Everyone knows that prices for items on shopping websites fluctuate regularly, with changes sometimes occurring multiple times a day. It's very easy to miss an opportunity to buy a product at its lowest price!
Receiving an alert when the price of a targeted product drops is therefore extremely useful to truly take advantage of the best deal. This is precisely the purpose of the free browser extension "Simple Price Alerts," available for Chrome, Edge, and Opera browsers, among others, which you can install from the
Chrome Web Store (link).
This extension has been verified and approved by Google, and it does not require any registration, email, or personal data. This is rare enough to be worth mentioning.
Simple Price Alerts works with Amazon, Aliexpress, Banggood, eBay, and several other shopping websites, making it a unique tool that functions across various platforms. This allows you to benefit from the best prices without having to manually check each site, which saves valuable time.
Its operation is simple: on compatible websites, a bell-shaped icon appears when the item can be tracked by the extension. By clicking this bell, you activate the product's price tracking. If the price changes, the extension's icon in the browser toolbar will flash to notify you, displaying the new price along with a link to the product. And that's it! You don't need to do anything else.
What you might not know about Black Friday and Cyber Monday
The term "Black Friday" literally means "Black Friday." Typically, a "black day" implies a bad day marked by incidents or losses. So why use this term for a festive event centered around promotions and shopping? The first mention of "Black Friday" in the press dates back to 1951, and at that time, the term initially had a negative connotation.
For employers, it was a day of low productivity because employees often took the day off to extend the Thanksgiving weekend. This caused a drop in efficiency within companies. Additionally, this day was known for heavy traffic, hence the "black" referring to road congestion and traffic jams. It was only about a decade later that the term became associated with the Christmas shopping period, when stores saw significant increases in sales, transitioning from "in the red" (losses) to "in the black" (profits).
Price drops are not limited to just Black Friday itself. Promotions extend throughout the week, sometimes even starting before and ending on Cyber Monday, which occurs on the Monday following Black Friday. This Monday is specifically dedicated to online promotions, and consumers can enjoy additional discounts on various products, often technological items. The promotional period surrounding Black Friday and Cyber Monday has thus become a real week of great deals, during which it is possible to save significantly on a wide variety of products.