Find the lowest prices for items online using PriceBlink

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Web App PriceBlink works on a very cool concept when added to your browser. Let's say you are shopping on Target for an item; once you're on the product page, a PriceBlink popup will appear below your URL bar with similar items it might have found for a lesser price. It works on the concept of price comparison - without you having to physically search all online retailers who have the same or similar item for a much lesser cost. The app itself is non-intrusive meaning it just stays hidden in your browser and does not appear until you go shopping. Once you start searching and find an item you want to purchase it will automatically search for the same product online and give you a better deal. The deal must be available but it does cut down a lot of time and if you are a bargain hunter and want to shop for things with the lowest price this one is for you.

It works well with Chrome, Safari, FireFox and IE - simply install the app and let it do the work of finding great deals for you. In addition once you land on a merchants store online it will also search for coupons that might be available. So if you are shopping on Amazon.com PriceBlink will show you the best coupons available and you can get it with only a single click. The app is smooth and works silently in the background, PriceBlink works with most of the online stores available and is able to get you the best discount deals. If you give it a whirl, do let us know what you think of it in the comments section below.
Get PriceBlink now - automatically finds lower prices when you shop. 

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YipIt: How does it work

YipIt the new start-up is slowly earning a name for itself. YipIt operates in the daily deals space, which features giants like Groupon. YipIt however does not offer any daily deals of its own, this is an aggregation service and bring to you everyday the best deals available for you locally, based on your interests. Daily deal and coupon sites are springing-up everywhere. There seems to be no end of them, you find a new one in every city you visit. Now most of them offer only one or two deals everyday. Most of these deals might not even suit your fancy. Enter Yipit.


YitIt how does it work?
Based on your city YipIt will aggregate all the deals available from over 805 services and serve you only the best based on your predefined likes and interests. The service is currently email based and there is an iPhone App as well. The service is currently available in the US and Canada and you would need to check to see if your city is available. 


The purpose of YipIt is to bring to you the best deals based on your interests. So if you are receiving multiple mails from various daily deal providers. You can stop that for now and start receiving only one email a day from Yipit, the daily deals, sales and coupon search engine. Use it to get the best of all deals available in your city or search for deals available across the country
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Shopcade: Use Facebook to shop, find deals and purchase stuff

So in the mood to shop. You can do so sitting in front of your favorite social network - Facebook, and shop along with all your pals. Using Shopcade you can browse through stuff that gets updated real-time and write you recommendation on the same. Discuss it with your friends before you decide to buy anything. 


Shopcade: How does it work
Once you visit the App on Facebook you can begin to browse through categories like, Books, Music, toys Gifts, Travel and Tickets. Browse till you find the right product and then click on the 'Buy Now' link below the product. You will be taken to the merchant's website where you can make the final payment and get your item. The thing about Shopcade is that you can find all the items available on the internet in one place and therefore there is no need to visit multiple sites. There are also some fantastic deals to be had. Shopcade is presently available only in the US and the UK. 


Once you have a list of your favorite brands and items you can then create a personalized Shopcade to share with your friends. Social Shopping is all about the power of group recommendations and with Shopcade you can do just that. 


Some of the features and benefits of Shopcade:

Shopcade allows users to share products from a wide range of categories including; fashion, beauty, tech, music and apps. Some notable features of Shopcade include:

o   Top-trending products – Easily see which products are currently most popular across different categories among your friends or in the whole community;


o   Top-trending Shopcades – Find out which Shopcades are most popular across different categories, among your friends or in the whole community;


o   Easy discovery – Discover which products your friends and the community are sharing, or filter by exact categories and brands you want to see;


o   Mutual rewards – When you buy via another Shopcade, both sides are rewarded with real cash;


o   Personalised recommendations – In addition to your friends’ recommendations, Shopcade also recommends products to you based on your Facebook “likes;”


o   Personal URL – Personal Shopcade URLs allow you to place your Shopcade on your blog and other social media channels.


Visit Shopcade on Facebook now to start shopping. Don't miss out on the deals to be had for Christmas this year. 

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How to know when prices drop on Amazon, Direct2Drive and Steam

So there is this gadget that you are wanting to buy. You check online and find out that you are not willing to buy it at it's current price. In your mind you have a a different price you are willing to pay for it. There is a problem however you would need to keep checking and wait till it comes down to the right price you have in mind. This can be quiet tedious and you might even forget about it. 


That is worth is a Chrome extension that could come to your rescue. With this extension you can specify what you are willing to pay for a gadget and it will notify you immediately once the price drops below that range you specify. 


That is worth: How does it work
You need to simple install the extension in your browser. There is nothing that has to be downloaded and it works in your browser only. There is also no registration that is required. It is free, simple and easy to use. Currently works only with  Amazon, Direct2Drive and Steam


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LikeBids: Win a free coupon through Facebook Like button

LikeBids is a web app that seeks to bring coupons to social sharing. Modeled along the lines of Groupon, this is not for phones but meant for Facebook. Once you like a Deal you can click on the deal and then click on the associated Facebook 'Like' button. Once you click on the Like button the deal then gets posted to your Facebook wall and News Feed. When you friends see the deal they can also claim the deal by clicking on the like button. Once a threshold number is reached on the deal. The coupon is delivered to everyone. If you are the person who has gotten the most number of likes to the deal. You can win it fro free. This might be one of the top motivating factors to spread the deal. remember you will need to share you likebid after you get your unique auction auction like. This is to enable the likes that come through your referral to be tracked.

The site is fairly new and there are just a few deals on right now. The idea however seems interesting enough and given the way people use Facebook, it will most likely catch fire. There needs to be lots of more interesting deals on to get people's pulses racing, to grab the top prize. The coupon for free. 

Likebids - Social Media Auction.

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Deals: Get a 32GB HP TouchPad For $149 at Best Buy

Best Best have made an announcement, starting Nov 1, customers are being offered a bundle deal. The tablet was originally priced at $599 but dropped to $100 during a fire sale. HP had decided to move away from the tablet business. But the way the $99 flew out the window made HP change its mind. There has been a lot of interest in the HP TouchPad with it being a decent enough device and at a low cost it makes a lot of sense. The Best Buy offer will be available from Nov 1 and these are the details. You will be able to get a HP TouchPad for $149 provided you buy a HP or Compaq Laptop, Desktop or All-in-One computer1.  Customers can get this deal online at BestBuy.com, it will also be available at all Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile standalone stores across the US.

You would wonder where all these devices are coming from. Since the fire sale you would think that there were not many devices left lying around. Turns out there are and are being used in the pre-holiday season sale. We are sure to get to see a lot more deals and offers coming our way from tablet makes. As tables will turn out to be the hottest selling item this holiday season. 

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How to get a free BlackBerry Tablet

RIM is now trying everything possible to bolster sales of its Tablet the BlackBerry Playbook. We have read numerous reports on the net that this holiday season is going to be gadget season. People of all ages including women over 50 according to one report, all want gadgets as gifts. right on top of the list of most desired gadgets is the Tablet. Tablet computers are most prized and sought after. RIM wants to make the best of it and has now come out with an offer for the BlackBerry Playbook. Business customers who buy two will get one free. Those who buy two PlayBooks' with get one free accessory and They can choose from a black leather sleeve, a charging pad, or an six-foot HDMI cable if they participate in the promotion. The offer runs only in the US and Canada and devices must be purchased for an authorized reseller. Offer ends Dec 31, 2011.

With this offer BlackBerry wants to make the most of this holiday season and increase sales. They have also said that rumors that the company wants to move away from the Table industry are false and that they are highly committed to the tablet industry. 

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Google Flight Search is fast powerful and helps you find cheap flights

Google Flight search has just launched and is available only in the US as of now. Google Flight search is fast an interactive. it let's you play around the find the cheapest flight as well and other fun option. For example if you want to know where $300 will get your from your current city you can do that and get a result of how far you can travel from where you presently are and also the prices of tickets for you to return home. All-in-all a fun application that allows you to get the best deal.

How does Google Flight search work

just go to Google.com and type a flight related search. You then see the airplane icon on the left-hand tool bar, click it and start your search or you can simply go to www.google.com/flights. Once you start your search you have a map to guide you and gives you a perspective of your destination. If it is a large city with more than one airport then you can also see the airport name you would like to land in. You can then key in your dates and there is a drag and drop kind of feature to simply pull dates that you want. Instead of typing and then search for a flight. you can use various parameters like non-stop duration, flight and lowest price. It is fast fun and easy and the seems to also be a key part of Google Flight Search it is really fast. 

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GetAnXbox now trending on Twitter

GetAnXbox is a promoted trend on Twitter and it is being promoted by Microsoft to students. The deal is very simple all you need to do is to buy a new Windows 7 PC and you get an Xbox for free. There are however a few conditions. For starters you need to be a student and the PC should be at least $699 or more. If however you do not want an Xbox you can avail a 10% discount. The deal is not available internationally and in the US only. For more details you can visit their Facebook page covering student deals. To join the conversation you would need to hashtag in front of #GetAnXbox. They have a couple of cool gamer type videos to promote the deal.

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Groupalia: How does it work

Groupalia is a daily deals site that has been making a lot of headway in Southern European and Latin American countries. Groupalia is a daily deal site and works just the way any other daily deal site works. 


How to get started on Groupalia
1. Go to www.groupaila.com
2. Choose your country ( Available in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Columbia, Spain, Italy, mexico and Peru)
3. Sign-up with your email to get your daily alerts or become a buyer right there. You can also join via Facebook.
4. Deals have a timeline set - so if there are not enough deals you will see the message 'missing a buyer'. So once there is a minimum number of buyers the deal becomes active and you can avail the deal. Each deal is only available for 24 hours.


Once you have purchased your deal you can then print out your voucher and visit the merchant or use your electronic voucher on your phone to go and get your deal. 


Groupalia says that they negotiate with merchants on the behalf of customers and bring up to 70% discounts to the site. Calling is the strength of the group, Groupalia says the groups have power and can bring happiness. Collective search power is spreading across the Globe with daily deals site operating now in almost every country. 

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Amazon Local to bring you daily deals

Amazon has entered the daily-deals market place with the Launch of Amazon Local. So what is Amazon Local and how does it work. Amazon Local is the deal-of-the-day type of website that has launched in a few cities in the US. The website seeks to bring to people living nearby deals from businesses which helps you save 50% or less.Amazon Local has also launched in Chicago which is significant because that is Groupon's home turf. Amazon Local is now available in California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois and Washington. There is plenty of rooms for multiple players in the daily-deal market and Amazon has slowly started spreading it's wings. 

Amazon has said that the deals have initially started coming from LivingSocial another daily deals site in which Amazon has invested but that now they have started bring daily-deals from their own sales team. Amazon has setup it's own team to bring daily deals to cities that they are operating in. With Amazon being such a huge brand adn given their credibility in the market, which is something they are banking on. Amazon is convinced people will trust them and come to them to get their daily best deals. 

To get started with Amazon Local please click here. 

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