Save money with "daily deals"

If you want your money to stretch further this holiday season, check out some of the "daily deal" websites. Some post only one item per day; others offer a list.  

If you don't find anything today, and don't want to keep checking back, most of these websites offer email alerts or RSS feeds (where you can view deals from several websites through a single RSS reader such as Google reader.)

Note: Unlike traditional stores, the return policies at these deals sites are quite restrictive - So it's best to be familiar with the product before clicking to buy.

Here are a few sites to get you started:

Woot - Their motto is one deal, one day. Highly popular, with lots of community interaction. Worth a visit just to read the product descriptions.

 

Yahoo Shopping - has partnered with Woot, offering a different deal of the day.

DailySteals - Similar to Woot.  Also, you can post their affiliate link on your own website, and get a commission if someone buys after clicking to DailySteals.

DailyDollarDeal - Lists items from eBay and Amazon that have not sold - all under a dollar. There isn't necessarily anything wrong with them; the items may have been misspelled or miscategorized in the original listing.

If you want to save time in your deal hunting, visit one of the deal-of-the-day aggregators that show deals from several websites all at once:

DealSucker - checks for new deals every 20 seconds.

Deal of the Day Tracker - Also includes a list of links from sites they don't track, but which some people may be interested in.

Dealque - A social networking site, where bargains are posted by site users.

Pauline
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