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Tips And Tricks To Save Money

Updated on: Jan 11th, 2022

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4 min read

Saving money is all about ensuring financial security for the future. Generally, saving money can be for retirement planning, any medical emergency, making significant expenditures for home or vehicle, etc. Apart from the purpose, there are different styles of money-saving. Some people save after making all expenditures, including non-essential expenditures, and some people first save and then spend. 

Let us know four simple tips that will help to increase your savings:

  • Track your expenses: One of the best ways to start saving is by tracking your expenses. One should know where the money is going. Every expense shall be noted, and regular analysis of the same must be done. Evaluate whether there are any avoidable expenses. Costs such as frequent fuel expenses for the use of vehicles where it is not required, over electricity consumption, subscription to various unwanted online applications, etc., can reduce your monthly bills to a certain extent. Using and maintaining the available property smartly can reduce your maintenance expenses.
  • Negotiate and Bargain: Never mind to bargain or ask for a discount while shopping. Bargaining should be irrespective of the type of outlet. Negotiation and bargaining here are referred to not only while shopping for your clothes and accessories but also in making significant expenditures. For example, a person with good credibility should negotiate the interest and processing fees while taking a bank loan. A slight percentage reduction in the rate of interest will save you a significant amount.
  • Invest money strategically: One should save money, taking into account the investment goals. Also, the expected emergency funds should be kept in mind while making investment decisions. Regularly investing a fixed amount of money makes savings easier. Again, try to save or invest before spending.
  • Online shopping: The ease of sitting at home and shopping online has increased the frequency of spending. Where one used to go shopping once a week or in a month, now they can do online shopping anytime in the day or even mid-night. The e-commerce industry offers various types of discounts, cash backs and offers along with online shopping. The cashback facility or credit to the online company’s wallets traps the consumers and forces them to spend again. Hence, one should evaluate the offer and spend the money diligently.

The above tricks will automatically help you to save more money and it will keep a hold on overspendings.

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