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Want the very best deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday? How about the best product information, the best coupons, the best comparison shopping, and the best news about upcoming deals? Look no further than these apps and websites.
The Price Sites
These are sites all about price tracking and comparison shopping.
Google Shopping: Basically Google, but it only searches for stuff you can buy. It’ll show you the best price and where to get it, plus the option to comparison shop, plus models you may not have known about. For example, searching for a Nintendo Switch shows different colours and bundles.
Comparison Shop: Search for a product or service, immediately get a list of prices.
Pricegrabber: A massive listing of products and prices. They offer a newsletter that’s useful for deals.
RedFlagDeals: Your biggest source of Canadian flyers, deals, coupons, and more. Visit the forums for tips from other shoppers.
The Black Friday Sites
These sites are devoted to Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals.
Best Black Friday: Leaked Black Friday pricing information, news about sales, and ad scans. If you don’t get a newspaper anymore, the ad scans are pretty useful.
Deal News: Updates on the best and deepest deals around.
The Black Friday: A collection of Black Friday news straight from the stores themselves but in one place.
Deals Plus: More deals, plus featured coupons.
GottaDeal: Deals with a focus on Black Friday at this time of year.
Shopping Apps
These apps offer shopping conveniences such as barcode scanning (so you can see other deals online or in the area for the product) and comparison shopping. It’s a good idea to download and use these prior to Black Friday so you can see which you like best.
BuyVia: BuyVia (iOS & Android) offers barcode scanning, coupons, promo codes, and daily deals.
Honey: Honey is a browser extension that sees what you’re shopping for and scours the web for any promo codes or deals that may apply.
ShopKick: Aside from the regular shopping app stuff like barcode scanning and receipt monitoring, ShopKick (iOS & Android) offers reward points you can redeem for gift cards.
ShopSavvy: A basic barcode scanner and QR code reader (iOS & Android).
Rakuten: Rakuten (iOS & Android) offers you cash back for shopping at partner stores. They also have a browser extension, so you can get cash back shopping online too.
Retailer Apps
Basically every big box store and major online retailer, such as Best Buy, Amazon, Walmart, Canadian Tire, and more, have their own app. These can seem pointless to download and use if you don’t shop there very often, but they’re worth checking out for Black Friday and Cyber Monday because they sometimes offer deals specifically to users. Also, you might be told about sales and deals before everyone else.
Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports tests products in their labs. They do a pretty thorough job, and you can search their site for specific products or buying guides with entire categories of products. You can see descriptions of how they test, and they frequently survey actual product users to see what they actually think. They also do a bit of customer advocacy. For example, they pushed back against BPA in infant products and lobbied the US Department of Transportation to mandate backup cameras in all vehicles. If you want to do research on a product or a number of products, Consumer Reports is a good place to start.
