How to save money on online shopping

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Our author decided to give up shopping and try to buy everything she needed on the Internet.

It's hard for me to find time for everything. Almost impossible. From nine in the morning to six in the evening, I work as an HR manager in the office, when I return home, take care of the children, take care of the cat, and communicate with my husband. Sometimes I write texts for Lifehacker. I also try to make time for yoga classes, French lessons and meeting friends. When to go shopping on such a schedule, I don't know. I don’t want to spend the weekend shopping. Therefore, I decided to try to switch to online shopping and installed the goods.ru application, because there, I read, you can find almost everything. And there is cashback, which means you can save.

goods.ru is a large marketplace with more than a million products from 2,500 online stores. You can immediately choose the most advantageous offer and not waste time comparing prices on several sites. In addition, goods.ru themselves check the cost in advance and offer the best price guarantee for the promotion.

Products

I decided to start with the most important thing - with food. I usually spend a lot of time on trips to the grocery. Half an hour a day is stable, sometimes more. And this is insulting.

First, I read the terms of delivery: it is written that the goods can be delivered in time in a day. But I decided to order non-perishable products to be sure. My choice fell on buckwheat and pasta - they are always needed in the house. I also added ketchup to the basket - my husband and children love it very much - and marshmallows in chocolate. I can't live without sweets.

Technique

I have long wanted to change my phone. I have a terrible camera, I even stopped taking pictures - all the same, these pictures are worthless. An IT specialist from work advised to take a closer look at Xiaomi - an inexpensive and high-quality brand. I found a smartphone Xiaomi Redmi Note 7. In goods.ru it is offered to buy it for a thousand cheaper on the action "Best Price Guarantee". So I decided to put it in the basket. And to it, for the company, I added a fitness bracelet, also from Xiaomi. I saw such things from colleagues.

Cosmetics

It always takes a lot of time to go to a cosmetic store: I come for one thing, I start wandering and trying, I go out with a whole package. I also swatch new lipsticks and shadows for about 20 minutes. This time I will try to replenish stocks online.

So, firstly, the patches for the eyes have run out. I found good Korean ones and are 100 rubles cheaper than I usually buy. Hooray! I also need dry shampoo - it always saves when I'm late for work. I found it on goods.ru with my favorite scent - I rarely see it in stores. Well, and not quite the necessary foundation - I will buy it while there is a discount on it. Yes, it's convenient that in the application you can immediately see which products have a discount: you can compare the price of several sellers.

Toys

I added gifts to myself and immediately realized that the children would be offended. I decided to take a designer for my son. He loves LEGO, but he didn't want to take a set with ordinary parts: he already has such. I came across a high-speed LEGO Technic all-terrain vehicle with real mechanisms, and even a radio-controlled one. Cool!

Hobby

I chose gifts for my daughter in another section: I took pencils and a coloring book "Holidays in Prostokvashino". My husband and I often turn on Soviet cartoons, she likes them. So, I think, the coloring in the theme.

While leafing through the goods, I found some roomboxes. I opened it and found out that this is a paper constructor for creating a doll's interior. Cool. I didn’t know that it happens. Added to my daughter (in fact, I'm interested in collecting it myself).

Accessories

My niece's birthday is in a month. I need to look for a gift for her too, since I'm sitting in the application. In the accessories section, I found beautiful earrings with rose quartz, she will definitely like it. Along the way, I threw a shopping bag for myself into the basket. I don't take bags in stores - I care about the environment. Have you heard about the plastic waste island in the Pacific Ocean? Here.

I also remembered that my husband's umbrella had recently broken. Added a reverse folding mechanical umbrella. This is the first time I see this, but it seems to be convenient. It closes with the wet side inward: if you go to the subway, it will not wet others.

Car products

I saw car goods and remembered something. The husband says that WD-40 and blue duct tape should always be at hand. We have electrical tape, but I don't remember WD-40. Found it. And he also said that you need to change the brake pads in the car. I'm not very good at all this, so I chose those who have a good rating. If they do not fit, I will return them without any problems. The exchange and return policy in goods.ru is such that you can return the goods within 7 days if it simply does not suit you.

Goods for pets

I almost forgot about my beloved cat. We feed the tartan only with special professional dry food. It is difficult to find it in ordinary pet stores, but on the goods.ru marketplace it was found right away. I also added a scratching post to the basket. She really needs her. Now I'll tell you why.

Sporting goods

Literally a week ago, a Muryka severely tore up my yoga mat - I had to throw it out. The sports store is far away, and it was impossible to get to it. I even had to cancel my studio classes. Buy a rug and finally get back to yoga.

Along the way, I added badminton to the basket. Let's play on the weekend.

Books

The last category where I looked. I realized that I hadn't taken up books for a very long time with a terrible schedule. And I love to read. I used to sit behind Pelevin, so I'll take something fresh.

What is the bottom line

So, I tried to assemble a basket on goods.ru and here are the conclusions I made:

1. I found everything I needed in just an hour. If I went to sports, cosmetics, grocery and other stores, I would spend the whole day.
2. My weighty basket of 23 products came out in the amount of 33,758 rubles. If I bought everything, I would receive a decent cashback: 2,651 bonus rubles for an order and 1,687 bonus rubles for paying online. Total: 4,338 bonus rubles. They will be able to pay up to 50% of the next purchases. For example, take Samsung wireless headphones not for 8,599 rubles, but for 4,299 rubles.
3. Each product page has a list of prices from different sellers. You can choose the most advantageous offer.
4. Delivery to goods.ru is profitable - only 1 ruble. In addition, all goods from completely different categories will arrive at the same time in one package. You can choose a convenient delivery method: PickPoint post office, courier delivery to the door, pick-up points or M. Video stores. Delivery extends to 149 cities of Russia.

The goods.ru marketplace gives the readers of Lifehacker a promotional code for the first order. Enter the word Lifehacker when paying for purchases from 5,000 rubles and get a discount of 1,000 rubles. The promo code is valid until October 15, 2019.