If shopping turns into hell

When I went on maternity leave, an unattainable luxury forI started getting hot (and not cold!) tea and calm, leisurely shopping. If you are with a small child, a trip to the shopping center turns into the quest "Catch up in 10 minutes." What is there to try on! You grab the first thing that came to hand, and rather to the cashier, while your miracle is still sleeping peacefully in a wheelchair. Linger in the department with the dishes? Get a penalty: squeals, screams, sidelong glances of others. In general, I transferred such a pleasant procedure as shopping to the virtual space - I shop on the Internet. For a long time I bought goods in dozens of stores. At first, I compared prices on Yandex.Market, then placed an order where it was cheaper. This, of course, is quite time consuming, and not all the brands I like can be found on this service.Two lovers of shopping. Photo: Ksenia Voronezhtseva

Flash-sales - why didn’t I know about it before ?!

Not so long ago, I discovered a new waysavings in online shopping - shopping on flash-sales. Literally - "flash sales" or instant sales. Under this scheme, you can buy goods at a discount of up to 70 percent, without waiting for seasonal sales. Condition one: the offer is valid in a matter of days. As they say, those who had time, he ate. Sales flash-sales are held on specialized Internet sites, which are also called shopping clubs. Unlike a traditional store, the club does not bear the cost of sales area, sales staff, window dressing, etc. Since stocks last for a limited time, you do not need to rent huge warehouses to store goods for months - and this is another item on which the seller saves. Of course, sometimes the manufacturers themselves are also satisfied with the sales on their websites, but this is not so 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 to buy and place orders on verified sales sites. In Russia, this kind of shopping is not much known yet.Customer satisfied. Photo: Ksenia Voronezhtseva

Where am I looking for discounts?

I'll tell you how flash-sales works using an example.club "Chiki Riki", in which I registered and have already managed to order a lot of children's things. Every week, offers from dozens of brands appear on the site: clothes for children, women's and men's clothing, including from famous designers, bedding and other household goods, shoes, bags and other accessories. And also toys, books, cosmetics - in general, a real Internet hypermarket, where there is a lot of interesting things. The assortment is updated every Monday, and then new offers are added during the week. By the end of the week, the number of promotions and discounts reach their maximum. You can buy an item for 70 percent less than its market value. The main thing is not to miss the product. If you like a thing, it is better to put it in the basket right away - the reservation will be valid for two hours. The fact is that some products may be sold in limited quantities or even in one copy. I did not find out about it right away, in the end I missed a gorgeous evening dress at a ridiculous price. For comparison: on the designer's website it cost 12 thousand rubles, but I could buy it for 3.5 thousand! But I thought for a long time, so now this dress is worn by a more agile customer. So to see all the promotions, you need to join the club, that is, register on the site. And yes, if you really liked the product, and the discounts on it are over, you can try this option: click the "Notify about the availability of goods" button. And as soon as the product participates in the promotion again, you will be informed about it. As I already said, there is no need to wait for the sales season for club shopping. For example, already in July you can buy a school uniform, a backpack and other necessities for a child at a great price. We are still far 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 so long ago I made a big order: it was necessary to renew the summer wardrobe, and at the same time to think about clothes warmer, so that autumn, as it happens, did not come suddenly. I bought a windbreaker (for 1950 rubles instead of 3250), a synthetic winter 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 collected a bunch of socks (and where do they always go?), And also ordered two big colorful books with fairy tales and poems. Without shares, I would pay 14,550 thousand for all this. In fact, she gave 9,858 rubles, including a discount of 137 rubles for prepayment. However, you can pay for the order upon receipt.Photo: screenshot

And if something did not like?

Then you have the right to refuse the goods. Well, or as in any other stores, you can return the purchase within two weeks, if the thing didn’t fit right in. True, we haven’t taken this opportunity yet. Everything that was ordered came in excellent quality and fit in size. Each item is individually wrapped. Orders are sent in securely sealed boxes that my son has already managed to take: while I make out purchases, he puts his toys in them or hides himself.Favorite toy is a big box. Photo: Ksenia Voronezhtseva

How long to wait for an order?

Perhaps the only negative is that the orderwill not come immediately. I waited my purchases for a week and a half, but I was ready for it. The site warns that the delivery of goods begins a week after the end of the action, plus another - seven days at a time on the road. So count the time, and if, for example, school shopping is ahead, 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?

I'll tell you a little about the search system. It's pretty simple. Click on the action you are interested in. Next, in the filter, select the gender of the child and its size. There were doubts - there is a table of sizes according to age. Or ask about the product consultant by sending a message. On many products, buyers leave their feedback, which is also convenient when you can not touch the thing, as in a store, but you see only a picture. Although the photos on the site are quite large, which is also a plus, especially when you make purchases from the phone while your child is digging in the sandbox. By the way, I never thought that we have so many great brands of children's and women's clothing in Russia. Many of them I have never met in retail stores. So, the club shopping from “Chiki Ricky” has opened new brands for me. In general, now I’m not particularly attracted to shopping centers. I arrange shopping without leaving home. The main thing is to wait for the husband's salary. It is also helpful to know:

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