Online shopping makes life easier, but it also comes with clever tactics designed to make us spend more than we planned. With limited-time offers and personalized recommendations, retailers know exactly how to capture our attention (and our wallets). Our infographic breaks down eight common strategies so you can recognize them, stay in control, and keep your budget on track.
Online retailers make their checkout process ridiculously easy to keep you from overthinking your purchases and opting out.
This prompts you to buy with a sense of urgency, thinking the price will rise again.
When retailers offer free shipping if you spend $50, they lure you into spending more.
Conditional discounts manipulate you into spending more just to qualify.
Online retailers target you with ads based on your search history.
When retailers send you daily emails, they get your attention—and your money.
You're more likely to buy something online if you can easily send it back to the store.
Retailers place items with inflated price tags near the one you're looking at to make your desired item look like a better deal.
Download our infographic for the see the 8 common ways retailers encourge overspending!