Shop, Save and Earn Gift Cards All While Shopping!!

Have you heard of the App shopkick?  If you loving shopping, saving money, easy and convenience then this is for you.  Simply go HERE to download to your iPhone or Android phone.  Then the rest is easy and up to you how much you can earn.  


Another thing that is great about this program is the choices.  When you start earning kicks you can either redeem them for gift cards, Facebook credits, T.V's and trips (major kicks for these)  or you can donate your kicks to many different causes.  How awesome is that?  


What is it?

shopkick gives you awesome deals and rewards simply for walking into your favorite stores. You can collect your kicks™ rewards at millions of stores in America, and great deals at many of the top national retailers. Crazy, but true.

How Does it Work?

Collect walk-in rewards: Have you ever gotten rewarded simply for walking into stores — yes, just for visiting? Now you can collect a ton of kicks™ in the kicks Reward Program and unlock awesome exclusive deals at your favorite stores. Just walk into one of 1,300 Best Buy stores and almost 1,000 Old Navy stores in all 50 states, and hundreds of Target stores, Macy's, American Eagle, Sports Authority, Crate&Barrel, West Elm, Wet Seal and the largest Simon malls! Open the shopkick app on your iPhone or Android phone in the entrance area, and wait for a few seconds. That's it! Your shopkick app will reward you instantly. It's fun. shopkick is adding more stores in more cities every month.  Just this weekend I visited Best Buy, Target and several others stores in my area.  

Get exclusive deals: Discover and unlock awesome deals in the shopkick app at dozens of national stores, many of them are exclusively offered to shopkick users only.

Collect scan rewards: Collect additional kicks rewards by scanning barcodes of featured products with your phone at 250,000 stores across the United States.  I scanned at 2 different stores this week.  I must say it was easier to scan at Best Buy verses Target.  It may have been the item or because it was my first time, but I had a lot of trouble at Best Buy.  Target was a breeze.  

Redeem your kicks™ for rewards! Get cool rewards like iTunes gift cards, restaurant vouchers, Best Buy/Target/Macy's/American Eagle/Sports Authority instant gift cards, Facebook Credits, movie tickets, or if you go all out, a 3D 55" Sony Bravia HDTV or a cruise around the world! And if you want to change the world, donate your kicks to 30 different causes!

So far this weekend I have collected over 300 shopkicks and I never even bought anything!  I collected these just from entering stores while shipping and scanning different items.  It actually it fun and super easy.  I look forward to collecting more and getting my 1st gift card.

So, to start earning your shopkicks simply go here and get started!!

Need A Coupon? There's An App For That!

It’s a tougher economy, money is tighter, and you’re looking for ways to save cash. Plus, the use of coupons is becoming more popular and a way of life for many of us.  I know it is for me.  I have heard many say they can't afford an iphone or any smartphone, but while the iPhone may have some big costs, it can more than make up for it in financial savings.  I have shut off my home phone.  Not only to help save that $30 -$40 a month, but it really wasn't necessary with both my husband and I having cell phones.  The money we saved doing that plus bundling our cable, cell and internet with AT&T allowed us to switch to an iphone.  Look into what you are spending in your monthly home, cell, internet and cable with you provider.  See if there is a bundling package and a way for your family to save some money. 


What can the iPhone do to save you cash? There are apps to help you find coupons, to compare prices, and even more. And while there are dozens, if not hundreds, of these applications, a few stand out for their usability and their money-saving features. The apps I have listed below are ones I have used and have on my phone.  If you have any favorites I would love to hear from you. 

GeoQpons

GeoQpons can be downloaded for your iphone, Android or certain Blackberry phones.  Largest Database of relevant mobile coupons.  It is simple and easy to use with a fast search for coupons or stores.  You can set favorites to redeem and view offers from your preferred stores. and share coupons with your friends via email, Facebook or Twitter.   This is the first coupon app I downloaded and I love it!! 

Coupon Shepera

There’s no more need for a coupon book as long as you have an iPhone. Coupon Sherpa is an iPhone app that is exactly as it sounds – a program filled with coupons. Coupon Sherpa is similar to does the dirty work of looking through coupons on the Internet and bringing them to you. You can create a list of favorite stores, email coupons to friends, and coupons can even be scanned by optical scanners.


Coupon Sherpa and GeoQpons are very similar.  I have not tried Coupon Sherpa yet.  I noticed they do have some similar coupons and some different.  Another bonus: Coupon Sherpa is currently free.

Compare Me

I absolutely love this app!  Did you ever have two boxes of cereal and wonder which one was the better deal based on volume? Even worse, what if you’re trying to compare gallons to liters? Well, for $1.99 the application CompareMe helps solve that issue by comparing different items based on their size or volume. Just type in the price, the unit, and the size, and CompareMe will tell you which one is cheaper and the percentage of savings.



Coupons.com

Take advantage of all the benefits of Coupons.com - right from your iPhone or iPod touch! Saving money on your favorite brands has never been easier. Just select the coupons you want and save in the store. Choose from over a hundred manufacturer coupons to save on groceries, household goods, personal care items and more. With the Coupons.com app, you can access printable coupons, Savings Card coupons, and local coupons. Printable coupons can be redeemed at the store just like the ones you find in the Sunday newspaper. Add coupons to your grocery store Savings Card and have your savings automatically applied at checkout. Find coupons for local businesses to save on goods and services while supporting your community. 

I love this app and I wish some of our local stores participated in it.  To sign up for the Savings Card you need to go to Coupons.com.  It is very simple.  I have a wireless printer, but I have not started printing coupons from this app to my printer yet.  I am excited to start because on of our computers just stopped working. 

These are the apps that I use. There are many more great apps out there I wish I could use, but many of them are either not for the stores I shop at or not valid in the St. Louis area. Check out this link and you may find more that are right for you.