網購最佳時機揭秘：周二和十一月最實惠

The secret to online shopping revealed

中國日報網 2012-09-03 08:53

Shoppers were advised to avoid the January sales, and instead buy in November when there were more offers available.

If you think that Internet shopping on a Sunday gets you the best deals, then think again. Tuesday is actually the best day of the week if you want to grab a bargain, according to an exhaustive analysis of on-line shopping.

Thursday is the second best day followed by Friday - but Sunday is when you are least likely to make a saving.

The study also looked at months and found that the pre-Christmas rush in November is when there are most bargains around on the web - and not the January sales.

US retailer reporting service SumAll examined 3,000 companies and half a billion transactions as part of its report.

It worked out the average discount offered to consumers on each day of the week and over different times of the year.

The best day of the week was Tuesday where savings were 4.81 percent, followed by Thursday on 4.80 percent. In third place was Friday at 4.65 percent, then Wednesday at 4.13 percent and Monday at 4.11 percent.

Only the foolish would shop on a Saturday where the discounts were typically 3.84 percent - and Sunday was the worst with 3.37 percent.

The analysis by month is even more surprising as most people think that waiting until the post-Christmas sales would yield the biggest discounts.

In fact, November is when you will get the largest savings at 5.99 percent on average. January came in second at 4.95 percent, followed by May at 4.50 percent.

The worst month to buy on-line was March where you could expect to save just 2.76 percent. Consumers and experts have been speculating for years about the best time to shop online.

Booking a flight has almost become a science with some claiming that buying six weeks before you travel guarantees you the best price. However a recent analysis by the US Airlines Reporting Commission found that was not actually the case.

Not only did the six week window fail to stack up, in some cases the best fares were on sale as long as 24 weeks before departure.

The ARC said that booking well in advance is best advised for busy routes or long haul flights, as the price only tends to go up.

(Read by Brian Salter. Brian Salter is a journalist at the China Daily Website.)

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如果你以為周日上網購物能得到最實惠的價格，我勸你三思。根據一份對網上購物的詳盡分析報告，如果你想買到便宜貨，周二其實才是一周里網購最劃算的一天。

買便宜貨的次佳時機是在周四，然后是周五，而在周日網購是最不可能讓你省錢的。

該研究還調查了不同月份的網購情況，發現十一月圣誕節前的購物潮是你最可能從網上淘到便宜貨的時節，而非一月份的特賣。

為零售商提供數據的美國服務機構SumAll在撰寫報告過程中，調查了3000家公司和5億筆交易。

調查分析得出消費者在一周里每天得到的平均折扣，以及在一年中不同時段得到的折扣。

一周中最適宜網購的一天是周二，能省4.81%，其次是周四，可省4.8%。排在第三位的是周五，4.65%，然后是周三（4.13%）和周一（4.11%）。

只有傻瓜才會周六上網購物，折扣率通常僅為3.84%，周日則是最糟的——3.37%。