In a world economy that never sleeps, and that is packed with technological advancements that make business transactions possible in the blink of an eye, keeping up with changing product prices can seem almost impossible. The variety and number of product options and purveyors of those products alone, make tracking and comparing prices in any reasonable amount of time, in many cases, humanly impossible. This is why we must often rely on price monitoring websites to assist us in our unceasing search for the best price on particular consumer goods and services.
Whether you are searching for household goods, gas for your vehicle, tech toys, or travel arrangements, there is a variety of options to assist you in finding the best bang for your buck.
General Product Monitoring
1. Pricepinx.com
From tech toys to children’s toys, Amazon.com to Zappos.com, Pricepinx runs the gambit when it comes to monitoring products. Easily searchable and with monitoring alerts able to be sent to your email, Pricepinx.com can be a great way to save when shopping.
2. GoEyeball.com
Instead of searching by category or product name, with GoEyeball.com, you can find the particular product you want to watch, enter the URL, and have the site send pricing updates to your email. To see how it works, you may want to click the ‘Try it Now’ button on the home page to give the site a whirl before signing up.
3. Priceprotectr.com
Set up similar to GoEyeball.com, Priceprotectr.com (and no, that spelling is not a misprint) takes the URL of the product you want to watch and monitors the price, sending you an email with any updates. On this site however, you can also search stores to find out about return, price protection, and price match policies as well as read customer reviews and see ratings.
4. Pricegrabber.com
Search for a product or select a product category in which to browse on Pricegrabber.com. The site’s search results can be sorted by Popularity, Price, or Rating. Watch the ’3 Steps to Setting a Price Alert’ video on their home page for a quick and easy tutorial on how to monitor the products in which you are interested.
Gas
5. Gaspricewatch.com
If you’re tired of driving all over town to find the cheapest gasoline, then Gaspricewatch.com could be the site for you. Get up to date gas prices in locations nationwide in just seconds.
6. Gasbuddy.com
On Gasbuddy.com, you can search for gas prices in the United States and Canada as well as use features like their trip cost calculator, utilize the fuel logbook or read fuel saving tips. You can also earn points for prizes by updating gas prices, voting in the weekly opinion poll, and participating in other member activities.
Electronics
7. TigerDirect.com
Tiger Direct has a massive selection of computers, cameras, cell phones, games, scanners, software, televisions, cables, connectors, and gobs of other electronic devices, accessories, and components. You can choose to sign up for deal alerts to notify you when there are sales and discounts.
8. Techforless.com
While Techforless.com might not be jammed quite as full of every imaginable tech item known to man, as TigerDirect.com is, it does have a nice selection of electronic and electronic related items. It also offers its users the ability to sign up to receive special pricing alerts and promotions as TigerDirect.com does.
Travel
9. Expedia.com
If you’re tired of constantly searching for travel deals, and are exasperated by going back and forth between screens to change dates and search for lower fares or rates, Expedia might be the time and money saving travel tool for which you’ve been searching. Whether you’re booking a cruise, looking for airfares or searching for hotel rooms, Expedia offers a variety of cost savings tools that can monitor deals for you. From their Deal Finder to Deals via E-mail or Fare Alert tools, you have a variety of options when it comes to monitoring travel prices and arrangements on Expedia.
10. Orbitz.com
Utilizing the Orbitz DealDetector, can help you find a great price for your travel plans. You can enter the details of your trip (i.e. dates, to and from locations, number of travelers, ages), set a target price and any preferences, and then have Orbitz email you when they find a price match.
About the author
As a freelance writer, Kris spends much of his time writing about money saving techniques for Credit Card Compare, an entirely free-to-use comparison website offering the best credit cards for Australians including frequent flyer credit cards and reward credit cards that give you cash back on what you spend, air miles and other benefits and the occasional Craigslist timeshares for sale tips.
