It is the 6th anniversary of Cyber Monday. Cyber Monday is the online equivalent to Black Friday which occurs the Monday after Thanskgiving. The major difference is you do not have to stay up all night or get up, shower, be dressed and out the door by 4:00am to ensure your place in line on a great deal. Shop.org is the founder of the term Cyber Monday when they noticed how many people made purchases online at or after work. With more to do and less time to do it shoppers are purchasing on the go or while they work or even on the commute. It is a convenience that many find quite valuable, so even though we still hear about the overcrowded large retail stores on Black Friday, Cyber Monday does very well too. Walmart, Target, and Best Buy are swarmed by people looking for the best holiday shopping deals on Black Friday. Those three companies definitely dominate the Black Friday extravaganza. They are large enough to offer huge discounts or even take a loss on one product in order to fill their stores with so many customers they’ll make up the difference on other items that will grab the crowds attention. Smaller companies do not have that luxury and Cyber Monday benefits them. Sure Black Friday is useful for getting inexpensive stuff but Cyber Monday is often used to find higher end technology deals. Hopefully the details below will assist you in how to go about searrching out the deals for Cyber Monday.
The small to mid size companies can advertise their deals on their own websites. Shop.org’s sister company cybermonday.com will be hosting a “Deal of the Hour” promotion. The Daily Press advertising team has put together a special Cyber Monday sale that should have 50 percent off discounts on local health clubs, restaurants, and spas. The discount is a way of providing a sneak peak of their daily deals website dpsavvysteals.com beginning December 5, 2011. In order to receive the deals at the Daily Press on Cyber Monday, you will have to subscribe to dpsavvysteals.com before midnight tonight 11/27/2011. The Cyber Monday sales for the Daily Press will start promptly Monday at 10am. Other retailers will be pushing their promotions through social media sites and email newsletters. Now don’t just settle for their deals, go after coupons as well. Visit retailmenot.com for possible coupon codes. Earn cash back on purchases through such places as ebates.com. Also check out Walmart.com, Newegg,com, and Amazon.com as they will have great bargains in their daily deals sections. Use Pricegrabber.com or Google’s product search tool to research a company you have never purchased from before or to find the best bargain. A well used and effective way to check a price is to compare it to Amazon.com. Amazon.com is known for it’s considerably low or reasonable prices. If you find a reputable online retailer that can beat a price at Amazon.com, it’s probably a great deal.
Hopefully this helps you prepare for your online shopping experience. See you online!!!
Here’s a recap
“Deal of the Hour” – cybermonday.com
50 percent off local deals – The Daily Press – dpsavvysteals.com subscription required by midnight 11/27/2011
Coupon Codes – retailmenot.com
Research Tools – Pricegrabber.com and Google
