Holiday shopping tips to get the most out of your gift buying budget

Speaker 1: This is CNET and here are some of our favorite holiday shopping tips. Number one, plan ahead, put together your shopping list. So you know exactly what you're looking for. And then start checking weekly ads for upcoming sales sites like flip, let you input your zip code to see circulars flyers ads and just out everything else, shopping related. Plus it offers Android and iOS apps for convenience. When you're on the go number two, shop early, [00:00:30] there are still supply chain issues, shipping delays, and chip shortages happening around the globe. So it's a good idea to shop early stores have stock, but there's always a chance, a hot ticket item. Won't be replenished until after the holidays. Once it sells out, save yourself the anxiety of worrying. If your packages will arrive in time by double checking, holiday shipping deadlines, number three, confirm deals, sometimes a deal isn't really a deal. Speaker 1: You [00:01:00] can use price checking like camel, camel, camel, which tracks the price history of Amazon listings and honey, which searches for active coupon codes across a ton of online retailers to save you some cash at checkout, they're both free to use. And as a bonus, you can use them year round on all your future purchases. And finally, new number four shop small businesses that is sites like Etsy are full of handmade items and other creative options. [00:01:30] And if you prefer traditional in person shopping local, small businesses just might have the perfect gift hiding in plain sight. You can stay up to date with major deals and our gift guides by and seen it for.