13 Bargain Websites That are Cheaper than eBay
Oct. 21st, 2007 | by Aseem Kishore |Looking for a place to find some good deals or bargain discounts while shopping online for electronics, clothing, accessories, etc? Well, there are a good number of sites out there other than Fatwallet, which everyone in the world knows about. I’m going to list as many really good deal-finding shopping sites that I can, so check them out and see what you think!
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A very cool site that’s a mashup of deals from other sites like Slickdeals, Fatwallet, Gottadeal and lots more. Mostly tech-related stuff, but there are other things also. |
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A site created by a University of California student that lists out a bunch of great deals on everything from tech to shoes daily. This site is very simple and is addicting. |
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The nice thing about this site (and others) is that you can subscribe to the RSS feed to quickly find deals. Also, pictures of the items are included in the feed. This site also gives you info on rebates and coupons in addition to just deals. |
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DealDump is an aggregate of multiple deal sites, covering everything from Woot.com to DealOverFlow. There are a lot of sites on here I had never even heard of before, so you might find something good here. |
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Find the hottest deals on gadgets, computers, electronics, cameras, and lots more. The cool thing about this site is that you can subscribe to an RSS feed for the specific item you’re looking for. |
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Takes the same concept of Digg.com and does it for deals. Users vote for the best deals and the ones with the most votes get on to the front page. Also once you join you can enter to win free stuff, etc. |
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As you can probably tell from the name of the site, Techdeals.net is all about tech stuff likes games, MP3 players, digital cameras, computers and more. It’s updated daily and has a good number of items. |
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An online service that helps shoppers find coupons and hot deals for tons of online stores. It has a very clean interface and is one of the best sites for just finding coupons! Definitely check it out. |
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Not your normal deal-finding site! This site is basically a social shopping deals site, complete with a game show host and a good number of great products. You’ll have to check it out yourself to find out. |
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DealItem is another deal site for mostly tech stuff. It works best when you’re searching for something by model # or by make and features. If you know what you’re looking for, check out DealItem. |
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A social bargain hunting site that changes frequently during the day, so you’re looking at new stuff all the time. Again, its based on a peer voting system that brings the best deals to the front page. |
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SlickDeals is one of the better known deal sites and includes everything from tech gadgets to men’s shirts. They also have over 800 coupons that you can use at your favorite stores. Very clean interface and easy to use web site. |
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Finally, GottaDeal.com is very popular site for finding deals and coupons online. Has a bunch of categories and brings in deals from many of the major retailers such as Apple, AT&T, and CompUSA. |
So that’s about 13 deal sites that I could think of that have gained some popularity over the last couple of years. If you know of more that you think are good or better, go ahead and post it in the comments! Enjoy!
Aseem Kishore is an IT Systems Analyst and Tech blogger. Check out his blog @ Online-Tech-Tips.com.
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I’ve been on the look out for similar UK/European bargain sites but so far have only found iBood and Hot UK Deals.
Anybody found any other useful sites?
If you’re in the UK market be sure to keep an eye on http://www.bargainspy.co.uk which aggregates most (if not all!) the UK bargain forums where the very latest deals are posted.
It gets around having to wait for a site admin to post / authorise deals, and cuts out all the affiliate banner advertising.
I love http://www.dealio.com it makes my life easy by putting everything in one spot for me. With it, I can search websites, eBay, community deals to coupons and more all listed on one page. How often can you buy something online in under five minutes and still feel like you got the best deal? I know I can and it is thanks to Dealio.
You can do the same with little better interface on dealitem.com and also you get the list of tons of other deal, coupon and deal of the day websites at http://www.dealitem.com/DealCouponSiteList.aspx
You should check out http://www.cafedeal.com.
DealTaker.com is great!
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I found one recently called FreshBargains.net. I used to frequent a lot of the sites mentioned above searching for deals. Not anymore! I just search using FreshBargains.
I love this site!
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Specifically for gaming is gamingdealz.com
Hey, have you guys ever seen AtomicDeals.com? Some pretty cool stuff on there, at a pretty good price!
I’ve found really good deals on http://www.ilikecheapstuff.com.
http://www.woot.com- A new deal every day (today’s is a $80 zune)
Don’t forget http://www.redflagdeals.com for Canadian deals!
gamingdealz.com specializes in games
These aren’t auction sites though… ?
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I like http://www.mrcheapstuff.com. Quality over quantity.
Ken –
Wow. I’m wondering why I haven’t heard of FreshBargains before; I had been looking for alert notification across all deals sites for a while. The only one I found so far charges $ for it.
Thanks for sharing.
- j
Another vote for http://www.freshbargains.net. The site is addicting.
Looking for deals on house dresses, my wife likes to wear those, plus size preferred. If you see any deals on them, please post it. Thanks
I’d have to say that Boddit is the best. It combines many of these sites and more.
Hi - does boddit have alerts too? Can’t seem to find it on their website… tnx.
Not entirely true. It depends on what you’re looking for. Currently found that eBay is cheaper than all 13 sites for Samsung 204B (non-widescreen).
I agree… it depends on the product. But in most cases (I think) bargain websites offer a better deal. Btw, regarding Samsung 204B, you checked for brand new, right? Or Refurbished?
Black Friday, Computers, Household, Clothing, Shoes, Tech Deals, Free Stuff, Travel, Printable Coupons, Holiday Shopping, and more! http://www.daddyodeals.com
I use a deal crawler at http://www.focusdeals.com. It problaby has the most deals compared to the one you listed.
Later
I also like http://www.overstock.com
Not so good for Europeans though.
Great site for video game deals - Gamerdeals.net
Don’t forget
http://www.AddictiveCoupons.com and
http://www.Boupons.com (Bargain + coupons)
coming to the browser near you in Nov. 07
There are many sites similar to woot, here’s a site that shows you what each one has every day:
dodtracker.com
You might be interested in a more detailed list of such sites on an Australian forum.
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/844845.html
A popular bargain site in Australia is http://www.topbargains.com.au/
Thanks
My favorite website for deals and bargain discounts is jangle.net. Shoppers can sort amazon products by price, popularity, discount amount, user rating and more.
http://www.jangle.net
What no mention of http://www.retailmenot.com ?
You missed http://www.lootpig.com
even get points for siging in every day for discounts etc.
http://www.gotapex.com - great deals, and a great community!
This article featured Slickdeals.net as one of the main savings sites, But for the Real Deals combined with awesome community driven submitted savings void of the popularity contest, Fatwallet.com is the way to go. Fatwallet is clean and un-overloaded of animated pics, artsy avatars, billion of animated smileys like slickdeals. If a user is looking for sensational savings, they don’t need the image hoopla similar to MySpace. Fatwallet.com is where seasoned bargain hunters go. At Fatwallet.com all you do is “Pocket the Difference”!
I created my very own bargain site which grabs the latest deals from slickdeals.net, techbargains.com, fatwallet.com, and stealdeals.net.
Let me kmow what you guys think! Thanks.
http://www.fealdeals.com
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StealDeals.net is my favorite.
There is another deal site (http://deals.hardkap.com) that pulls deals from deals2buy.com, edealinfo.com, xpbargains.com, dealnews.com (claims that more sites will soon be added).
The cool feature of this site is that it enables “EXTREMELY FAST SEARCH”. The search completes when you end typing.
I just go to SearchAllDeals.com
Checkout http://www.gunnsdeals.net
Wow - I am amazed at how many bargain sites there are! Many good sites have been mentioned, and I also like Coupon Heaven.
I highly recommend StingyDave.org.
Wow I have shopped through all these sites plus CouponAlbum site (http://www.couponalbum.com). Its a wonderful coupons site.
How about fatwallet.com
Too bad Bountii wasn’t listed on TechCrunch sooner or else they’d be on this list… For electronics bargain hunting, I always luck out with them - http://www.bountii.com
MyCoupons.com ROCKS!
I usually check out http://www.dealfilter.com for some pretty sweet deals.
They do Canada US and everyone else.
I’m a total bargain hunter when i shop online and i’ve seen most of these sites u’ve mentioned but you’ve happened to have left out my favorite one http://www.dealplumber.com Its a social shopping site for deal savvy consumers to find save and share deals!
I recommend checking out http://www.dealscans.com
It features an automatic price scanner that checks for price changes and discounts on over 7 million items! Lots of deals that aren’t found elsewhere.
How did you miss one of the oldest deal sites around
MyCoupons
We’ve got some great exclusives that allow you to save more money right away versus waiting for a site like FatWallet to give you a “rebate.”
http://www.fusedeals.com puts these and more all on one page to browse
What about OnlineStoreCoupon.com? They have great coupons as well as helpful shopping tips.
Agreed. I just checked out OnlineStoreCoupon.com website, and save $30.00 and I got some free samples of products that I always wanted to try.
Looking for some advice.
I “borrowed” Aseem’s original list of 13, read the early recommendations above, did some Net searching, and then created the site listed above. Today, there are more recommendations. This is an example of distributed knowledge–no one person can have all the information.
What we need, I believe, is a way for readers to vote on the best bargain sites and also those they did not like for some reason. Given a few thousand reliable (eliminate duplicate voting) votes, the list would be more valuable. I don’t have those skills, so any suggestions?
Thanks, George
You didn’t do a good job. There many top sites that are missing here. While you are promoting some unknow and new sites that have no viewership and nothing new.
dealdump, dealigg, passwird fall into that category. Never heard of jellyfish or other like dealitem.
Gottadeal is black friday only site.
Lot of my friends visit dealitem.com constantly.
hi just take a look at this site Dealce.com
To find the best deals and discounts all we need is often a single url; SaleGrab.com
Sales and discounts from 300 US largest retailers.
IMHO, the best filtered list of deals and sales is at Markdown Monkey.
Check out http://www.foojii.com …tracks all the top deal sites and the number of deals they post daily.
I’d like to share my deal site with everyone http://www.bargainburner.com
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Checkout http://spendfish.com/ searches amazon’s API to find best deals, lists them, and supports rss.
A good one is http://www.couponcowgirl.com I’ve seen some exclusive codes here.
Good information, I will bookmark this article
another great deal & coupon site is http://www.dealsneaker.com
i need sites that have good food coupons, need to save money, have a
big family
Another neat looking site DealGurus.com
I put in my vote for dealdump and slickdeals along with http://www.rather-be-shopping.com - Great coupons that always save me on my online orders.
If you live in the UK you should check this site out.
http://www.cafedeal.com/
It’s social shopping site designed with a clean interface but highly addictive!
Social Shopping Community where you can request ANY product you want and if you are lucky get great price. I got car just for 500 USD :-).
If you really want to save money and time!. I prefer http://www.elivedeals.com. Easy to find great dealson the net.
Yeah SaleShout.com has just been released too. I think this is the best social shopping network for 2008 myself. I mean they have a simple easy to understand interface and after you register you can start postings right away. Put your affiliate link in for urls and get paid too !!
Yes these are all great sites and have added to the online shopping experience
Yes I agree, we need to visit multiple deals sites to get the best deals as not all sites can list all deals. One I visit regularly which I do not see listed here is http://www.UnoDeals.com .
Its so hard to compile a list of the best deal sites because they all have something unique about each of them. One that I started visiting, is SusieSays.com
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Hey Honey! You should see all the $$$$ i just SAVED us!!!
WOW!
That’s a lot folks! I wonder if someone could set up a site where these could be aggregated by a vote system based on % of actual savings experienced. ???
Thanks for the Unodeals.com link DanSol. It is a really cool site, worth checking out everyday - I just saved $150 on a digital camera through it.
the best website in the world for this kinda thing is dealextreme.com - its chinese based or something (but in english with dollar currency) and legitimate free delivery too ridiculously cheap gadgets and stuff
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