Playing With Money Guide

So you want to save money when buying on the internet.
The Playing With Money guide explains some of the ways that you can do this. Firstly, we might suggest that you also check out how to earn money for nothing by looking at Free Money Resource.

Playing With Money categories

Vouchers and Offers:
There are hundreds of online shops offering deals, vouchers, coupons and offers and we list some the best ones here. We clearly show the offer or voucher code and give you the link to the corresponding website. If you need to buy something online then visiting this section is a must. Unlike most other voucher codes sites we never displayed expired vouchers as we know how annoying this can be.

Group Buying Sites:
These sites are based on the concept of group buying and they offer their users a different deal every day in a variety of UK locations. The sites work with businesses to obtain special deals on goods and services if enough people sign up for the deal. For example, a £60 shop voucher may only cost £16 if they can get 50 people to sign up for the offer. The deal closes when the required number of people have signed up and you are only charged when this occurs. If the deal fails to get enough people then it is cancelled without anyone being charged for it. These sites are great because in addition to online deals, they also have daily offers tailored to your location. This is good for local businesses and it’s great for you as you get massively discounted deals. These sites are great because in addition to online deals, they also have daily offers tailored to your location. This is good for local businesses and it’s great for you as you get massively discounted deals. We would highly recommend joining some of these as they offer something extra to other voucher and discount sites.

Cashback
Self explanatory really, you get cash back for shopping. Usually the sites will be affiliated with a host of merchants and when you buy from any of these merchants you get a percentage of the cash back. The Cashback sites themselves earn money by referring you to one of their merchants, the merchant pays the Cashback site a percentage of your spend and the Cashback site gives a portion of that back to you. You will have to earn a certain amount of cash back before you can redeem for actual cash but if you shop online at all then joining one or more of these sites is a must.

Books:
There are plenty of books in print that specialise in showing you how to save money online. We list books from both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk

Affiliates:
If you own a website then having affiliates is essential. This section lists both affiliate networks and individual affiliate programs. Networks contain a number of potential affiliates for you to join so you can pick and choose appropriate websites to link to from your own. As you are able to have several affiliates on your site from the same network the earning potential is increased and you will reach payout much quicker than joining single affiliate programs. We recommend joining several affiliate networks but try not to spread yourself to thinly. A good idea is to join them all and find the ones that offer the most appropriate affiliates for your site and stick with them.

E-Payments:
Many sites either require payment or pay you via an online payment system. It is essential that you join PayPal and to a lesser extent E-Gold. PayPal in particular is widely used and very secure, many sites on the internet now accept PayPal payments and it is also a good way of paying other people. Using a credit card via PayPal is much more secure than using a Credit Card directly.