Are you an avid Amazon shopper? We are, and we have collected a few tips and tricks to save money on this platform. Keep on reading! 

AMAZON: HOW TO SAVE MONEY?

Let’s start from the ABC and understand how Amazon works, how to sign up, how to pay and sell through this e-commerce company. Once the basics are taken care of, we can proceed to reveal some tricks to save money.

Amazon: how does it work?

Amazon is an e-commerce company based in Seattle, United States, and represents the largest Internet company in the world. You can buy pretty much everything, from home accessories, books, computers, appliances, clothes and more. Maybe you didn’t know that Amazon also allows you to sell stuff, just like Ebay.

To buy and sell on Amazon you need an account, which can be created in a few minutes by entering your name, email address and password of your choice. Once you have created your personal account, you can immediately search for products by entering a keyword in the search bar at the top and clicking on the magnifying glass icon to see the search results. Did you find what you were looking for? Read the product description for more information and add it to the cart to complete the purchase. You can also select “This order contains a gift” if you are buying a present and write a gift note.

As you saw, buying on Amazon is very simple. Let’s now talk about selling items. The process to get started is the same, navigate to the search bar and enter the item you want to sell, check the description of the object and see if it is identical to yours. If it is, click on “Sell on Amazon” which is next to “Do you have one to sell?”. You will have to accept an Amazon sales contract, and then you can set the price, shipping details and payment.

Tips to save money buying on Amazon

After this brief introduction, let’s dive into the hot topic: SAVING MONEY. How? Here are some tricks for you:

1. CHECK THE PRICES: the first thing we suggest is to frequently check the prices of the product you are interested in. Prices on Amazon float so there’s pleanty of opportunities to score a deal. Add the product to your cart and whenever the price changes you will receive a notification (“Important messages on the items in the cart”) with the new price. Basically, it is Amazon itself that monitors the price for you!
2. AMAZON OFFERS: Keep an eye on the “Amazon Offers” section, where daily offers and flash offers are listed (promotional items for a limited time). Browse the “Coming soon” section to follow offers so you can buy the products at the most convenient price.
3. AMAZON EVENTS: don’t miss out on Amazon events: special sale days with good deals on many items. For example July 15th and 16th celebrated the Amazon Prime Day with exclusive discounts for users subscribed to Amazon Prime. Other events worth mentioning are Amazon Black Friday, which is celebrated on the fourth Friday of November to kickstart Christmas shopping, and the Amazon Cyber ​​Monday, which falls on Monday after Black Friday and specializes on tech items.
4. SHIPPING: shipping also plays a role in our purchases. Amazon often offers free shipping on certain items. You can find 3 different options: “standard” free shipping, shipping at no additional cost; free shipping for orders over € 29, free shipping on € 29 purchases; free shipping for orders over € 25 of eligible books, which is a special promo on books, and the last option is Amazon Prime: with a € 4.99/ month or € 36/year  you will enjoy free and fast shipping on all orders.
5. GIFT CARDS AND TOP UP: another tip we suggest is to buy an Amazon voucher or top-up as there are often special deals associated with the vouchers purchase, like a coupons code for next purchases.