9 Amazon Hacks That Will Save You Money

Back in 1994 Amazon opened its online marketplace as a bookstore. Later it expanded operations to include software, games, clothes, furniture, and food. Today Amazon is a giant conglomerate that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Few people know that it owns 34% of all the cloud space in the world.

There are many ways to save money on Amazon purchases. Some of the tricks to save money on Amazon are pretty obvious and can be easily located on its front page. Others are harder to find and are lesser-known.

Amazon Prime

Amazon Prime is a paid subscription service that, besides free shipping on eligible items, offers many other perks. Amazon Prime is the best way to save money when making purchases on the website. Among the most important advantages of using Amazon Prime are:

• Free fast shipping � This only applies to addresses in the USA and only on eligible items.
• All Amazon Prime members enjoy watching original movies and TV shows.
• Ads-free music � Amazon Prime gives you access to more than two million songs, and on top of that, you won�t be hearing any ads in between the songs.
• Do you like reading? Amazon Prime gives you access to thousands of e-books, magazines, and comics.
• Amazon Prime members get free games, and a free Twitch channel subscription every month.

Amazon Prime can save you a lot of money, but before subscribing, you will have to calculate how much money you usually spend on shipping or books. If you buy at least one book per month, Amazon Prime can be a good option to save some extra money.

If you buy most of your electronics, clothes, and other non-grocery items online, the discounts that Amazon Prime offers will save you a lot every year.

Amazon warehouse

Amazon Warehouse offers open box items and pre-owned items. Some items might have been opened and never even used. If such an item is returned to Amazon, they will have to sell it as a pre-owned item. There are a lot of deals that you can find in this section of the store. Items include smartphones, laptops, game consoles, etc.

Price comparison�

There are browser plugins created to help you find the best price for the items you wish to buy. One of those plugins is the CamelCamelCamel plugin. Another very useful plugin is Keepa. Using those tools will help you see how the price has changed over time and what was the lowest price of the product.

Today�s Deals

Another way to save money on Amazon is Today�s Deals section. The prices here are supposed to last only one day and you will find discounts in various categories.

Lightning deals

This section is similar to the Today�s Deals section but you will benefit even more if you are an Amazon Prime member.

The discounts in the Lightning Deals are huge but Amazon Prime members get 30-minutes early access to the deals. This is the reason why some deals won�t even make it to the regular website � because the members have already bought up all quantities available.

Amazon Coupons

Not many people are aware that Amazon has its own section with coupons. Items in this section will have anything from 10% to %50 off coupons.

Create a Wishlist

While creating a wishlist by itself won�t let you save anything right away, it is still a good idea to create one. The trick with the Wishlist is to keep an eye on all the items in there. Amazon will be sending you emails if the price of the products on your list gets lower.

Add-on items

Add-on items are something that shows up whenever you make a purchase on something that is $25 or higher. The add-on items are products that are offered at huge discounts but can only be bought together with another item.

Amazon outlet

Amazon Outlet is another lesser-known part of the Amazon store. The deals that the outlet offers are usually on items that have been on clearance already, closeouts, and even some refurbished items.