Holiday Season Sale in the UAE Begins with Great Discounts on Many Products

With less than ten days away from the momentous Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF). Which comes on the heels of other year-end sales like Black Friday and it's White Friday regional edition. It is important to know how to turn these various shopping best end of year sales events to your financial advantage.

In comparison to the unforeseen flash best end of year sales. Year-end sales begin at the same time each year as stores give discounts on season-related items. That is about to end to make room for items from the new season. Yet you do have to prepare ahead to take full advantage of these year-end clearance sales.

One fact that is worth recalling for all shoppers is that summer merchandise normally goes on clearance in June and July. And winter merchandise typically goes on sale in January after the winter holidays. If one wants to impose a blanket rule when it comes to seasonal discount online shopping.

So, with a little advance preparation, as financial advisors and subject matter experts say. You can save large sums of money and stop using your credit card by planning your transactions around these rules.

Specific rules for helping you buy safely when shopping online

A fundamental economic thumb rule that applies when it comes to off-season shopping is that when demand is high, prices are high. And prices are low when demand is low. What this suggests for shoppers is that demand is pushed up dramatically. As the needs and desires of a single shopper rise. Suppose it wants to sync up with other consumers, higher costs – making an opposite of the rule also true. During the off-season time, if you are an experienced bargain seeker looking for discounts, many buy things that they know they will need that year but would not actually buy them during the season that requires them.

However, with the internet transforming the way most of us buy in recent years radically if you are in the habit of buying online, you will also find amazing holiday season deals at any time of year if you use retail sales this holiday season search engines such as Google shopping, which lists prices for the item you're looking for from numerous online sellers, while also making the most of discounts and cashback opportunities when doing year end sale online shopping. Each shopping platform, either on an ongoing basis or through special promotions, has cashback partnerships and discounts with one or more banks.

Many places have year-end sale offers, an optional discount or cashback on their mobile app orders. If a product has multiple discounts, find how best to merge them to get the best price possible. In addition, it also helps to sign up for one of the many year-end sale online shopping rebate platforms that arrange offers that give you up to 5% cashback on your online orders from some of the biggest online retail sales this holiday season. Online marketplaces such as Desertcart.ae, Agoda.com, Amazon.ae, in the UAE, offer discounts in the range of 4% to 7% of the transaction amounts. Find holiday season deals, year-end sale offers on Desertcart.

Some risks while looking for bargains, and tricks to escape them

●     While a bargain shopper can find a massively discounted offer fast. They are still more likely to fall victim to any of these shopping traps. So, it helps to keep these tips handy from subject matter experts.

●     When shopping at year end clearance sale days. Bear in mind that you shouldn't think you're having a discount simply because an item seems like it's marked down.

●     Know what the goods that you purchase actually pay, not just what the price tag suggests. By comparing online shopping, you can quickly get this information and get a feel for rates. Then visit your local shops to actually purchase the goods.

●     One idea by some financial advisors is that it is always misconstrued or erroneous because it is not called a deal when shopping online for any kind of items like health related, beauty and all other which you don't actually need, particularly though the item is discounted steeply, so it's only a needless cost that cuts into the gains generated at a mid-size discount from acquiring required products.

●     If you put it on a credit card and don't pay it off straight away. Even an item that's steeply-priced would not end up being a steal. The more you keep the balance on your credit card, the greater the interest on the transaction will eat into your savings.

●     In the month that stores usually decrease rates on a brand. You can save a lot of money by purchasing big-ticket brands. You will see some of the same seasonal shopping patterns online, but these general guidelines are more applicable to brick-and-mortar department stores that hold inventory.

●     A survey of shoppers predominantly opted for the free gift certificate when given an option between a free Dh20 gift certificate and a Dh100 gift certificate for Dh70, even though that meant missing out on a Dh30 benefit. So, beware of freebies since a zero-price tag can be more costly than it seems.

●     Don't make the store change your 'reference price,' which is a selling phrase that refers to the price you plan to pay for something when you repeat the order of the item many times previously, and it always keeps changing by stores.

Months widely popular for the sale of big-ticket items

Below is a list of which months offer large year-end sales events or discounts for big-ticket products. Based on studies and polls based on the activities of suppliers and the inventory or restocking behaviors of retailers.

Bargain sales months are December and January as it comes to hardware. And the same time span extends to phones, while winter clothes to shop online. Formal clothing discounts peak between the end week of December and the first week of January. There is a trend that furniture year-end sales events are sluggish when summer ends. After which dealers lure buyers with discounts during the month of September. While in October and late December, bargains can be found while purchasing a new vehicle.