How To Have A Low Cost Friendsgiving Whether you're trying to save money for your traditional Thanksgiving celebration or just on a budget and wanting to keep costs low, this article is for you! We're sharing tips on how to have a low cost friendsgiving. What is Friendsgiving? Friendsgiving is just like Thanksgiving except it's reserved for friends! Often times, people will have these View Post
Classy Couponing
Classy Couponing How to Shop for FREE is just that, a "How to" group. We pride ourselves on teaching Ethical Couponing. Along with Ethical Couponing comes something we like to refer to as "Classy Couponing". Now, what exactly does that mean? Let's start with the Golden Rule.....Do unto others as you would like others to do unto you. That's a pretty broad statement so let's break it down a little View Post
Pumpkin Pie Martini Recipe
Pumpkin Pie Martini Recipe If you are looking for something unique to serve to your 21+guests this Thanksgiving you may want to give this Pumpkin Pie Martini recipe a try. It is deliciously addictive! But remember with all martini's they are meant to be sipped! Please drink responsibly and have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving! Ingredients 1 Part Hiram walker Pumpkin Spice View Post
Reselling your Stash Unethical or Smart?
Recently there was some conversation in one of our Facebook groups about people who resell their stockpile items online. I was slightly surprised to see the opinion of a few members state that reselling items that were purchased with coupons was "unethical”. I disagree with that statement for many reasons. I started How to Shop for Free® for two reasons. Reason one was, I needed a place to write View Post
How to Spot a Glitch Deal
Stores run specials all the time and discounts on certain items. This can often mean finding a “glitch” or item at a crazy low price than it would normally be. It takes a certain knack for finding them so here are some tips that can help. Play Around When a store, say Kohl’s, has a new discount then you need to figure out how to put that discount to the best use. It may be simply doing what View Post
Do You Love to Pay it Forward As Much As We Do? Here’s a Way to Help
Do You Love to Pay it Forward as Much as We Do? Here's a Way to Help If you've been around How to Shop for FREE you know that we are huge proponents of paying it forward. With winter coming we found a great idea to clean out your closet and pay it forward at the same time. White Horse Addiction Center, a non-profit (501c3 charitable company) Substance Use Disorder Treatment Center and View Post
Early Activation ~ What is It and Why Do We LOVE It?
Early Activation ~ What is It and Why Do We LOVE It? All Dollar General Stores Start their Sunday ad on Saturday at 7pm What does this mean? It means that you get BOTH the current sale and the next week's sale from 7pm until closing on Saturday. If an item is on sale both weeks you should get the better of the two sale prices. There are a bunch of benefits to being able to View Post
6 Ways to Get Your Hands on Extra Coupons
6 Ways to Get Your Hands on Extra Coupons To be an extreme couponer you need to get your hands on a lot of coupons. How do you get enough coupons to build a wall of pasta across your living room, amass so much free toothpaste that you have to give it out to Trick or Treaters or create a floor to ceiling closet filled with toilet paper? It's easier than you think. Here are six things you can do View Post
358 Companies to Contact for Coupons
If you are a couponer you know that you can never have enough coupons. There are insert coupons, peelies, hang tags, tearpads and wine tags but the best value coupons are the ones that come straight from the manufacturers. In order to get your hand on them all you have to do is ask! Here is a master list of 358 companies that will send you coupons. Just contact them by phone. email or snail View Post
The Best Places to Order Coupons in Bulk
The Best Places to Order Coupons in Bulk If you want to be an Extreme Couponer you need lots of coupons! If you don't have a "source" to get you your coupon fix you may want to consider looking into ordering from a coupon clipping service to fill your needs. Here is a list of our favorite coupon clipping websites. Please keep in mind the location of the seller when you are View Post
Rebate Apps ~ How to Shop for F-R-E-E from Your Phone!
Rebate Apps ~ How to Shop for F-R-E-E from Your Phone! If you've been following HowtoShopforFREE.net you're probably getting pretty good at shopping for FREE. Now it's time to kick it up a notch. There are lots of rebate apps available that are going to pay you just for buying the things you already buy. If you're new to this you may be asking, "What exactly is a rebate app?" They are apps View Post
Organizing Your Coupons ~ Is There a Right Way to Do It?
Organizing Your Coupons ~ Is There a Right Way to Do It? Whenever you talk about couponing to your non-couponing friends do you hear the same thing that we do ~ that they just don’t have the time to coupon. The key to couponing is organization. If you’re organized, you can cut your prep time down considerably. By now you’re probably following the How to Shop for Free Facebook Groups and the View Post
Organizing Your Stockpile ~ Can I Ever Have Too Much?
Organizing Your Stockpile ~ Can I Ever Have Too Much? If you’ve been following How to Shop for FREE, you’ve probably started to build up a small (or maybe large) stockpile by now. The challenge of having a stockpile is organizing that stockpile. Stockpiling is a wonderful thing as long as it doesn’t take over your entire home. I am very lucky that I have a spare room that I store my stockpile in. View Post
9 Apple Cider Hacks that will Save you Money
9 Apple Cider Vinegar Hacks that will Save you Money Apple Cider Vinegar is an inexpensive product that can do so much more than make salad dressings. For under $1.00 a bottle you can tackle a bunch of household issues and save yourself hundreds of dollars. Here are 9 Apple Cider Hacks for you to try. 1. Get Rid of Fleas If you have ever had a issue with fleas you know that View Post
Ethical Couponing
Ethical Couponing Are you new to couponing? Have you been couponing for a while but branching out and couponing at some new stores? Each store has its own coupon policies and it can be overwhelming keeping everything straight even for a seasoned couponer. Mistakes happen and that's ok. It's part of the learning process. The philosophy at HowtoShopforFree.net is to find the best deals View Post