As a college student, saving money is important and with what the Internet is today, it’s really easy to find the cheapest item on the market just by using the computer.  As a student, we need everything from college textbooks to backpacks and with the Internet, there are some sites out there that you can simply place in the item you want and it’ll show you the cheapest place you can buy it at.  Here are a few sites you can use to comparison shop, so that you can find the item you want for the lowest price.

Froogle- Froogle is a page owned by Google and is a great tool to use when you’re looking for the cheapest price.  With Froogle, you’ll simply pop in what you want to find and Google will find all of the stores that are selling the products.  The cool thing about this is that you’re able to sort it by the lowest price.  Once you find a store you like, you can then view the reviews about the site on Froogle.  If they have a good review, you can feel certain that you’re going to get your product.

PriceGrabber – PriceGrabber.com is another favorite of mine that is just like Google’s.  The only thing I don’t really like about this site is that it limits you to a few retailers but the retailers on there are usually pretty reasonablecompared to most stores online.  The thing I like about this website is that you’re able to pick out the exact product you want and PriceGrabber will give you a final price after the shipping and all of that, so you’ll know exactly what you’re going to pay.

BizRate – BizRate is probably one of the best on the net.  Simply put in the search what you want and BizRate will come back with a ton of retailers that carry the product you’re looking for.  The only downfall with BizRate is that they don’t offer as many stores and sometimes you can find a better price on some of the other comparison sites.

No matter what you buy online, I would always make it a habit to comparison shop.  You’ll be amazed at how much you can save when using these sites.  Never buy from a site without looking at these sites.  I guarantee you you’ll be able to save some money.  Saving money is easy with the Internet and as long as you take a few minutes out of your day to find the best price, you’ll be saving money in no time!