Online Shopping Directory

Part 3 -- Shopping Categories: money, groceries, computers and software, travel

This directory started as a list of sites mentioned in Shop Online the Lazy Way, a book written by Richard Seltzer, which was published in August 1999 by Macmillan. This book is available in paperback directly from the author or from Amazon.com. It is also available in a Braille edition from National Braille Press (www.nbp.org).

Now that the rights have reverted to the author, he has posted the entire text of the book (with links to the sites discussed) at this site and is now free to update and revise this online version. Please send email to alert him of changes and interesting new sites that you have encountered, seltzer@samizdat.com

Part One covers aspects of online shopping that apply no matter what you want to buy.

Part 2 covers special cases, where there are major differences in how you shop based on the kinds of things you are looking for:

Table of Contents

(Click to go to the section you want)

Topics covered in the first edition of the book

Part 1 -- General Shopping

Portals, Shopping Malls, Ad-Blocking Software, Price Comparison Sites, Collective Buying Sites/Buyers' Clubs, Auctions, Classifieds, Usenet Newsgroups, Consumer Guides, Coupons, Rewards, Rebates, Special Deals, Bots, Robots, Crawlers, Agents, Spiders, Chat , Forums, Email Distribution Lists, Build Your Own Website, Build Your Own Store Site, Browser Add-ons to Rate Sites and View Other People's Ratings

Part 2 -- Shopping Categories

Cars -- Books -- Music -- Videos -- Real Estate

Part 3 -- More Shopping Categories

Money -- Groceries -- Computers and Software --Travel

Part 4 -- Topics planned for the second edition

(This section is still under construction)

Health/Fitness/Beauty -- Gifts/Flowers -- Collectibles -- Live Entertainment/Restaurants/Spectator Sports -- Toys -- Clothing/Jewelry -- Education/Training -- Furniture/Home Furnishings

Related articles

Part 3 -- More Shopping Categories

Money

Making the most of the money you have

Personal financial advice

Teaching your kids about money Retirement planning and advice US tax information Tax preparation software and services Banking over the Internet (a few of the many) If you have money to spare and are willing to risk it to get more --

Groceries

Online Supermarkets Gourmet and Specialty Foods Wine

Computers and Software

Research computer articles, magazines, books, and advice Trade shows and seminars Price comparison Online computer superstores Hardware manufacturers Free PCs Software download sites Physical flea markets Classifieds Used and refurbished Direct auctions (you buy from the site; new and refurbished) Indirect auctions (site matches buyers and sellers; used) Specialty sites Supplies

OfficeMax www.officemax.com

Staples www.staples.com

Travel

Travel Guides Travel Magazines (and similar info) Travel destinations Travel styles/specialty travel Vacation resorts and theme parks Travel Agencies Do-it-all travel sites Maps Special services Airlines Hotels Car rental Traditional sources of travel information Last-minute travel (at bargain, rather than premium prices)

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Check the author's bio www.samizdat.com/shopbio.html for a description of the book and why it was written. For the Acknowledgments check www.samizdat.com/ack.html

The entire text of the book Shop Online the Lazy Way

For related articles, see our our shopping advice area www.samizdat.com/sho.html and our free newsletter Internet-on-a-Disk at www.samizdat.com/ioad.html

You are also welcome to participate in Richard's weekly chat sessions about Business on the World Wide Web, Thursdays, from noon to 1 PM at www.samizdat.com/chat-intro.html. Edited transcripts of previous sessions (dating back to June 1996) are available at www.samizdat.com/chat.html

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