShare.com: Here are more free online coupons, deals, and discounts for the consumer. There are over 3,300 great buys listed here from all kinds of retailers as well as a variety of travel sites to choose from. Be aware that there are a lot of time-sensitive buys at this site.
DealsPl.us: This site is referred to as Deals Plus and has over 200 deals listed daily. One of the really good values was an Ethernet Fast Switch that listed for $16.99, but after the rebate was only $1.99 — just as an example. But there are so many more great buys to look at.
eLiveDeals.com: This site lists a multitude of retailer shopping categories, but the primary focus is on cameras, computers, and electronics. There was a $449.00 GPS unit that was priced at $124.99 and then there was a $20 rebate on top of that.
Deals2Buy.com: This is another consumer electronics site, but there are lots of items to pick from. You’ll notice towards the top of the homepage that there are links to deals for every day of the week, so there is a lot more to investigate than just the home page.

Free Shipping

NB: there are a lot of companies that will ship for free, however they do impose minimum order amounts to qualify for that, so be sure you investigate the deals thoroughly.

CouponWinner.com: Free shipping offers from retailers saves you money on gas. There are roughly 750 different businesses listed at this site where a person can obtain a coupon that is good for free shipping from the particular retailer.
FreeShipping.com: Get free shipping from over 1,000 stores when you visit this site. Additionally, there are other offers for coupons, consumer price protection, and return shipping. This site will save money when you use it.
KeyCode.com: This is a great site for tracking down free shipping deals with internet retailers and more. The page is updated daily, so be aware of that. Also, not all the coupons are for free shipping. Some coupons only reduce a portion of the shipping costs.
RobsDeals.com: You can visit this daily for the latest updates on deals, coupon codes, and free shipping offers at your favorite retailers. It lists the codes and their expiration dates which also helps you to take advantage of the time frame.
Best-Price.com: Here, you will find free shipping coupons and savings on items up to 75% off the listed prices. The links on the site take you to a variety of locations for shipping coupons and promotional codes as well.
CouponAlbum.com: Free shipping coupons as well as a variety of other types of printable coupons can be found at this site. There are over 3,500 promotional codes available and over 11,000 coupons for name brand merchants. This lists daily “hot buys” as well.
Shopping-Bargains.com: Coupon codes, discount codes, free shipping deals and more is found at this site. There are deals listed for over 1,000 stores. There are daily listings and a lot of time-sensitive deals here so be sure to read carefully.
CouponMountain.com: Free shipping offers for over 1,000 stores are listed with this site. You’ll need to be thorough here with this site, because some of the deals are not always free, and there is a price on the coupon itself. However, incidents like these are rare.
CouponCabin.com: This site cross markets with merchants that either offer free shipping or at least discounted shipping when you buy from merchants here at this site. It lists the amount of shipping that you’ll save with each merchant on the list as well.
CouponShack.com: Here you will find coupons as well as free shipping coupons for literally every item you might need. Most of the merchants offer the discount on shipping, but unless the particular coupon accompanies it, you aren’t given the discount.

End Of the Line (EOL) Items

NB: Usually these are items that are unique or one-of-a-kind items that are no longer being manufactured. So whatever bargain you are interested in, you may want to think about buying it when you first see it because it will most likely be gone if you pass it over and then come back to it later.

AlanTrade.co.uk: This is one of the better sites for one-of-a-kind values on quality consumer electronics. Though these items have been discontinued by the manufacturer, they come with a one-year warranty, so you’re not buying them “AS IS” and are protected against any defects.
PartyToo.com: This site is targeted towards children’s party items and decorations. They offer a great selection of products, but they are all one-of-a-kind items. What you see right now could be gone quickly.
CDRDirect.co.uk: CD Direct has a nice assortment of CD and DVD related accessories but not many are often listed. Supposedly, there are new items posted everyday. This is also a wholesaler site as well. So chances are, if you miss out on one bargain, there will always be others.
Packrat-Toyz.com: This is a great site for kid’s games and toys with some really great bargains as well. There is quite an extensive assortment as well.
DealTime.com: Though most of the items involve clothing related bargains, there are over 18,000 other products listed as well. This site is definitely filled with all kinds of one-time deals. And the assortment literally changes every 24 hours.
NextTag.com: This has always been one of the better shopping sites for searching out great bargains, but they also have a separate section for EOL items and it is filled with a big inventory. There are roughly 20,000 items listed here at any given time, so there is always a chance at finding what you have been looking for at an excellent price.
Become.com: If what this site advertises is accurate, you could spend a lot of time shopping here. They boast that there are nearly 25 million items and over 5,000 retailers and vendors to choose from. Indications are that this is an exaggeration but not to the extent that it is all advertising hype — there is a lot to see at this site.
CatalogLink.com: There are numerous EOL items and popular brands listed at this site. There are over 6,000 pages of product with 36 items listed per page. If you do the math, that equates to over 217,000 items — not a bad selection is it?
Exava.com: Whether it is flowers and gifts, home and garden, sports and outdoors, you can find the bargains here. However, there are over 3,500 items so it’s worth the visit. There are daily featured listings that are in other categories as well.
CafePress.com: This is kind of a long link, but CafePress has always been known for their huge assortment of clothing and household items. There’s over 9,000 items at this link that they are listing as EOL items, so visit this site when you get a minute and take advantage of the savings that they are offering.