Mama Ruffles: My Baby Shopping Secret (Deal Sites)

Everyone knows babies cost money. Luckily, despite the fact that we live in the time of big, expensive yet essential buys like car seats, we also live in the age of the internet. Specifically, websites dedicated to deals for moms. Most of the time when I'm asked where I bought one of my baby products, it's from a deal site. Here's my favorite sites for baby details:

http://www.babysteals.com/ This site offers TWO deals a day, 9am and 9pm, that are up to 80% off and once they are sold out...they're out. They mostly have clothing, diaper bags, and that sort of thing. I get their email notifications, but often by the time I get them, they are sold out. They are on Facebook and always post info on their deals. Here's a link to their archives, some of which are still up for grabs. http://www.babysteals.com/dailydeals/archive.php (Hint: they also have sister sites called kidsteals.com and scrapbooksteals.com)

http://www.babyearth.com/baby-sale You can score serious deals on this site. It works like this: From 9am - 5pm CST every hour, on the hour there is a new deal. It's starts out full price, but every second that goes by the price drops one cent. The catch? You have to wait for the best deal you can while hoping the deal isn't sold out. (I noticed today that it's usually sold out by/before 50% off) This site is actually a lot of fun. Once an item pops up that you want, it's link an invisible auction. It's a bit of a rush when you manage to get a deep discount. Be careful--they can sell out faster than you think! This site also has "open box" and "scratch & dent" (stuff slightly damaged during shipping) discounted items like strollers to bassinets for sale.

http://www.mamabargains.com/ This site has multiple deals a day. When one deal sells out, it's replaced with a new one. From strollers to hair clips to baby clothes, they have a huge mixture of deals. They also have a Facebook page.

Deal-a-day sites:

http://babyhalfoff.com/

http://www.motherofadiscount.com/

http://www.mamasretreat.com/

http://www.greenbabybargains.com/

https://www.ecobabybuys.com/ (Great site to find cloth diaper deals!)

http://www.minibargainz.com/ (Canadian based site. Watch out for shipping charges)

http://kids.woot.com/

http://www.geniusbabies.com/deal-of-the-day.html

Coupon/Discount Code Sites:

http://www.momondealz.com/

http://www.momsview.com/adeptbaby.shtml