Avoid pesky shipping costs with Free Shipping On

Posted Mar 4th 2008 3:00PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Internet, Web services

Has this ever happened to you? You run out of ink, paper, good books to read, or something else, so you go online to order replacement as soon as humanly possible. You find what you need for a good price, add it to your cart, and then when you hit the checkout button the shipping charges hit you like a 2 ton heavy thing. The truth is while many sites like Amazon promise free shipping on orders over a certain price, it's not always easy to tell if an item qualifies for free shipping.

Free Shipping On is a new service that makes it easier to find free shipping deals. First, the site has a huge database of deals and coupon codes you can use to get free shipping from stores like Newegg, Circuit City, Staples, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and Apple. The site is sort of like CouponMountain, Techbargains, or xpBargains, except it focuses specifically on free shipping deals.

But you can also use the service to search Amazon and eBay only for items that can be shipped for free. No more surprises in the checkout aisle... or cart.

[via AppScout]

Tags: amazon, bargains, commerce, coupons, ebay, ecommerce, free-shipping, free-shipping-on, shipping

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

3-04-2008 @ 4:16PM

will said...

Amazon's free shipping is clearly labeled. The rest of what it does is pretty neat.

5-10-2008 @ 6:47PM

Clubberlang said...

Another great site for free shipping is http://www.freeshipping.org

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