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Tips For Shopping Online Safely

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These days shopping online has become so convenient and popular that studies show 75% of Americans count on it as their go-to for purchasing products before going to a store. Not only is it more convenient to shop online, but in many cases, it is significantly cheaper.

With this great convenience and savings, however, also comes the risk of your private information being stolen from you. Giving out your address and payment information makes you a target for cyber criminals. [Read more…] about Tips For Shopping Online Safely

The ForeverGeek Kickstarter Store Makes It Easy for Online Shoppers

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Online shopping is the best thing since sliced bread!

Not only do you get to find everything and anything (which you may or may not need), but you don’t have to get out of your PJs to do some shopping. A couple of clicks are all you need, and you’re good to go!
ForeverGeek Kickstarter Store
If you’re an online shopping enthusiast like me, then you probably already have sniffed out Kickstarter as a source of cool stuff. While it’s technically a crowdfunding site, Kickstarter does offer the online shopper a lot of options. It goes one step further by giving you the opportunity to be “in” at the earliest stages: by being a backer and getting earlybird perks.

One thing about Kickstarter, though, is that you never know if a project is going to get funded. Frustration can kick in if a project that you really want to happen does not reach its goals.

Our sister site, ForeverGeek, has come up with something that can somehow help alleviate that frustration: the ForeverGeek Kickstarter Store. [Read more…] about The ForeverGeek Kickstarter Store Makes It Easy for Online Shoppers

10 Websites You Can’t Live Without

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cloudThe internet has been around long enough that most of us have come to grips with the general flavor of it . . . cat videos, movie reviews, baby videos, social networking, dog videos, and so on. But every once in awhile, there comes along a website that is—wait for it—actually useful.

Once you find this kind of website, you will soon wonder how you ever functioned without them. The web is littered with pages such as these; you just have to find them. Here are 10 websites that you may not have heard of, but once you start using, you just won’t be able to live without. [Read more…] about 10 Websites You Can’t Live Without

5 Tools to Make Christmas Shopping Easier

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Online Christmas Shopping

Christmas is coming ever so near, and shopping is becoming even more frantic. The bad news is that everyone is scrambling to get their Christmas shopping list done as soon as possible. The good news is that practically everything can be done or bought online. Of course, there may be some things that still require you to actually get up from your chair and to experience the real world.

Still, there are a lot of tools at your disposal which you can take advantage of. Tools that will make Christmas shopping a little easier. Let us help you out with that. [Read more…] about 5 Tools to Make Christmas Shopping Easier

Shippin Makes Selling Online on Gumroad Easier

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Selling products and services online has become such a popular activity, if mainly due to the fact that it has provided people with the “easy” opportunity to make some extra cash.

In these problem-ridden times, being able to make a extra here and there is no little thing. And with the online platforms that allow people to do business, it is no surprise that more and more people are getting into the activity.

For big businesses, the usual issues with ecommerce are not that big of a deal, but for the individual sellers and smaller businesses, these issues may come with a higher weight.

This is where platforms such as Gumroad come into the picture, and together with services such as Shippin, online selling and buying is made easier for everyone involved. [Read more…] about Shippin Makes Selling Online on Gumroad Easier

On Being Tech Savvy and Environmentally Aware

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We don’t normally shout out loud about environmental issues on Daily Bits, but an article that I read some time back on the BBC has got me thinking. The article is titled “What should be done about plastic bags?” and the numbers presented are rather surprising.

We seem to have this idea that plastic bags are bad, and the reusable bag movement has become so big that more and more supermarkets have totally done away with plastics. But is it really justified? Does doing away with plastic bags really make a huge positive impact on the environment? [Read more…] about On Being Tech Savvy and Environmentally Aware