Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Camels... they're not just for hump day any more (or how 15 seconds can save you a bunch of money shopping on Amazon.com)

I do a lot of shopping on Amazon.com.  Now I'm going to share with you a way that you can save a LOT of money when you shop there.

Enter the camel.  Actual 3 camels.  CamelCamelCamel

CamelCamelCamel is a site that is used for tracking prices on Amazon.com.  It can be used in several ways.  When you are thinking about purchasing an item, it can be used to check that item's price history to see if the current price is a good price.  You can also set price alerts to be automatically emailed when the price drops below a set price.

CamelCamelCamel has a simple browser add-on for Chrome, FireFox, and Safari, which make using it a breeze.  When using the browser add-on, you simply click on the button from the product page on Amazon.com and get a report of the item's price history that looks like this:


From there, you can instantly create price watches with your desired price.

When the price of an item you are watching drops, you will receive an email that looks like this:



You can then click the "Buy Now" button in the email to be taken directly to the item page to buy the item if desired.

CamelCamelCamel has saved me a ton of money since I started using it.  If you shop on Amazon and aren't using this free service, it's time to start taking advantage of it now!