Prudent and Practical

Gosh, I feel like I’m constantly talking about money lately, but who isn’t?  The following 38 websites will help you save money in a variety of categories.

Deal Trackers, Deal Finders, Discount Sites:

1. Deal of the Day Tracker – deal of the day site surfs the webs for the best bargains
2. Slickdeals is a deal finding site.  My husband uses this a lot.
3. GottaDeal is a great deal finding site.  They’re my favorite for tracking Black Friday deals.  They also have an excellent forum.
4. Fat Wallet is another favorite deal finder site of my husband’s.
5. Beat That is another deal finding website.
6. Frozen Warrior watches prices on Amazon.  It tracks and compares prices and shows a history of old prices (like all time low and high, etc.)
7. Shop it to Me keeps track of your favorite clothing and accessory designers and then notifies you of the lowest prices online.
8. Big Words – search tool that delivers consistent savings by keeping track of around 100 book retailers and renters world-wide.
9. Ebates gets paid a commission when someone purchases a product through their site.  They then pass part of the commission on to you, resulting in a discount.
10. Woot sells only one item per day, but at a huge discount.
11. FreeCycle is a great site for getting and giving free items near you.
12. Google the name of a store and often you’ll find a coupon code to enter at checkout. You can save 10% to 20% or more on the total order or maybe get free shipping.

Coupons:

1. Retail Me Not – get access to more than 100,00 store coupons, online savings codes and shopping tips.
2. Coupon Cabin is a decent site for coupons.
3. Ultimate Coupons is another site for coupons.
4. Restaurants.com – purchase a $25 gift card for only $10.

Medical (for humans and animals):

1. Pharmacy Checker is a prescription price comparing site.
2. Medical Guide.org is the Consumer Reports free search for prescription drug prices.
3. Pet Insurance Review – compare plans from all the major pet-insurance providers and get customer reviews and ratings
4. 1800 Pet Meds – prescriptions for your pets at low prices.

Misc. Financial:

1. UPromise deposits money into a college savings account when you purchase certain items.
2. Bill Shrink finds you a better deal on your cell phone or credit card after you enter in what you’re spending on those categories.
3. Smart Hippo is a site that finds and compares mortgage rates for you.
4. Covestor is a portfolio sharing service for proven self-investors and for those wishing to track them, according to their website.
5. Over My Minutes alerts you when you’re about to run over your allotted cell phone minutes.
6. Smarty Pig is a site that allows you to set up “goal” accounts.  They withdraw a certain amount out of your checking account each month and put it into a special account.
7. My Check Free is your personal online payment center – it helps you pay your bills on time!

Travel:

1. Kayak – searches through more than 140 sources for best airfares, hotel rates and vacation packages.
2. Last Minute – book your whole trip just days or hours before… some of the sweetest deals pop up at the last minute.

Some excellent blogs and resources:

1. Cheapskate Monthly/Debt Proof Living is my mom’s favorite site.  The author of the site is also well known for her Debt Proof Living books.
2. Millionaire Mommy Next Door is my favorite site because the author inspires me.
3. Dave Ramsey is a favorite site among some of my friends.
4. Home Economiser sells subscriptions of their newsletter – they’ve been named “America’s Cheapest Family.”
5. All Things Frugal covers many different topics on living a frugal life.
6. Stretcher.com explains how to stretch your dollar.
7. The Budget Decorator shows you how to decorate your home frugally by being creative.
8. Frugal Living is About.com’s saving money area.
9. Better Budgeting covers different aspects of frugal living.