What Would You Do For Five Dollars?

Looking for a quick way to make 5 bucks? Remember the days were you were “triple-dog-dared” to sing like Louis Armstrong in the middle of class? Now you can take your talents online and generate a profit.

A new website called FiverR lets you buy or sell personal services for the low price of five bucks. The market place is categorized by graphics, video, social marketing, travel, writing, advertising, music & audio, fun & bizarre, tips & advice, business, technology
and programming for example.

The place for people to share things they’re willing to do for $5.
http://fiverr.com/

TheFind, A Shopper’s Delight

If you like Kayak for booking your travel, then you will like TheFind for shopping. The site states, “The Find helps shoppers find products from more than 500,000 stores and online merchants all at once.” I used the site to make a purchase and did save some dollars. If you are ramping up for the holiday season, then TheFind is highly suggested to put into your shopping mix. As a note, the site is not fully comprehensive with every major shop and the site is open to suggestions on improving the experience.

http://www.thefind.com

Sharing Spree Online Deals Glalore

Leading Hand's told you about Groupon and now similar deal sites are cropping up like Sharing Spree. The unique selling point of Sharing Spree is if you share a deal with your friends, you save more money on your next purchase.

How does Sharing Spree work?
1. Sign up
2. Receive Deals by Email
3. Save Money
4. Share with Friends Save Money
5. Donate Purchase to Charity

The website says, “Every deal you purchase benefits a local charity. You have the option to select a specific charity within your profile to ensure that they receive credit for every purchase that you make. This is a great way to support your local school or a cause that you love.”

http://www.sharingspree.com/

My Simon Price Comparison

Before I buy anything, you owe it to yourself to complete an online price comparison. If you are looking to purchase consumer goods, especially electronics, then don””t forget about a reliable favorite “My Simon”. This website is constantly updated with the latest deals and reviews. At “My Simon” you can review and price compare items side-by-side. Furthermore, you can review user submitted feedback and ratings.

My Simon gives consumers the power of online comparison
mysimon.com

The World of Complaints

Who knew there was a centralized place on the web for complaints? This consumer based website lets you file a complaint against a business, however a business can also respond. Most consumers check the Better Business Bureau before they make a purchase from an organization, now they have another source.

Complaints.com lets you:
Post your complaints
Read real consumer experiences
Help others avoid the same problems
Check to see how a business is performing

http://www.complaints.com/

Half Off Deals

Every week, HalfOffDeals.com emails you the best deals in your area; you can search the site by ZIP code. Check out restaurants, spas, coffee shops, concert tickets, comedy clubs, golf and vacation pacakages! As the name says, for a limited time local businesses in your area will offer a deal to buy one of their products for a special half off price.

http://www.halfoffdeals.com

Shop Groceries with Savvy

You currently compare travel destinations on Kayak, insurance companies at Insurance.com, so why not groceries? A couple weeks back, Gary Baney from Boundless Flight posted a tip to check out a new way to shop for groceries. Shop With Savvy's website compares local grocers current prices side by side..

Currently is the comparative grocery website is first rolling out in Los Angeles, but it has its eyes on other communities. Register your email on their site so when the service comes online in your area you will be notified.

http://shopwithsavvy.vicp.net/

Groupon Means Half-off Deals

Looking for half off deals in your city? Each day Groupon features something cool at an incredible price in your neighborhood. If you are familiar with Woot, than think of Groupon as the as the “local half-off deal of the day” version. You as the consumer get to introduce the deals; the catch is that in order to get the deal, enough people on Groupon need to agree.

Will this social network with a twist be successful? What if users keep suggesting deals of only the big chains or the same restaurants?

http://www.groupon.com

TwelpForce

Best Buy’s TwelpForce is a great example of using Twitter for profit. Just like Best Buy created the Geek Squad to respond to your hardware and software issues on your home PC’s; they’ve created the equivalent online with TwelpForce .

if you are experiencing an issue with your personal computer, you can Tweet your question to Twelpforce for a quick reply. Your question will be answered and for the most part Best Buy provides simple answers. However I have noticed that you may get the common response, “An issue like this may not be easily solved over Twitter. We offer in-home and in-store services, if you would like. via (fill-in associates name).” Thus, Best Buy is answering “soft” questions online and pushing “hard” questions to their in-store technicians, the Geek Squad.

See for yourself the power of Twelpforce…
http://twitter.com/twelpforce

How Do You Recognize Legit Internet Coupons?

The other day as I stood in line with my 12 items and more, I wandered past the tabloids, assortment of flavored low- calorie gum, and landed on photocopy nestled between the cashier and my groceries. The sheet listed tips for the cashier to recognize a legitimate Internet coupon. I immediately had a Family Guy flash forward; it featured me holding up the line with a phony coupon and an angry mob chasing me down in the parking lot, flipping my car over and taking my Twinkie box. Thus, I read on and decided to share the information with you!

How to Identify A Legit Internet Coupon:
1. No Free / High Value Coupons – Does the offer looks to good to be true?
2. Customer Identifiers – Asks you enter in a Pin code from a website
3. Expiration Date – Is there a date, if so is it within a few months?
4. Legal Language – Is there legal language (fine print)?
5. Easily Scannable Barcode – Does the bar code code look clear?
6. Color or Black & White – It doesn’t matter
7. Multiple Coupon Prints – There should be a limit, if not probably not real
8. Obvious Alteration – Common sense goes a long way

This information is courtesy of the Association of Coupon Professionals. Would knew there was organization devoted to coupons, now that’s cool!