Comments on: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating a Deal-Finding Homepage

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:03:55 +0000

You might consider including this feed too http://feedproxy.google.com/crazybargain

By: LifeCheaper

LifeCheaper — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:17:22 +0000

Great post! I have always used Google Reader to keep track of the RSS feeds from deal sites, but with iGoogle it’s much easier because it’s all on one page!

Another way of “filtering” is to join Slickdeals and set up email alerts for when there is a great deal on a specific item. I have found some great bargains this way.

By: Raj

Raj — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:28:07 +0000

All these deals are already available through http://fonet.mobi check it out through their RSS feeds

By: onaclov

onaclov — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:52:35 +0000

I really like this tip, I was looking into it and then ran into the “blog” stuff for google and am giving it a try now!

Good luck on finding deals everyone!!!!

One quick question, I can’t seem to figure out how to “remove” an rss feed, I have one from amazon but can’t get rid of it, or replace it.

By: onaclov

onaclov — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:48:39 +0000

I really like this tip, I was looking into it and then ran into the “blog” stuff for google and am giving it a try now!

Good luck on finding deals everyone!!!!

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:03:20 +0000

BTW, one quick way to set up some feeds like this in iGoogle is to select “add a tab” in the drop menu box and then name it “Deals”. Google will automatically generate some of the feeds that you mention. Pretty cool for those of us who are just too lazy to add feeds one by one.

By: Eden (from SoS)

Eden (from SoS) — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:58:00 +0000

I would also recommend that people look at their buying needs and tailor their feeds accordingly. There are a lot of specialty blogs and websites (ours being one, of course) that do a good job of aggregating sales in a specific area for you, so you don’t even have to use a filter if you’re not comfortable with the extra step.

By: Vizak

Vizak — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:22:10 +0000

I use http://pritdeals.com. They have already setup to check multi deal sites and it works very fast and sorts by price. You should check it out.

By: socialnerdia

socialnerdia — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:34:31 +0000

This is a great post. I do recommend Netvibes instead of iGoogle though, it’s nice to have the tabs.

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By: Doris

Doris — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:19:38 +0000

I never leave a comment but I and had to drop a note to tell ya how much I loved this piece on “Deal-finding homepage”, LOVED IT!!
Now to put it in action, lol.
Keep those great tips coming!!

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:02:54 +0000

This also works pretty good if you use Google Reader (or a any feed reader, I guess). One website you missed that’s pretty good for software is http://www.giveawayoftheday.com.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:00:34 +0000

Thanks! Great idea. I use a separate “Deals” tab that I created to separate the deals from the other stuff on my My Yahoo! page. Another good website to try is the DealCatcher.com RSS feed:
http://rss.dealcatcher.com/rss.xml

By: nickel

nickel — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:20:30 +0000

I quit frequenting sites like SlickDeals, etc. a long time ago, as I generally ended up finding “deals” and buying stuff that I otherwise wouldn’t have bought. Now, when I actually need something, I seek out a deal. Even if I end up spending slightly more than I might have if I had been tracking all of the deal pages, I come out ahead because I don’t wind up buying other stuff.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 04 May 2009 07:13:56 +0000

I normally used SlickDeals and have to admit that it saved me quite a good sum of money. Another day I came across another website DealsComplete.com. It looks cleaner than other sites with lots of discount. Although, the website is still in Beta stage so you might find bits and pieces still in development.

By: John

John — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:43:39 +0000

You might want to try a deal aggregater. One I sometimes use is http://www.wisebread.com/bestdeals. Of course, the problem with an aggregater is that the deals are what someone else selected from all the deal web sites (and thus may not meet your needs).

By: Leslie Lang

Leslie Lang — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:43:33 +0000

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By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:39:13 +0000

I think the point isn’t to compulsively browse the sites, but to have a list of what one needs this week. When I am making my grocery list I pull out the Sunday coupons to see if there’s anything there that either I need that week (or that would be cheaper than something on the list AND that I can use as an acceptable substitute). that said, I don’t buy a lot of prepackaged foods, and I tend to shop at the farmer’s market … all the same, coupons can help for some prepackaged items.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:35:48 +0000

Lots of good things here! Alas, several of the coupon sites will not let you print the coupon to a file–and several won’t let you print at all if you aren’t using a Windows machine. (I need to see if I can get the Coupon Printer to install using WINE WIindows Emulator.)

By: steve in W MA

steve in W MA — Sun, 03 May 2009 19:05:51 +0000

This could be useful for things you don’t really need but which have to be bought–like xmas presents or things like that where you have an entire year to come up with something.

Otherwise, I find that for myself, if I really needed it, I would need to buy it *now*, not in 6 months. And if I can wait 6 months to buy it, I don’t need it in the first plac-it’s more a “want”.

Still, a useful technique for some items I guess.

By: 60 in 3 - Health and Fitness

60 in 3 - Health and Fitness — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:48:42 +0000

@Matt,
That depends on how you use it. I have a list of “to buy” items. Items I would like to have but are not an immediate need. Things like a new mattress since my current one is about dead or specific books I’m interested in. These aren’t important enough needs for me to go out and look for them but I will put them on a list somewhere and then occasionally check deals. If there’s a deal somewhere on an item from my list, I’ll consider the price, do a short search to see if I can find a better deal and then pick up the item.

Gal