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hey I'm Donnell Bell this is a crash course in finding the best shopping deals online for Cyber Monday with these tools you can say some serious money and maybe even score some free shipping now the best deals out there requires some patience here a lot of talk about Black Friday and Cyber Monday but the truth is there's deals to be had year round if you know what to look for and that's really the first step you know what you're looking for there are plenty of sites out there to offer bargains on things you never knew you needed but there's a good chance you'll end up blowing your budget on juicers and Snuggies so name some products even if it's something generic like a new TV or a new video game having a list will help you stay focused next do some research if you're looking for a new TV or a tablet or a camera but you don't know where to start use a site like CNET to check reviews and roundups try to become an instant expert on the product category that you're shopping for once you've done your homework it's time to get specific and zero in on the products that you'd be happy with let's say that I'm in love with this canon sx260 point-and-shoot it's got great reviews from the critics and users but it's a little pricey at $349 retail so the next thing I'll do is get a basic idea of what the street price is sites like Google calm slash shopping or price grabber well let me plug in the product name and show me all the different prices from around the web but to take things to the next level you can install a browser extension that will show you price comparisons for anything you're shopping for on the web two great options for this are invisible hand and price blink I've got price blink installed here on my computer and it picked up an eBay Buy It Now offer on that camera for two hundred and twenty-two dollars plus free shipping assuming it's new and the sellers legit that sounds like a great deal but what if you want an amazing deal well if you've got more time than money you can set up a price alert on any product that will automatically email you when the price drops below a set amount sites like deal news price pinks or decide will do exactly that once you've tracked on a price you're happy with there's a good chance you can still nickel-and-dime that price down a little bit more there's a place to enter a coupon code go to a site like current codes Ebates or RetailMeNot to see if there's a valid code that you can use another way to save some money is tract on a site that will offer you the best price with free shipping Amazon in particular offers free two-day shipping on many items if you enroll in their Amazon Prime program but it cost $79 a year unless you know a few tricks there's a free one-month trial that can get from amazon.com slash prime but if you're a parent anas on.com slash mom will give you a three month trial and if you're a college student amazon.com slash student will give you a one-year trial but the best way to get on Prime is to find someone in your family who's already paying for it Amazon allows up to four family members to share one Prime membership of course they bury this feature under the account settings but it's there if you look hard enough finally counter to what I said at the beginning of this video if it's the holidays and the pressure is on and you're stumped for ideas try a daily deal site these are clearing houses for random stuff but the deals are legit and it can be great when you're at a loss for what to buy someone sites like woot cyber monday got a deal slick deals and fatwallet they're all worth a shot if you're in a pinch so there you go those are my best online shopping tips for the holidays or year-round for cnet.com i'm donald bell go spend some money Oh