This ONE Trick Will Save You Tons of Money When Shopping Online

I know I've talked to you guys about how I save money with Ebates before, so this post isn't going to be all about that...although I do want to mention that right now, they're doing double cash back at Sephora and Ulta.
I just bought the new Tarte Blush Palette which is $44 and I got back $3.52 which will go right into my Paypal account when the payments go out. That doesn't seem like much, but it adds up when you get cash back on almost everything you buy online...here's my cashback activity from the past couple of months...you can see the last few purchases I got cash back with and my total cash back from all of my purchases:

Keep reading to see how I saved $10 at Old Navy without having to search for coupon codes! It's the coolest thing ever.

Anyway, I don't know if you use the Ebates Button, but if not, you might be missing out on a LOT of savings!

First of all, if you're not familiar with it, the Ebates button is a little widget that you drag into your toolbar on top of your web browser. When you go to a site that offers cash back, a little box pops down to let you know. This is an amazing thing because I can't tell you how many times I've purchased things at Sephora or Ulta and didn't remember to use Ebates until after the transaction went through...it was such a bummer!
Here's how you find it...it took me a while to figure out where it was. When you go to Ebates.com, scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and look for where it says "Ebates Button" (see below screenshot), then follow the instructions to install it on your toolbar. I use Google Chrome and it was as simple as just dragging it up to the toolbar and dropping it there. You can see it in the screenshot below in the upper right-side of the page...it's a little yellow E.

Then, when you go to a site that supports Ebates, a little box will pop down to remind you to get your cash back...see this screenshot here. It's pretty hard to ignore, so this ensures you won't miss out on your cashback.

But that's not ALL it does...I'm not sure if this is new, but I've never seen it before. Ebates also scans the internet for coupon codes while you're at checkout. Here's an example...I was on the Old Navy site this morning because I wanted to buy a dress I saw in store yesterday but my local store didn't have my size. The Ebates button popped up like always and I went to the checkout screen.

Then all of a sudden, the Ebates button said it was checking for different coupon codes, and not only does it check for them, it tries them for you until it finds one that works! This means you don't even have to type them into the box...it's all automatic.

In this screenshot below, see how the little box at the top says that Ebates found 2 coupons? I didn't press anything, it just did this automatically when I got to the checkout screen.

Then it tried both of the coupon codes for me and automatically filled in the one that saved me the most money...it happened to be a 40% off coupon which saved me $10!

Here, you can see that my dress was on sale for $25 and then the coupon brought it down to $15.

Even if you don't care about getting cash back or don't shop online enough to make it worth your while, this little tool is invaluable because it saves you from having to go searching for coupon codes on sites like Retail Me Not or Coupons.com. I just thought it was so cool and I wanted to share it with you guys! :)

If you're not on Ebates yet, you can sign up for free here.