How I shop on Amazon (when the product I want has a lot of different sellers and prices)

Tools and guide on how to shop on Amazon to find the best value for a product at the best time, especially when there are a lot of competing offers

I know too much about Amazon to trust it, but I use it too much to hate it.

Here are the situations when I shop vs. when I don’t shop on Amazon, and I’m also sharing the tools and processes I use whenever I shop on Amazon. I am a Prime member, so you’ll see that the 2-day shipping is something I take full advantage of.

When to shop on Amazon

I went through my Amazon orders for the last year and all the items I have saved in my Cart. Here are the things I’ll use Amazon for:

• Office supplies, packaging, crafts, materials, etc. for my company if I’m not buying in large bulk orders and if they’re cheaper than the ones at Walmart

• Free things that I see in Facebook or Instagram ads: The sellers or their agents ask me to buy the product to help them hype up the Amazon search algorithm, and they send me a 100% rebate. I don’t know how I ended up on that side of Facebook ads; I think it just happens if you’re an extreme couponer.

• My friends’ products, including this newly-published book

• Custom-made p…