For two years now, I’ve tried to complete a 90-Day No Shopping Challenge at the first of the year. I’ve failed both times. (I made it 8 and 9 weeks, though. Doesn’t that count for ANYTHING?)
The first thing I do when gearing up for the challenge is unsubscribe from every single retail/flash sale email distribution list possible. You’d be surprised how much less temptation you feel when you don’t wake up to 89,000 sale emails in your inbox every morning. It’s refreshing, quite actually.
But here’s the deal. There are a few stores that I want to keep around – you know, my tried and true favorites. Wouldn’t it be fab if you could learn about all of your favorite retailer promotions in one place (or email)?
Enter Hipiti. Hipiti is all about reducing retail clutter in your inbox, as well as making shopping for sales at your favorite retailers easier and faster. Hipiti is completely customizable, so you only get the offers you want, as frequently as you want them. In addition, Hipiti’s innovative technology makes searching for discounts (online or using your smartphone) simple and quick.
Take a look for yourself! Here’s my dashboard.
At the moment, I’m following 7 stores, and I can control exactly what kind of information I see from each one. Hipiti has awesome filtering capabilities on the email and dashboard – this way you will only get emails on the type of offer you’re most interested in. (For example, only offers that start today or end today; only offers with a promo code, etc.)
I am loving this website hard right now – one email in my inbox a day, and a great user dashboard. Because let’s face it, people. I’m never going to completely cut out clothing shopping. Nope, no can do. However! I can focus on the exact retailers I want, and cut out the rest of the fluff.
Soooo, Hipiti is in private beta right now, but you can start using it via this link. Try it out – I think you might like it. Also, because the co-founders Rama and Kristin rock the casbah, they are offering one lucky commenter a $50 gift certificate to your favorite shopping destination! Yep, wherever your heart desires. How cool is that? Just leave a comment on this post by Friday, July 13th (spooky) at 6pm PST, and you’ll be entered to win. Good luck!
Torrie @ a place to share...
July 12, 2012 at 8:13 ammy inbox is OUTTA control in the attempt of trying to catch every possible deal on the planet apparently. this just might be the answer… on my way to further explore…
claudia098
July 12, 2012 at 12:32 pmWill have to check it out. I just recently started unsubscribing from all these emails, but I do kind of miss not knowing what’s going on in the sale world.
mev
July 12, 2012 at 1:31 pmCan’t wait to check this out!!
Camille
July 13, 2012 at 4:07 amI’m just going to echo everyone else and say this is a fabulous idea!
Bethany
July 13, 2012 at 5:11 amAwesome! I’d love to give this a try.
Lisa @ Fit in the Midwest
July 13, 2012 at 5:17 amLove this! Hoping it’s my lucky day (Friday the 13th has been considered lucky in my book ever since I was 12 or 13).
Erin S.
July 13, 2012 at 6:23 amAh, I would love to win this!
Dominique
July 13, 2012 at 7:09 amI signed up and love it…just hoping they add a bit more variety in their clothing section. I’m a plus sized girl and they don’t have any plus sized stores :(
Cheryl
July 13, 2012 at 7:33 amI signed up! Thanks for the chance to win!!
Bee
July 13, 2012 at 8:24 amThis is great! Thanks!
janine
July 13, 2012 at 8:49 amthis is so maj, part of me is mad that i didn’t think of it first and part of me is so glad someone else did!
AmyDB
July 13, 2012 at 9:16 amUm, how cool is this?! Recently our money situation changed and I spent several days unsubscribing from my 50 store emails that I used to get. I’ll admit it’s been kind of sad and quiet in my mailbox ever since. This sounds like the perfect solution – thanks!
stacy
July 13, 2012 at 9:28 amthis is pretty cool – loving that I can cut down on the number of emails I get in the morning. thanks!
Mary Kate
July 13, 2012 at 10:12 amThis is so cool! Consolidating all those emails is super great.
Erin
July 13, 2012 at 10:14 amLove this!