You’re Probably Overpaying on Amazon — Here’s How to Automatically Find Out

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We’re all doing a lot more online shopping these days. New work-from-home sweatpants? Add to Amazon cart. Noise-canceling headphones for your home office? Thanks, Amazon!

Here’s the thing though: You’re probably overpaying.

We always assume Amazon has the best price, but oftentimes, there are way better deals hiding out there. If you’re not tracking them down, you’re probably spending too much.

But a free service called Capital One Shopping notifies you any time you’re shopping on Amazon and are about to spend too much.

How to Automatically Find Out if You’re Overpaying

Once you download it, it’ll compare prices for you while you’re shopping online.

Before you check out,  it’ll check other websites to see if your item is available for a lower price. It will also show you coupon codes, set up price-drop alerts and even let you see the item’s price history.

Plus, it works even when you’re not shopping on Amazon. Even on other websites, Capital One Shopping looks for coupons, promo codes and discounts it can apply to your order. It compiles data from its millions of users. If a promo code has worked for another shopper, Capital One Shopping copies it to your order to help you find lower prices when they’re available.

Stop Overpaying

Let’s say you’re shopping for a new TV. You’re ready to check out, and you assume you’re getting the best price. Here’s when Capital One Shopping will pop up and let you know if you’re about to overpay. It will even let you know if you can get it delivered sooner.

You can get started with Capital One Shopping in just a few minutes to see if you’re overpaying online.