Once upon a time I used to be addicted to Gilt Groupe. I still check the site daily, but instead of shopping for myself, I only look for children’s clothes and gear. Red brought up a good point in the comments — sometimes things on daily deal sites can be found for about the same price as regular retail stores once you factor in shipping costs. I have definitely found this to be true with toys, so I always do a google search to see just how much I’m saving (or not saving). But there are still great deals to be had on designer clothes if you don’t get overwhelmed by all the daily emails. My latest score was some adorable Hello Kitty Baby Legs from Baby Steals for Miss Olive at over 50% off!
These are some of the most popular Baby Daily Deal sites out there. Please feel free to suggest more!
Do you shop at daily deal sites for children’s gear? Which ones are your favorite?
Where to Shop part 1 of 3
1. Daily Deal Sites by Guides2. Maternity Clothing Stores by Guides
3. Mini Style by Mrs. Bee
cherry / 202 posts
http://www.mamabargains.com/
You can find some great baby gear including the svan high chair for 50% or more.
kiwi / 718 posts
woo hoo – I show at everything that you have listed above, except for the babysteals.com one, which I will sign up for now. I also use babyhalfoff.com, ruelala.com, swirl , the foundry, & joss & main. those last 3 don’t really ever have kids stuff, but they have home stuff that’ll work sometimes, plus I love to look through them. the other 2 are kid friendly sites, though.
kiwi / 718 posts
also, those hello kitty baby leg things are freaking adorable
apricot / 498 posts
I’ve had such horrid luck with Hautelook that I refuse to order anything from them again. I’ve had sweaters shipped with holes in them, 1/2 my order shipped (and then told that there was no way to get the other part. Sorry.) and just bad customer service.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
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hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
I knew of some of these sites and wanted to remember them but felt weird subscribing to these sites because I’m not pregnant yet. Now, I know where to come when I do get pregnant. Thanks!
cherry / 181 posts
Kids Woot! http://kids.woot.com/
pomelo / 5628 posts
Little Rue (Rue la la) just opened for kids and babies…
cherry / 235 posts
I’ve only ordered from zulily, but I’ll check out the other sites.
persimmon / 1255 posts
I purchased one item on Totsy only to find it on Amazon later for only $2 more (+free shipping) than Totsy’s sale price + shipping. And worse yet, it took almost 2 months to get my item from Totsy when I could have received it in 2 days from Amazon.
Now, I always do a search to check to see if it REALLY is a deal and more often than not, I’m able to find the item for the same or just marginally more from a regular retail site without the time pressure.
BTW, this site summarizes all the mommy site deals daily so you don’t have check each site: http://babydealsdujour.com/
cherry / 128 posts
Another mention for: http://www.babyhalfoff.com/
cherry / 128 posts
although I agree with @Red – once you factor in shipping, often the deals aren’t such great deals.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
yah you guys are right! i always check the price on amazon first. sometimes toys are about the same price. but with clothes, you can usually get good deals. for instance i bought the hello kitty baby legs for more than 50% off.
i actually participated in a focus group with one of the top daily deal sites, and complained that toys were often the same price as they were on amazon!
olive / 61 posts
i got a pair of the hello kitty legs for avery too! i ordered from zulily twice and never again. I get their concept, but being spoiled from Amazon mom, I just can’t wait 5 weeks for a delivery on something. I ordered 2 halo sleepsacks over a month ago and they just got shipped the other day. I was going to cancel the order and by them off amazon because I was afraid Avery would outgrow them by the time I got them.
baby steals ship super fast, and since it’s connected to paypal it’s for me to order. i haven’t really tried the other sites yet!
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
Bee, you should post the links with your referral links– you’ll get tons of credits!!! I’m sure anyone signing up by finding out through hellobee wouldn’t mind using your referral link…!!!
grapefruit / 4817 posts
Love Rue La La, though I’ve never seen anything great for kids. I also frequent Gilt, and just made my first purchase from Zulily (an UppaBaby Vista), at a great deal with great service.
apple seed / 1 posts
I just tried to order some cloth diapers from Totsy and this site is absolutely terrible!! The site is extremely slow, and there’s no instant feedback after I click the “buy” button, so I ended up having 7 items in my cart instead of the 3. I tried to update my cart, assuming the total would be updated after I placed my credit card in, and the site took so long that there was a gateway timeout and I have no idea if my order was placed or for how much. It’s midnight, could there be that much traffic to the site that it would break?? I can’t even access my account page or anything because the site is so slow. Terrible terrible site, not recommended at all.
kiwi / 718 posts
@red, that baby deal dujour site is great – thank you so much! it’s a pain in the butt going from site to site
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i love babyhalfoff.com and ecobabybuys.com too! babysteals is by far my favorite though
honeydew / 7917 posts
I recently discovered myhabit.com and I am addicted. They have great prices and free shipping and free returns! I’m pretty sure it’s owned by Amazon (same sign in and easy return policy). The only downer is that you get credit to your account with a return, but that easily gets used when I make a purchase on Amazon. The site often has great deals (ex. under $10 shoes) on items that haven’t sold. The best part is that it is actually a great deal with the free shipping.
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Just checked out buybabydeals.com! I got free shipping, 70% off and a free park it magnet!
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I just scored the most adorable “wonder-woman” style
ballerina tu-tu for my daughter from Buybabydeals.com.
It was delivered within four days and came with some free
slippers…Love this website!
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I also like babydeals.com.au