Thanks to online shopping, so much of our lives is streamlined. We don't need to wake up at the crack of dawn to shop Black Friday deals, we can buy all of our groceries from the comfort of our couches, and one-click shopping means we don't even need to have a credit card within arms reach in the process.
So why is it many of us still insist on endlessly Google searching or filling out massive email forms in pursuit of a discount code?
This is where smart browser extensions, which can instantly apply deals and promotional codes to your shopping cart, come into play. These simple add-ons do all the leg work for you, by searching the web for available discount codes you can use towards your purchase. And with a press of a single button, you can apply those discounts to your shopping cart. Pretty genius, right?
And services like Capital One Shopping take this one step further, instantly applying coupons and discount codes to your basket, as well as giving you a price comparison of the product you're shopping for on Amazon, Target and more and giving you Capital One Shopping Credits you can redeem for gift cards. In the world of saving money online, it is as seamless as it gets.
Let's say, for instance, you are about to buy a new coffee maker on Target.com. When you add the product to your cart with the Capital One Shopping extension installed, it will instantly apply an available coupon code (or stack several) it finds from across the web to your purchase. Capital One Shopping discovers publicly available deals, as well as codes that have been crowdsourced and vetted by other shoppers.
Moreover, it will also scan thousands of other retailers and let you know if that coffee maker you've found on Target is cheaper on other sites such as Walmart or eBay (this takes into account shipping and tax costs so you don't have to do the math yourself). And say the coffee maker you are pining for doesn't have any discounts you can apply to your purchase at the moment. Simply save the appliance to your watchlist, and when the price goes down later, Capital One Shopping will notify you so that you don't miss out on a great deal in the future.
And as you are purchasing back-to-school supplies, groceries, a fall wardrobe, new home decor -- you name it -- on popular sites such as Walmart and eBay, you can rack up Capital One Shopping Credits that are redeemable for gift cards towards your future purchases. With Capital One Shopping it literally pays to shop.
Oh, and did we mention that it is completely free to use?
If you are ready to stop overpaying for your online purchases and start enjoying some serious savings, you can add Capital One Shopping to your browser here.
