How To Save Up To 70% or More Every Time You Shop!

You work your tail off every day; arriving early and staying late and still have a household to manage! Everyone thinks you're super-dedicated, but you know you have to do this to make ends meet. The cost of living is rising much faster than your income!

Stop Struggling and Start Saving!

You’ve stretched your paycheck as thinly as you could and just barely made it last to the next payday. Simply affording the basics like rent, health insurance, auto expenses, and utilities, is not enough. You work hard and you deserve more than the bare necessities and yet finding “fun” money can seem like an elusive goal. You try to be penny-wise, but what more can be done?

Strength in Numbers

In this great, hyper-connected world we live in today, money-saving tools such as savings apps, digital coupons, and local deals at your fingertips, via your phone. Many methods of saving are dismissed as a 'waste of time' because the savings they offer seem so small. For instance, an app on your phone pays you to watch videos. At the end of one month, you were paid $3; not too impressive on its own. However, when used in conjunction with other money-saving resources, you could have a deposit of $20 or $30 at the end of the month. See, there is strength in numbers! 

An Easy and Rewarding Way to Maximize Your Savings Every Time You Shop!

When you use all the following tips together, you can save an average of the total receipt. Once you've gotten the hang of shopping this way, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it!

 4 Easy Steps to Savings of 35% to 55% or more:

Step 1)

Get ready for some good, old-fashioned coupon clipping!

Check out weekly flyers for deals and sales. You might have to go to a few different stores for the best savings, but that's okay. Sometimes it’s worth it. Unless you have to buy everything on your list right now, planning a few smaller shopping trips will allow you to take your time so as not to miss a great deal!  

•  Cut all the coupons you can use and keep them in an organizer arranged by product type or expiration date. This way you can compare multiple coupon savings while in each specific section of the store.
•  Pay special attention to double and triple coupon offers…they are too good to pass up! Some grocery stores will double or triple coupons up to .99, so if you present a .75 coupon, you’ll end up getting $1.50 or even $2.25 off an item.

Step 2)

Don't Forget Cyber Savings!

Now you're going to score some extra savings online. It’s no secret that you can find coupons online, but how often do you actually dedicate time to this? You could be missing out on some real hidden gems!

• Online coupon sites (CrazyCouponLady or Coupons.com) can help you clip hundreds of coupons at once with the click of a mouse. Some sites will even load the savings right onto your store loyalty cards.
•  Your favorite brand's website often has elite deals, special savings, and, sometimes, free samples. You may need to sign up for their emails, but if these are brands you buy and use, it's worth it!
• Make a phone call.  By calling a brand's toll-free number (or posting on their social media page), you are showing special interest and companies are appreciative. Share a comment, compliment, or suggestion (or complaint if it's legit) about their product. Ask if there are any new specials they can alert you to. Maybe there's a deal you missed or one coming up that is worth postponing the purchase for. Feedback is invaluable to them and you will often be rewarded with bonus coupons or free products for sharing!

Step 3)

Gift Cards Can Save You Even More

Discounted gift cards are now available for thousands of store both online and off.  The discounts can range from a mere 4 or 5% to up to 50% or more. Naturally, the bigger the purchase price, the bigger the discount. Heck, even if it's only a few dollars off, why not use it? Would you pick up $3 if you found it lying in the street? Of course, we all would!

• Buy a discounted gift card and then use it to pay for your purchase while saving an additional 5-65%. Someone reported found a gift card worth $200 on sale for roughly $154. Visit a few of these sites (try GiftCardGranny, Raise, or RetailMeNot). It may be worth it to shop online to take advantage of a super on-site discount.

 Step 4) And finally,  

Join a Cash-Back Site. Cash-back sites (TopCashBack, Ebates) are sort of like virtual malls where you have access to thousands of stores to shop in-all in one place while automatically earning cashback on your purchases.

•  Log in to the site whenever you plan to shop online. Choose the store you prefer and simply shop. The website will automatically apply your cash-back amount. 
• Not only does shopping in this fashion allows you access to exclusive deals and comparison shop at multiple stores to get the absolute lowest price, but you also earn some bonus cash for yourself in the process.

Big Savings...And a Cherry on Top!

To sum it up, let's do the math…

Let’s imagine you are buying a $200 item that’s on sale for $160. You save 20% using a coupon code you got online, then you used a $100 gift card you purchased for $90. Now, deduct the money you’re getting from the cash-back site and that $200 purchase just ended up costing you about $110!

Do all your shopping like this and you can end up saving a few hundred dollars or more a year. Finally, you'll be able to enjoy some of the little extras that make all your hard work worth it! Who said frugal couldn’t be fun?

Now, that's a nice splurge!