As most of you know, I have a 3 month old baby. He decided to come to this world 6 weeks before his scheduled time and he was in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) for 26 long days. I usually shop online but for some reason I decided to go to babies R Us with my girls to buy some items I still needed for the baby and start organizing everything for his arrival. I guess going to a brick and mortar store wasn't such a good idea as my water broke while shopping, of course I left the cart with everything it had and I had to rush to the hospital.
I had to split in two and juggle my time between my 2 girls and their daily activities, house work, office work at KenRustAudio and the hospital. The hours in a day just were not enough. Luckily, after a few years involved with E-commerce I had enough knowledge to simplify my life during such a stressful time. While at the hospital I was able to order clothing, diapers, wipes, pacifiers, lotion, shampoo even the stroller! This allowed me to spend more time at the NICU. I also bought things we needed at home such as shampoos, lotions, snacks, protein bars, vitamins and more. I used a 20% off coupon and had the stroller shipped for free plus didn't pay tax and I got 4% back in cash at BabyViva so at the end I payed much less than any of the retailer stores that had the Chicco stroller that I wanted. That was a smart move!
I have a 8-year-old and a 6-year-old and when I had them I didn't know all the things you can order online. I remember having to drag them to Wal-Mart to buy what we needed and spend over 2 hours walking around that superstore with a toddled and a baby. That didn't include the horrible trip on a super hot car during summer in South Florida.
Today, I can happily say that besides I have saved so much in diapers, toiletries, cleaning supplies and school/office supplies using Non-Tax stores such as Drugstore.com, my life is much easier. I just go to my local grocery store to get dairy, produce and food supplies and I am in and out in a flash!
I discovered a website that is absolutely free and will pay you cash back for all your purchases. It is free to register and it is a smarter way to shop. I has links to over 4 thousands of the biggest names in retail so basically every store you need is there. And the best part is that it has a great search technology where you can search for an specific item and see the store that sells it for less and compare the cash back between stores, helping me save even more. It is a smarter way to shop, it is shopping with benefits!
After all, U.S. online sales expected to grow approximately 44%, close to $250 billion dollars by 2014, accounting for 8% of all retail sales. (Forrester Research). Shop smarter and save precious time and money!
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