Tips and tricks to buying online

A lot of people are turning to buying online to get the best prices and widest range of products... without even leaving the comfort of your lounge room. Ebay is one of the biggest and well known online shops worldwide but there is a bit of an art when it comes to finding and winning an item that you want so here are my tips to finding and winning your favourite brands or items:

1. Set up email alerts. You can enter your favourite brands, price range etc and when an item that matches what you want is posted, you will get an email from eBay with the item details.
Whenever you do a search on eBay an option to 'save this search' will appear below the search box. By following the prompts you can set up alerts via email.

2. Mobile bidding. Bid from your mobile phone and get notifications if you are out bid.
How to set up notifications

3. Avoid disappointment in the final moments of bidding. Watching the counter tick down in the final seconds of an auction is exciting if there are a few people bidding, but it can be so disappointing when your browser doesn't process your bid fast enough and you get outbid at the final moment. Decide before hand how much you would really be happy to pay for the item in store and bid accordingly, I have been pipped at the post many times! It's hard to not get carried away and pay more than you want so decide on what you think is a good price before the shopping adrenaline kicks in!


Happy bidding!!

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