Internet shopping turned up to 11

So, you want that big shiny fancy thing

Eyeballing a laptop?
Thinking about getting a TV?

Or even just a cat carrier

Online shopping is historically much cheaper than physical

So, here is the thing, you can take it a step further.

How?

Step 1: Get a credit card that gives cash back on things.

A few options would be americanexpress prefered blue or bluecash everyday, chase freedom, etc. Make sure you get one with warranty extension.

I listed Americanexpress prefered blue for an unusual reason. It gives 6% cash back in grocery stores. That means buying amazon.com giftcards in the grocery store can actually save you money.


If you can't get a credit card, you could always sign up for the paypal business debit card, which has 1% cash back. You can set it up to use your bank account as a backup source of funds, which makes it function mostly like a normal debit card. 1% cash back doesn't sound like much, but I use it to pay for school, so I made like 40$ in the last 3 months. You get 4 cents per gallon off per 1% cashback, roughly when buying gas. Unfortunately when I asked paypal, they said they don't cover warranty coverage, while when I asked mastercard directly, they said they do. I love mixed information. */sarcasm*

If you have the amex prefered blue card, that's 6% off on groceries (and by proxy, amazon gift cards), 3% off gas, and 1% off general crap. Sadly that card has a 75$ a year fee, which is why a lot of people get the bluecash every day instead.

Chase freedom is pretty badass, because they give 5% of on gas 6 months a year, and 5% off on amazon for the last 3 months of the year.

Now every time you buy something, you get 1% back, and it has a warranty extension of a year.

Step 2: Sign up for ebates and\or fatwallet.

Whenever you are going to go buy something online, check with these site first. They offer cash back on purchases, and they are loaded on coupons. They use affiliate links, so they make cash, and then hand some of it back to you.

For example, right now on both sites, if you wanted to buy a HP laptop from the manufacturer directly, you could get 3% cash back, and a 20% discount on 999.99+, 25% discount on 1199.99+, or 30% on 1399.99+ purchases.

That's a HUGE deal. They also have 2 year warranties instead of 1 year when you buy it from them directly. Oh wait, with the credit cards in question, that just became 3 year warranty.

Yep, that's right, 3 years off the bat without you paying extra for it.

Step 3:
What about other ways? You could sign up for viglink which is an affiliate marketing network funded by google. They have 30,000 online shops which you can make commission off of. I've made like 160$ off of it, barely trying. It's not amazing, but it's not bad.

You make links, give them to people, and then you get paid if they buy stuff.

Sadly, you can't commission off of yourself easily. But hey, what about a significant other? You two can both sign up, and commission off of eachother!


So now you're thinking "3-8%, who cares?"

You were going to buy that stuff *anyways*

8% discount on a 1000$ item? That's 80 bucks dude

That's it for now, leave comments, nstuff below