Suzanne O’Connor’s Bargains LA

FreeShipping

One of the drawbacks to online shopping are the shipping charges. Smart online bargain shoppers have always known the cost of shipping can make the difference between a good deal and a great deal. But finding out who has free shipping deals can be daunting.

Until now…. www.FreeShipping.org is cool site that list which stores are offering free shipping coupons. This site provides a list of known online retailers who are offering free shipping coupon codes to over 850 stores including JCPenney, Kohl’s, Macy’s, Dell and Gap.

So I looked up Nordtsroms and got several free shipping offers
1. Free shipping when you spend $50 or more in Beauty.
2. Free shipping on orders over $200.
3. Free shipping on Nordstrom gift cards.

Operated by the husband-and-wife team of Luke and Maisie Knowles, this well organized site is easy to cruise and I also found dozens upon dozen of other web stores that offered free shipping including Best Buy, Target, Amazon, Office Depot, Brookstone, Buy.com, Radio Shack, Shop4tech, Shutterfly, Sony, Sears, Ace, American Eagle Outfitters and many more. You can also locate free shipping coupons by store name, category, soon to expire and most recent free shipping coupons.

So now you can shop online, and save even more. How cool is that!

ECrater

When rents are high, foot traffic is slow, where do retailers and small business start ups go? Ecrater.com

Ecrater.com a 100% free online marketplace and a free ecommerce website builder. Sellers receive customizable free online stores. In addition, all products get listed in their free online marketplace. So like Etsey.com, they have smaller creative start up businesses using it to get their online business going and some of these offer some outstanding deals.

Here you’ll find a wide variety of small online stores. From designer clothing to magazines, and art to antiques. Kind of like an online swap meet but better.

Some stores are tiny with great deals. One shop on ECrater I liked was My Designer Closet http://www.mydesignercloset.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=3514877

This online women’s resale boutique had a new Marc Meredith Sweater dress at just $70 instead of $160.

Another bigger store, Tillie’s Tidbits had a wide variety of women’s & men’s fashion accessories. http://tilliestidbits.ecrater.com/ Featured was a pair of Ed Hardy deck shoes for $47. And a NWT Kate Spade women’s hot pink straw purse for $125…Retail is $265.

The jewelry, vintage and collectibles sections had the most dealers listed with a full range of pricing from bargain $5 pins to pieces in the hundreds of dollars.

E Crater.com is good online site to cruise for hard to find items as well as for fun..

TheMiniSocial

Now that my daughter is old enough to shop in the junior sections I often take her to sample sales with me. But I didn’t have the luxury of shopping children’s higher end clothes sample sales when she was smaller. They just weren’t around.

Well all that’s changed with www.TheMiniSocial.com. Set up like other online sample sales this sale caters to moms who want the best for their kids… but for less.

The Mini Social is a private members only on-line boutique, featuring designer clothing and accessories for mom, baby and child. You now have access to the most hip and modern designer brands for mom, baby and child, all at 30%- 60% off.

I am sure that beats the hassle of shopping the downtown mart showrooms.

Right now they are offering up cute, boutique brands Childish, Eliza Gran, Knuckleheads and Hula Mula at some serious discounts.

A Tough Guy Knuckleheads tee was $15 instead of $30. An infant burglar stripped romper was $20 instead of $42.

An OM Gosh cute girls stripped jumper by Hula Mula was $52 now is $25. And a stripped tunic dress was $62 but is now $30

These aren’t Target prices, but if you love the designer clothing scene but can’t normally afford it, this site brings the pricing down to earth