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50 great shopping sites and phone apps, plus other cool online tricks that every shopper should know

Even if you're trying to cut back on spending, let's face it, you still have to shop—and maybe even treat yourself to the occasional splurge. If you have a juicy coupon or there's a big sale going on, it can be tough to resist. And there's no better place to troll for discounts than the Web. So we weren't too surprised when women who shopped online in the past 12 months told us in our new ShopSmart national survey that they're now spending 61 percent of their shopping time on the Internet. That's up from 50 percent in February 2007, the last time we asked.

Of course, shopping is always more fun when you know the best places to go. So we sent a team of researchers to find great shopping sites that you might not be using but should. Even if you don't buy anything, we promise that you'll have fun checking the sites out. We also found cool new features on old standby sites such as AOL and Zappos that are worth a look. So get clicking!

This article appeared in Consumer Reports Shopsmart Magazine.