- The beauty of shopping online is that you can easily

compare prices

without a lot of effort. On Google Product search you can type in what you want to purchase and easily compare prices from all of the online retailers that are selling the item.

- Bing.com shopping allows you to do the same, search for what you want to buy and compare prices across the board.

- PriceGrabber.com allows you to enter in what you want to buy, like a new wireless keyboard, and then you can simply click on "Compare now" and see the huge differences in price for the same product.

- PriceGrabber.com also shows you the shipping cost so you can combine that with the purchase price and be sure to really get the best deal.

- If you have a free PriceGrabber.com account then you can also add a price alert.

- Simply enter in what you want to pay, what condition the item should be in, and you can select a specific merchant with a certain star rating and set a price alert.

- You'll be emailed when the product is available at the price you selected, and you don't have to do anything but name your price.