Orlando, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – The holidays are upon us and so is the busy shopping season.

According to research from Vericast, 74% of people plan to do their holiday shopping in November. According to a new survey, 24% of people say they plan to spend more than last year, but just over a third of holiday shoppers said inflation will change the way they shop this year. In fact, one in four shoppers said they were stressed about the cost of holiday shopping. So, what can you do to shop and save?

Holiday shopping can quickly break the budget. Fortunately, there are several apps to help shoppers save.

Let’s start with PayPal Honey and Capital One Shopping. Both offer similar money-saving features, such as automatic coupons applied to items in an online cart, price drop alerts, and comparison pricing for products on Amazon. Both sites are free to use. PayPal Honey says its users save an average of $126 a year.

Other apps like ShopSavvy allow shoppers to scan a bar code to compare and track prices to find the best deal.

Forget clipping coupons, The Coupons App, Coupon Cabin, and Retail Me Not bring savings and promo codes right to smartphones.

With Ibotta, shoppers can earn cash back at thousands of stores. The company says the average user saves $10 to $20 a month, but some save up to hundreds.

One more way to get rewarded for your holiday shopping: at Shopkick you can earn kicks and loyalty points by scanning barcodes in-store, shopping online at over 80 partner retailers, or even just browsing content in the Shopkick app.

Contributors to this news report include: Lindsay Dailey, Producer; Bob Walko

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