If shopping turns into hell

Когда я ушла в декрет, недостижимой роскошью for me, it was hot (not cold!) tea and calm, leisurely shopping. If you have a small child, a trip to the mall turns into a quest "Make it in 10 minutes." What do you mean try on! You grab the first thing that comes to hand and hurry to the checkout while your miracle is still peacefully sleeping in the stroller. Did you linger at the tableware department? Get a penalty: squeals, shouts, sidelong glances from people around you. In general, I transferred such a pleasant procedure as shopping to the virtual space - I shop online. For a long time, I shopped in dozens of stores. First, I compared prices on Yandex.Market, then I placed an order where it was cheapest. This, of course, is quite time-consuming, and not all the brands I liked can be found on this service.Two lovers of shopping. Photo: Ksenia Voronezhtseva

Flash sales – why didn’t I know about this before?!

Not long ago I discovered a new waysavings in online shopping - purchases on flash sales. Literally - "flash sales" or instant sales. According to this scheme, you can buy a product with a discount of up to 70 percent, without waiting for seasonal sales. There is only one condition: the offer is valid for a few days. As they say, whoever got there first got it. Flash sales are held on specialized online platforms, which are also called shopping clubs. Unlike a traditional store, a club does not bear the costs of retail space, staff of sellers, window dressing, etc. Since the promotions are valid for a limited time, there is no need to rent huge warehouses to store goods for months - and this is another point on which the seller saves. Of course, sometimes the manufacturers themselves organize sales on their websites, but this does not happen very often, and it is difficult to track them. It is much more convenient to subscribe once to the newsletter of a shopping club specializing in sales. In the West, this system has long become a habit - people plan purchases and place orders on trusted sales sites. In Russia, not many people know about this type of shopping.The client is satisfied. Photo: Ksenia Voronezhtseva

Where am I looking for discounts?

I'll tell you how flash sales work using an exampleClub "Chiki Ricky", where I registered and have already managed to order many children's things. Every week, offers from dozens of brands appear on the site: clothes for children, women's and men's clothes, including from famous designers, bed linen and other home goods, shoes, bags and other accessories. And also toys, books, cosmetics - in general, a real online hypermarket, where there are many interesting things. The assortment is updated every Monday, and then during the week new offers are added. By the end of the week, the number of promotions and the size of discounts reach their maximum. You can buy an item 70 percent cheaper than its market value. The main thing is not to miss out on the goods. If you like the item, it is better to immediately put it in the basket - the reservation will be valid for two hours. The fact is that some goods can be sold in limited quantities or even in one copy. I did not find out about this right away, as a result I missed out on a gorgeous evening dress at a ridiculous price. For comparison: on the designer's website it cost 12 thousand rubles, but I could have bought it for 3.5 thousand! But I thought about it for a long time, so now this dress is worn by a more agile buyer. So, to see all the promotions, you need to join the club, that is, register on the site. And yes, if you really like the product, and the discounts on it have ended, you can try this option: click the "Notify about product availability" button. And as soon as the product is included in the promotion again, you will be notified about it. As I already said, you don't have to wait for the sales season with club shopping. For example, in July you can buy a school uniform, a backpack and other necessities for your child at a great price. We are still a long way from school. However, this does not make it any easier: the child grows quickly, so clothes have to be changed every season, and shoes even more often."Is this all for me?" Photo: Ksenia Voronezhtseva

How much exactly do I save?

Not long ago I made a large order:I needed to update my summer wardrobe, and at the same time think about warmer clothes, so that autumn, as it often happens, would not come unexpectedly. I bought a windbreaker (for 1950 rubles instead of 3250), a synthetic jacket for autumn (2250 rubles instead of 3750), two sweatshirts and a warm sweatshirt, two pairs of shorts, a T-shirt, a children's robe, and Crocs. I bought a bunch of socks (and where do they always go?), and also ordered two large colorful books with fairy tales and poems. Without the promotions, I would have paid 14,550 thousand for all this. In fact, I paid 9858 rubles, including a discount of 137 rubles for prepayment. However, you can pay for the order upon receipt.Photo: screenshot

What if you didn’t like something?

Then you have the right to refuse the goods.Or, as in any other store, you can return the purchase within two weeks if the item suddenly doesn’t fit. However, we haven’t used this opportunity yet. Everything we ordered arrived in excellent quality and fits in size. Each item is individually packaged. Orders are sent in securely sealed boxes, which my son has already taken a liking to: while I’m sorting through the purchases, he puts his toys in them or hides himself.Favorite toy is a big box. Photo: Ksenia Voronezhtseva

How long should I wait for my order?

Perhaps the only downside is that the orderwill not arrive immediately. I waited for my purchases for a week and a half, but I was prepared for this. The website warns that delivery of goods begins a week after the end of the promotion, plus another one - seven days for travel time. So, calculate the time, and if, for example, you are planning on school shopping, start it at least two weeks before the start of the school year.Small part of my big order. Photo: Ksenia Voronezhtseva

How to shop?

Let me tell you a little about the search system.Everything is quite simple. Click on the promotion you are interested in. Then in the filter select the gender of the child and their size. If you have any doubts, there is a size chart according to age. Or ask the consultant about the product by sending a message. Customers leave their reviews on many products, which is also convenient when you cannot touch the item, as in a store, but only see a picture. Although the photos on the site are quite large, which is also a plus, especially when you shop from your phone while your child is digging in the sandbox. By the way, I never thought that we have so many wonderful brands of children's and women's clothing in Russia. Many of them I have never seen in retail stores. So club shopping with "Chiki Ricky" has opened up new brands for me. In general, now I am not particularly drawn to shopping centers. I arrange shopping without leaving home. The main thing is to wait for my husband's salary. It is also useful to know:

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