Stay ahead of the Boxing Day Sales Crowd📦
Are you ready to bag a bargain & get a bit of retail therapy? 🛍️
If you didn’t make the most of Black Friday and are keen on finding the best designer discounts, Love the Sales have some hacks you need to know.
1. Know the opening and closing times ⌚
Prepare yourself and get to the shops early to beat the crowds.
The majority of stores open at reasonable times, but there are a few who don’t follow that trend, including big players like Next.
Of course, prepare yourself for an early alarm and enjoy a relaxed shopping spree from the comfort of your own home! Boxing day sales normally start online at midnight on Boxing Day. However, a lot will start before Xmas or on Christmas day itself.
2. Don’t let go of any of your receipts🧾
In order to get a full refund, it is vital to keep hold of all your receipts!
Don’t lose track of the little confetti substitutes.
When online shopping, keep all your receipts in an online email folder - much easier than keeping track of paper! Stay organised!
3. Consider avoiding the city centre chaos 🏙️
Does paying for parking, getting stuck in road works and braving congestion really appeal to you?
There are many other options to avoid this and still shop on Boxing Day!
Small retail parks provide free parking and always less hassle trying to find a parking space! Always great to do your Boxing day shopping there, especially if you’re an organised bee.
Best of all, shopping online is always the way to avoid the city centre chaos. Feel relaxed in the comfort of your own home and still bag the best deals out there.
Use Love the Sales & start creating your wishlist.
4. Sign up to newsletters 📜
Retailers will offer Boxing Day discounts and special offers ahead of time to registered users. Signing up could be a good idea in order to access certain deals before the big day.
Remember, to avoid feeling email overload, check the filter systems for emails coming from certain accounts. This will stop you getting a glut of communications!
5. Get prepared for next Christmas 🎄
There is no harm in purchasing some gifts while you can still grab a bargain. Even if nothing tickles your fancy, it’s always good to be aware of what's on offer.
Shop for specific cards, wrapping paper and small presents that will last until next December.
6. Create a wishlist board with Pinterest 📝
Already have a Pinterest account? Then you will know how great it is for storing inspiration on what to buy, across the web.
If you don’t, you can create an account for free, and pin images from websites, into boards.
For example, if you’re looking for a new bed this Boxing Day, you could pin bedding you like the look of on your Pinterest page, and cross-reference with the deals on homewares and furniture sites.
7. Get money off for being a new customer 💸
Retailers will regularly offer 10%, 20% or even 30% off your first purchase, to get you onto their email database.
If you are already going to sign up for their promo emails and newsletters, look out for the extra % off codes via pop-ups and at the bottom of the homepage.
8. Use pay later services 📇
Worried your bank account is going to take a hammering at the end of the year?
You can now use super new and super cool ‘shop now, pay later’ services like Klarna and Clearpay.
You pay for what you keep, and the money only comes out of your account when you decide to keep your purchase.
You will need to sign up for an account first and choose the pay later option in the checkout.
Note that not every retailer provides this option.
9. Make the checkout faster 🛎️
Are you one of those people at the airport who has their ‘getting through security’ routine down to a fine art? Well, your online checkout routine needs to be on point too.
The best Boxing Day deals are like a box of Krispy Kremes in a shared office space, they’re gone at the speed of light.
In order to get the product you want without it going to another lucky punter, you need to be a credit card number ninja.
Here is a speed round of useful tips to make the check out a faster experience.
Keep your card details to hand.
Save your payment details and preferred shipping address on the retailer’s website before Boxing Day.
Save your details on Google Chrome. Google will auto-suggest payment options at checkout.
Apple pay - make sure that your thumbprint is recognised and ready to go.
All of the above will save you time at the checkout and help you secure your deals, faster.
10. Get price drop alerts on wishlist items with Love the Sales ⏰
Create a free account on Love the Sales.
Then you can start with listing millions of products, both discounted and full price.
The best part is, when an item in your wishlist drops in price, we will email you a ‘Price Drop Alert’.
If you are a bit of a sceptic and think, “oh but my items will hardly ever drop in price.” Well, you’re in for a treat, we’ve tracked millions of price drops in the last couple of weeks!!
11. Filter by your sizes on Love the Sales ↕️
Is there anything worse than finding a product you like, that’s on sale, but your size has already sold out.
Ain’t nobody got time for that on Boxing Day.
If you haven’t already, create an account on Love the Sales.
In your account, you can save all your sizes, from shoes to shirts.
You can then shop sales that are only available in your size.
Huge time saver!
12. Stick to a budget 💰
Many Boxing Day deals seem tempting, but only buy what you can afford.
We suggest working out what you usually spend on items over the course of a month and have a budget in mind.
Here are some great online tools for creating a budget spreadsheet.
13. Get your items delivered to a safe place 🗳️
Deliveries are a stressful part of online shopping.
No-one wants to spend their time worrying about picking up missed parcels.
Make sure there is either someone ready to collect your delivery, or ask the delivery service to leave your item in a safe place or with a neighbour.
14. Avoid charges when buying abroad - Monzo - moving monzo cards 💳
For the international Boxing Day shoppers among us, you will be aware of the charges that come with using your card abroad.
If you want to avoid a small charge on every purchase, open an account with a bank that takes no charge.
Monzo lets you withdraw £200 free for every 30 days.
Don’t fall victim to the high charges some banks apply on using your card abroad.
Get ready for Boxing Day - sign up to Love the Sales and start creating your wishlist ⬇️
