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Laptopaholic: Find The Best Laptop Deals On The Internet

Hammad — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:01:38 +0000

If you are searching for a new laptop, and want to find out if there are any discounts on new or used laptops, you should give Laptopaholic a try.

The website allows you to find “Daily Deals” on different laptops, which are taken from websites such as BestBuy, Amazon, eBay, Newegg, etc. Laptopaholic makes it easier for you to find deals, as it displays all of them on one page.

Using the service is very easy. All a user has to do is search the website for the perfect deal. You can choose your favorite Brand, Store, and even Tags. This allows you to categorize the best deals. If you find a deal that interest you, just click on the “Get It” button and it will lead you to the deal’s page.

Features

Free and easy to use.
Find cheap laptop deals.
Deals from around the web are shown in one place.
Ability to categorize deals according to brand, tags, etc.

Check out Laptopaholic @ http://www.laptopaholic.com (By Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

CyberMondayDeals: Find The Best CyberMonday Offers For Maximum Savings

Umar — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:01:35 +0000

While Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, comes with its special discount offers, many stores and retailers provide wonderfully attractive deals on CyberMonday, the Monday following Thanksgiving. But to use these deals, you need to act fast and start hunting for them as early as you can. An online spot that helps you do this is CyberMonday Deals.

CyberMonday Deals is a web service that gathers and presents the best CyberMonday deals to its visitors. The site does not require you to register for any accounts; all you have to do is visit the homepage and begin browsing the deals. With each deal you are shown the amount or percentage you save; free shipping deals are also displayed. Each deal is accompanied by a description and if it interests you, you can click on the “Get Deal HERE” link to be taken to the official page. To indicate your like or dislike of the deal you can vote it up or down.

Other attractive features of the site include filtering deals by browsing the most popular ones, browsing deals categorically, and browsing them by retailer. If you have your own CyberMonday deal to share, you can easily do so.

The most attractive deals on the site can be found under the “Sweet Deals” section on the homepage.

Online shoppers should keep checking the site as new attractive deals are constantly added; some of the best deals are revealed as soon as CyberMonday begins, Eastern time.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you browse attractive CyberMonday deals.
Includes official link of deal.
Deals are accompanied by descriptions.
Lets you put up your own deals.

Check out CyberMonday Deals @ http://www.cybermondaydeals.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

Deel.io: Find Daily Deals On Google Maps

Israel Nicolas — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:01:09 +0000

If you are hunting for group buying and daily deals, then you should check this out. Deel.io is a Google Maps mashup and search engine for daily deals in your city. Created by former Google engineers, this tool pushes the cutting edge of “deals search” by aggregating data from all deals websites applicable to major cities in the country.

Deel.io includes a beautiful maps view and an information-dense list view. You can quickly see the different kinds of deals represented by the icons on the map. You can also filter out the icons by categories, where you can choose from food, spa, shopping, kids, dental services, fitness, and more. You can also filter by Yelp rating and view deals that were only posted the same day.

With all of this information in place, it is pretty amazing how they are able to keep a nice design interface that it could easily be one of the best designed maps mashups today. This tool is extra useful for deal hunters who need a dashboard for all the deal feeds in a visually gratifying approach.

Features:

Google Maps maps for group buying and daily deals.
Filter map by different deal categories
View deals in map or list view
Be updated with all deals through your e-mail
Similar Tools: Check out the 5 Sites to Find Cool Deals From Home

Check out Deel.io @ http://deel.io

Bitehunter: Find Daily Dining Deals & Discount Offers In Your Area

Hammad — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:01:40 +0000

BiteHunter is a handy web service which gathers daily deals, discounts on different restaurants, coupons and more. The website is integrated with Google Maps and displays daily deals on the map, so you can see whether any restaurant in your area is offering something special (e.g discounts, offers, etc) or not.

Clicking on the restaurant will display the latest deals along with the location of the restaurant. You can track daily deals, offers, happy hour deals, discounts and more everyday. The search engine even shows you “specials” on menus of different restaurants, so you might find something you just love to eat.

Even if you can’t find the deal you are looking for on the map, you can search for any cuisine you like, for example: Cuban, Chinese, and Japanese, etc. along with the location in which you are looking for. It will show you all the deals and offers available in the selected area.

The service has an application for iPhone users as well so that they can search for deals on the go.

Features

Real-time updates about daily deals, discounts.
Free to use with no registration required
Available on iPhone
Available in US only.
Similar tools: Snoopf, RestaurantCoupons, KidsMealDeals, UEatCheap and KidsEatFor.

Check out Bitehunter @ www.bitehunter.com (via Lifehacker) (By Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

CityPockets: Keep Track Of Various Online Deals & Avail Them

MOin — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:01:01 +0000

Online shoppers are always on the lookout for great deals. But keeping a track of these once you find them is not that easy. Using programs like spreadsheets are simply too inconvenient. What you need is a web app called CityPockets.

CityPockets is a website that aggregates online deals and offers them to you for tracking and availing. After creating an account on the site you can subscribe to the deals of various companies.

Additionally you will be able to check out the site’s Daily Deals section and see what each deal has to offer. In addition to viewing the details of deals you can use your credit card to take advantage of them.

In case there are deal vouchers you have purchased but you no longer want to use, you can sell them off on the site’s marketplace to other users.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Offers various online deals.
Lets you subscribe to deals from various companies.
Lets you sell deal vouchers you are no longer able to avail.
Similar tools: DealsGoRound and Yahoo Deals.
Also read related articles:

Check out CityPockets @ www.citypockets.com (by MOin from Urban Savior)

Milewise: Pay For Air Travel In Cash, Miles & Points

abhijeet — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:01:57 +0000

Milewise could prove to be a very useful service for frequent flyers who also subscribe to a number of reward programs. The tool tracks all your rewards in one central location and when you decide to fly, it will tell you how to use all of those points and flyer miles to get the best deal. You’ll need to sign up with them and add your reward program details so that it can pull in your information. The prices are sourced from the airlines Orbitz and Everbread.

The service is US only and supports the reward programs of almost all the top US airlines. They use SSL and AES 256 encryption for securing your reward program details.

Features

Track all your reward programs at one place.
Check how to pay for a flight using miles, points and cash to get the best deal.
Add over 200 reward programs.

Check out Milewise @ secured.milewise.com (By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

DealsGoRound: Organize All Your Deals & Offers In A Virtual Wallet

MOin — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:01:14 +0000

Online shoppers will find many online deals that they can benefit from. But arranging these deals in an organized manner is somewhat of a challenge. Thanks to DealsGoRound however, this task is made much easier.

DealsGoRound is a web service that lets you find local deals and offers. You can browse deals and purchase the ones that interest you. In addition to connecting with your PayPal account, DealsGoRound also connects with accounts from Groupon, LivingSocial, YouSwoop, and BuyWithMe. You can import deals from these websites to the virtual wallet that DealsGoRound creates for you.

Then you can choose to receive email updates on your wallet deals – updates such as deal expiration dates. These email notifications help you stay informed of any deals you are about to miss; these deals can be quickly put up for re-sale on the DealsGoRound secondary marketplace for others to take advantage of them.

The site also caters to smartphone owners by providing them with iPhone and Android applications.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you find deals and offers online.
Lets you import deals from other websites.
Connects with your PayPal account.
Sends email notifications about deal updates.
Lets you resell deals.
Similar tools: Voyij, DealSyrup, OfferMeaTrip, CouponMom and TheDealMap.

Check out DealsGoRound @ www.dealsgoround.com (via TechCrunch) (by MOin from ThumbPress)

DealSyrup: Discover Recurring Discounts & Deals

MOin — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 03:01:17 +0000

Normally when a business offers coupons or deals, they are for one-time use only. This applies to nearly all deals and offers you find online. However, there are also recurring discount that can be used multiple times for subsequent purchases. Deal Syrup helps you find such deals.

Deal Syrup is a free to use online notification service. The site keeps you updated on local deals that can be used multiple times. These deals offer high discounts on the first purchase and decreasing discounts on subsequent purchases. All you have to do to start using Deal Syrup is type in your email address and zip code – no new account registrations are required. Businesses can use Deal Syrup to publish their own multiple-usage deals.

Features:

A user-friendly web service to discover offers.
Keeps you updated on local offers and deals.
Notifies you of deals that can be used multiple times.
Uses email notifications.
Similar tools: Offers and Gazaro.
Also read related articles:
4 “One Deal A Day” Sites That Don’t Suck
5 Best Sites To Find Cool Deals Near Your Home

Check out DealSyrup @ www.dealsyrup.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

ShockedFish: Find & Compare Games By Price, Discounts, Genre & Reviews

Umar — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 01:01:01 +0000

Video game players often find themselves looking for the next enjoyable game to play. While selecting your next game, a lot of things count such as the game’s price, its recentness, and its reviews. Here to help you buy games while considering such factors is a web service called Shocked Fish.

On the site’s homepage you will find games listed according to the current discount in their price. A discount percentage is followed by the current price of the game. Prices can be viewed either in dollars or in pounds. You can change the filters using the top buttons on the site. These filters let you specify the genre of the games and the price range. You can also choose to sort the game according to their price, popularity, name, discount, Metacritic score, and recentness.

When you find a game you like, simply click on it and you will be taken to its online purchasing page from where you can get other details of the game and purchase it.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Helps you find new games.
Provides a number of filters to find games such as genre and price range.
Sorts the games according to your preferences.
Provides purchasing link for the games.
Similar tools: PlayAndroid and Upforgame.

Check out Shocked Fish @ www.shockedfish.com (By Umar from TechCityInc)

Cardnap: Purchase Discounted Gift Cards Online

abhijeet — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:01:09 +0000

Cardnap might turn out to be the site you check each time you decide to go shopping at a nearby department store. That’s because it’s a searchable repository of discounted gift cards for popular stores, both online and offline. That means you can find and purchase discounted gift cards for both Walmart and iTunes on this site.

The interface is nice looking and easy to operate. Search for the cards and purchase them if you find the ones you need.

The cards are organized under various categories in the sidebar, and the discount can range from anything between zero and hundred percent. Clicking on the price range produces a slider that can be adjusted to see discounts according to your preferences.

Features

Search and buy discounted gift cards.
Discounted gift cards available for all kinds of stores.
Gift cards in various categories available.
Discounts ranging from 0 to 100% available.

Check out Cardnap @ www.cardnap.com (via TechCrunch By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)