eBay Prime Day Deals 2018

With Amazon Prime Day fast approaching many big retailers and companies are trying to make the best of the opportunity. They are doing this by offering their own hard-to-resist offers and specials. This is a good thing and great opportunity for the consumer who can benefit hugely from it.

Amazon Prime Day officially kicks off on July 16, 2018 at 3:00 pm ET. This special deals day was first introduced in 2015 as Amazon celebrated its 20th anniversary. Prime Day 2017 was reportedly the biggest shopping day in Amazon's history, until Cyber Monday 2017.

Prime Day has now become a major shopping event allowing Amazon Prime members to avail of thousands of deals. These special deals include price drops on popular Amazon devices like Fire TV, Fire Tablets, Echo and others, to deals on groceries items from Whole Foods and everything in between.

However, as you keep an eye on Amazon Prime Day deals, you may also want to look at competitors like eBay. Why? Firstly, because they are offering some pretty sweet deals too; and secondly, because they've made some serious commitments to their customers. These commitments include Price Match Guarantee, Guaranteed Delivery, and Money Back Guarantee. Check for more details on these programs and commitments below.

They are also offering special $119 deals to counter the Amazon Prime annual membership fee, so you can "Pay for what you love. Not shipping." You can look for these deals at the eBay Deals page.

PRICE MATCH GUARANTEE

eBay has some of the best prices anywhere. And that's a promise they stand behind. So as part of their Price Match Guarantee commitment , if you buy an eBay Deal or another top product on eBay, and then find a better price with a competitor within 48 hours, they'll cover 110% of the difference!

Items qualifying for the Best Price Guarantee include the following:

• Any product that displays the Best Price Guarantee badge, including the Top 20 best selling products across thousands of categories as well any item in the eBay Deals program.*

• Eligible items must be available from an approved competitor, including Amazon.com, BestBuy.com, HomeDepot.com, Jet.com, Sears.com, Target.com, Walmart.com, and Wayfair.com.

• Both items (listed on eBay and the approved competitor’s website) should be exactly the same and currently in stock.

GUARANTEED DELIVERY

This eBay commitment allows you to shop 20 million items across all categories and have your selections delivered to your doorstep in 3 days or less. Many of these items also include free shipping. When shopping at eBay, you can filter items by guaranteed delivery date.

MONEY BACK GUARANTEE

With this commitment, eBay offers worry-free shopping because they want you to have a great shopping experience. Essentially, you get the item you ordered, or your money back, on virtually all items. Here is how it briefly works:

1. If your item hasn’t arrived or isn’t as described, go to My eBay, find the item in your purchase history, and select return or item not received within 30 days of delivery;
2. If your issue is not resolved in 3 business days, contact eBay;
3. You'll get your money back. You will hear from eBay within 48 hours.

You can check these Daily Summer Exclusives all with free shipping and no membership required at the eBay Deals page where you will also find special $119 deals.

FOOTNOTES: *Unlike other retailers, eBay Deals are available to your entire audience and always ship for free every day – no membership required. Featuring top-selling inventory across all categories at usually between 20% and 80% off, there are tens of thousands of trending products offered through eBay Deals at any given time. ‘Featured deals’, which are displayed on the homepage of our Deals site, are updated at least once a day starting at 8 a.m. PT.

AFFILIATE DISCLAIMER: If you use any links above to purchase products. I may earn a commission as an eBay and Amazon affiliate.

Shopping Safely Online

Online Shopping has become very popular over the years as more and more people are using the internet.

Also, the comfort level and trust has increased. However, with the increase of traffic in terms of online shopping, internet fraud is on the rise as well.

Some of the most common forms of internet fraud are online auctions, phishing, credit card fraud and identity theft.

There are simple steps that can be taken to avoid being a victim of internet fraud and identity theft. I recently put together a SQUIDOO web page which gives you effective tips to prevent internet fraud: Some of the topics I cover are:

• Securing your computers and browsers;
• Effective use of passwords;
• Shopping at reputable online stores;
• Understanding privacy policies;
• Sharing personal information;
• Keeping track of transaction records.

I discuss all the above in more detail and provide valuable information to help you safely shop online in my Squidoo web page. Be safe when shopping for Christmas and Holiday Gifts online.

CLICK HERE to access my Squidoo web page on Shopping Safely Online.

Amazon Associate Program

Amazon.com is America's largest online retailer as of January 2010. Founded in 1994, very early on they capitalized on the online shopping phenomenon that was taking place and leveraged with the power of the internet.

Online shopping is become so convenient and commonplace with easy access to comparison shopping, for example. Most people are living hectic lives and are trying to save time. The trend in online shopping is increasing and shows no signs of stopping.

This trend has opened up a huge opportunity for sellers online. With the rise in blogging and consumers looking for reviews on products before they buy, Amazon has come up with a way to leverage from this which gave birth to the AMAZON ASSOCIATE PROGRAM.

If you're into blogging and not yet an Amazon Associate, you are losing out on a great potential to monetize your blog. The blogger platform has made things even simpler by incorporating an Amazon module to easily add product links, banners and pictures directly while writing your blog post.

Learn more about the Amazon Associate Program by visiting the SQUIDOO LENS (web page) I created that will help you understand all you need to know about the program. Click the banner to your right to go directly to the lens.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. And if you're already an Associate, feel free to leave your feedback in the Comments section below or in my Squidoo lens...thanks!