What do you do when you need to find out about
something? Unless you are Amish, or part
of an indigenous tribe, you more than likely turn to the internet. If you are an American between the ages of 9
and 86 you probably turn to the internet immediately using your smart phone or
tablet. Outside of those parameters and
you probably use your desktop at home, at work, or at the library. Or, if you are Caribbean you will go to your
local internet café. All jokes aside,
these stereotypes are pretty accurate (because stereotypes tend to be,
right?).
What do you do when you need to find the best deal on
shipping boxes? You open Google, or
Bing, and you type in “best deal on shipping boxes”. What happens next is both wonderful and
terrifying. As if reading your mind, the
screen becomes filled with unlimited options.
At the top of the page you are going to see the pictures for some ads,
advertising price and website. Your
internet search could possible stop here as your eye catches something that you
want to check out further. This time,
though, that’s probably not going to be good enough, since you are trying to
find the best deal. To the right you can
see a list of related searches that other people have made: best prices for
moving boxes, best boxes for packing books, or cheap shipping boxes. All the same, you are probably going to
continue on your original path and begin to scroll the different options that
are listed below all of this.
Unless there is a website that has already made price
comparisons for what you are looking for, you are probably going to have to do
it on your own. So then you start
probably start at the top. You open the
first website and either write down or make a mental note (not suggested) of
what this place is charging for what amount of product. And then you back out and go to the next
website and do the same thing. You should probably go through a couple pages of the search
results before making a decision.
Usually the first sites listed are the ones who have a ton of money to
spend on their marketing campaign. You
will probably even recognize who they are.
This is usually an indicator that their products will be priced higher
because they are attached to the reputable name. Keep looking!
Once you’ve made enough comparisons you can decide which way is the best
to go.
