Slickdeals.net Review

Some days ago we have already reviewed one mobile service which can help you to save your money (pricegrabber). This time we are looking at the web project slickdeals.net. The aim of such site is to save money but the methods how it works is slightly different as it is by pricegrabber. Slickdeals has a nice and separate mobile version so this might be interesting for all our readers.

Site provides:

Frontpage
On the frontpage you can see the list of different heading and near the words you usually can see 10% or 25%, 50% off. So these are threads there you can the information about the newest deals, bargains or you can just get a coupon to save your money. There are very different sources of bargains and deals bust most of them still have links to the ebay or amazon. The coupons and the information about possibility to save some money come not only from the project authors and the company representatives but from general users of this site as well. If we speak about the community and number of users this can be surprising for you, because there are more than 850 000 users and 650 000 deals. So the numbers are huge and that means, that if you are looking for a new cell phone, or maybe you need a new laptop. Such a site can be a brilliant possibility for you to save some money. We tried to type in some concrete products and it worded flawless. So we advise you to start or to finish your search on the slickdeals.
Problems with coupons or bargains.
If you have a coupon or a link on the site and something has not worked as it should. You can write a short answer in the thread or give an evaluation. It helps a lot to keep an actual information on the site without long searching.
Design
The site looks very old stylish and even a little bit primitive, but we consider that this is an advantage in this case. So here are kept thousand of threads and the beautiful and animated design would probably make the whole process slower.
Mobile version
If you type in m.slickdeals.net you will automatically come to the mobile version of the site. You get approximately the same features and even more because mobile version looks even better than the normal. It’s rare case but it’s really so on the frontpage you don’t have any banners on misleading links. So the navigation will be easier and the site works faster. Unfortunately there are no mobile applications for mobile phone (Ipad, Android, Symbian) like it is by pricegrabber.
Forum
Both versions of the site allow you to access the forum. In these forums are thousand of threads, usually people are discussing the new deals and the quality of the product. This forum is advisable for people who want to find independent information.
Blog
You can access blog only from you PC or MAC but this is not big lost because blog has quite specific information. Here you can find a job in the company slickdeals or if you are interested in stock, then here are some articles about perspectives and deals on this field too.
Local deals
This site is optimized for the USA market, most of the deals or coupons work only here. For that reason there are new sub-categories local deals. So you can search only for local (state) deals without loosing time. Still users from Europe or other countries might find this service useful, because of many global coupons and global shipping.

Site drawbacks:

Pictures
Not all threads have pictures and to see the pictures you need to click on the thread.
Navigation
The navigations is arranged so that on the frontpage you see the newest bargains and deals, but they are not categorized. Some people may like it but for most new users it can bring some troubles in finding the appropriate category. But if you are searching for a concrete model for then the best variant is just to type it in the search box.

Site summary and verdict.

You should definitely visit this site if you haven’t done it before. Even if you are not planning to buy something reading forum will be definitely useful for you, because of independent information. The site has many bargains and deals concerning the mobile sphere. We have tried to get some real profit from this site. This works fine if you a searching for a well known product, which is actual and popular at the moment. For example we tried to get the lowest price for Iphone 4. Unfortunately we haven’t found any actual discounts for the devices but more than 2 hundreds for accessories.

Verdict. very popular and huge service offering you real information completely free of charge

Our mark. 8/10