As much as I like to do some of my holiday shopping early in the year, fact is that some just has to be done during the holiday shopping madness. No matter how much we prepare, we always have at least a few last minute gifts. Case and point? My kids! They change their minds and their wish-list every few days, so it makes no sense to get all their gifts in July when their attention is on other items come Christmas.
So for those gifts that I still have to buy, I want to get them for the best price. As well, I really prefer not to store hop to find those gifts. This year, I’m armed with the YP ShopWise app. Now available on Android as well as iOS, it’s my holiday helper to make my holiday shopping as pleasant an experience as possible.
All you have to do is download this free app, and either choose your location or give it permission to automatically find your location. I know some people that don’t like to give location permissions for apps, so it’s nice to be able to just choose your city instead. Yet, just don’t forget to change those settings if you are shopping in another location.
I always start my search on the app by going under the “Nearby” tab, to find all the deals currently in my area. This is great for that quick deal searches, since it can give you great gifting ideas that you’d never otherwise think of getting {or picking up for yourself}.
After a quick peek at the general sales, I start hunting for specific products. After all, most times you do have an idea in mind and this app shows you where it’s on sale.
For instance, I need to treat myself to a winter coat this year, brr. So I’ve been using the YP Shopwise app to help me in my search. You see, I’m rather picky about winter jackets and a general, ‘coats are 40% at x store’ doesn’t suffice. The YP Shopwise app shows me the photo of the coats that are on sale!
For jackets, I go under products, clothing & accessories, and outerwear. From there you can narrow it down by brand or price and more. So you can see that this app works so well for all deal hunters whether they are ‘looking for a winter jacket on sale‘ or are ‘looking for a Columbia winter jackets in pink on sale’.
YP ShopWise also has a new feature – a “Flyers” tab that features the weekly flyers for a variety of stores near you. So, users can browse by store right from their phone.
Many times I have walked into a store and realized that the stores current flyer is sitting on the counter at home, and I never looked at it. At that point I hope that if I watch tags everywhere I go, I will spot the sales. Yet, that’s not effective and really time-consuming. Now I can have the YP ShopWise app open while I shop and move from page to page as I walk through the store.
I’m really liking the YP ShopWise app because there’s so many options when it comes to searching for deals and sales in my area. It’s faster than using the laptop to search for sales and then find ones advertised from last year. Plus, I can check out a stores best deals before I go in or hunt down that specific item and go right to that store instead of store hopping trying to find it.
One part of the YP ShopWise app that is not to be overlooked is the ‘Gift Finder’ section. I’ve browsed in each category and am amazed at the great gift suggestions listed, all on sale too! Many of the items listed in the gift finder didn’t even cross my mind until then.
For instance, the girls have been growing out of their dress up clothes left right and centre, yet want to wear them daily. Thanks to YP Shopwise, I spot a deal for a 27-piece dress up kit for just $33.74!
Get the YP ShopWise app for your iPhone, or Android – and easily save money this holiday season. Whether it’s for gifts, something for yourself or just for the regular weekly shopping; YP ShopWise give access to flyers, deal and the best prices near you.
What a great app! I am going to download it now.
This is awesome. I love finding good deals and am heading over to download.
awesome app , lots of great deals , i will be downloading it thanks for sharing 🙂
I love all these cool apps they have these days! they make our jobs so much easier!
I have downloaded this. It is going to make my holiday shopping much easier.
I love this app! I need a new winter jacket, too and I’m definitely going to download this app to help find one!
Boy, is this going to be helpful for people over the next month! I’m all about scoring the best price.
This sounds like a great app. Perfect for this time of the year too – all that Christmas shopping!
I’m going to check this out asap! Thanks for introducing me to this app!
I hadn’t heard of this before, but it looks super useful! Especially this holiday shopping season!
All these apps that help make life easier. Thanks for sharing yet another that I’m sure will get plenty of use over the next month!
Great we need all the help we can get at this time of year
This has been a great year for shopping apps, and it just keeps getting better. I’ll be downloading this one immediately. Thanks!
This seems like a neat app! I will get my hubby to download it for me!
This is a fabulous app, I am so glad you shared it with me. I am working on getting geared up to shop for Christmas and need all of the ideas, tips and savings advice I can get. I will check out this app!
I really like the women’s parkas. I am going to have to check out YP’s app.
This is a really great app. What a great way to save cash this holiday season.
Sounds like a great app. Ill have o download it.
This would be a great app to use when I am in a town that I don’t know! Thanks!
I’ll definitely try this out and I hope it works to save me lots of money and time this holiday!
I’m going to have to check it out! Love a good deal!
I have this app but keep forgetting to use it. I don’t even want to think about the deals I have missed out on.
This looks super useful! I’m going to check it out and see if it helps me with my last few gifts!
This looks like a fantastic app especially around this time of year when we are inundated with flyers and sales.
This is a fantastic app. I have been using it for a few weeks now. It is very easy to use.
This app sounds awesome! Looking forward to my holiday shopping this year being as stress free as possible!
Very cool app! Love helpful apps like this! Thanks for sharing!
What a neat app. I’ve been trying hard to save money when I can. I have a few I use and they have been working well. I’ll need to try this.
I really enjoy these kind of apps because I hate scanning through flyers
Downloading app as I type…lol
It seems like a great app. Going to give it a shot this weekend.
What a great app to help get holiday shopping done. Need to check it out and learn more.