What's the big deal? Online shopping, that's what! There are plenty of ways to save a bundle online, particularly if you have champagne taste but are on a beer budget. Your dollar goes further on the Web when you get resourceful about where and how you shop. For example, Groupon is a great place to find deals on beauty treatments like manicures, massages and even Botox! The deals range from 50 to 75 percent - and more! - off ordinarily pricey products and treatments. Sign up for the Groupon closest to your town and download the app to get the deals delivered right to your phone. If haute couture is your bag, then there are tons of ways to score expensive designer duds at a fraction of the cost. Join sites like RentTheRunway.com, Gilt.com, Fab.com and IvoryTrunk.com, which offer brands like Marc Jacobs, Chloe, Manolo Blahnik, Gucci and Louis Vuitton.
But if your tastes are more practical and lean toward shops like Old Navy and Ann Taylor Loft, then all you have to do is sign up to receive exclusive offers from your favorite merchants. Right off the bat, they'll usually send you a discount code, then you'll be in the know every time there's a sale or special offer. In the future, they will email about upcoming sales -- including exclusive flash sales. Look for online stores that carry the same merchandise as your favorite stores - but at a discount. For example, 6pm.com is Zappos.com's offspring and carries many of the same brands (Frye, anyone?) and is much cheaper. At Overstock.com you can find just about anything under the sun. But if you still can't find what you want at the price you need, don't fret. Log onto RetailMeNot.com or JoinHoney.com, where you can search for the stores you like to shop and find promotion codes to get everything from free shipping to discounted orders. Honey even offers an app in the Google store to install right in your internet browser. When you shop online, it searches for online codes that can save you money. If your favorite sites and discount watchdogs have apps, then download them for even more discounts and prior notice about sales. Go click away, knowing you're getting the best price!