The world of online shopping has evolved rapidly in recent years. Especially from a small instrument to big home furniture, everything is available online to purchase and delivered to doorsteps.
If you’re anything like me, you absolutely love a good deal. I mean, who doesn’t?
But let’s be real — finding a good deal while online shopping can sometimes feel like trying to find a needle in a haystack. That’s where these Chrome extensions come in.
There are too many shopping Chrome extensions out there on Chrome Web Store that do most of the part for your online shopping. In this article, we’ve handpicked the 6 best Chrome extensions for shopping in 2024.
These extensions will help you research your desired product, find the best deals and offers, stay organized, and frankly, make you look like a total shopping superhero. Now, with that being said, let’s check these shopping extensions.
Honey
Specification
- Rating: 169.1K
- Downloads: 20M
- Size: 6.5MB
- Support: Chrome, Edge, Firefox
Key Features
- Automatically finds and applies coupon codes
- Price tracking to alert you of price drops
- Reward points and cash-back opportunities
Honey is one of the most well-known and widely used shopping extensions. You can save money on your purchases as it automatically searches the internet for coupon codes and applies the best one found at checkout. In addition, Honey tracks prices so you can be informed when an item you’re interested in goes on sale. As of today, 2024, Honey has expanded its functionality to include features like reward points and cash-back opportunities.
Pros:
- Wide retailer coverage (over 30,000) online stores
- Users can earn Honey Gold points on purchases
- Backed by PayPal’s high security
- Cross-platform availability
- Free to use
Cons:
- Limited success with coupons
- Privacy concerns as it collects shopping behavior
- Competitive pricing isn’t guaranteed
- Not all stores offer Honey Gold
Rakuten
Specification
- Rating: 43.7K
- Downloads: 3M
- Size: 1.67MB
- Support: Chrome, Edge
Key Features
- Earn cash back on purchases
- The Coupon Magic feature finds and automatically applies the best coupons
- Price Magic feature searches for lower prices
- Show the alternative stores if the store you’re shopping doesn’t offer Cash Back
- Works with thousands of online retailers
Rakuten, formerly known as Ebates, is a cash-back rewards program that pays you a percentage of your purchase when you shop through its extension. With Rakuten’s expansion to thousands of online retailers in 2024, you can earn cash back on a variety of goods and services. To make earning cash back easier, the extension will display offers directly in Google search results when products from participating stores appear.
Pros:
- Provides discount codes along with cashback offers
- Notifies users if a store offers Cashback directly on Google, Yahoo, and Bing search results
- Trusted extension
- Lightweight extension
Cons:
- Limited store support in certain regions
- Requires account creation
- Cashback percentages fluctuate
- Occasional compatibility issues
- Cashback delays
Fakespot Fake Amazon Reviews and eBay Sellers
Specification
- Rating: 1.7K
- Downloads: 600K
- Size: 4.9MB
- Support: Chrome, Edge
Key Features
- Provides seller ratings at a glance to help users avoid bad products from questionable vendors
- Analyzes reviews and assigns a trust score
- Allows shoppers to prioritize the best-graded products and sellers
- Uses proprietary AI analysis to let users know at a glance what the reviews are about
We all know how reviews and seller reputations can make or break a purchase decision. What motivates you to purchase a product online? It’s about the reviews and ratings, right? However, because it is now much easier to leave fake reviews, you may be influenced to purchase a counterfeit product. This is where the Fakespot Chrome extension comes in useful.
Fakespot extension leverages powerful artificial intelligence to detect and flag fake reviews and untrustworthy sellers across popular e-commerce platforms like Amazon and eBay.
The Instant Fakespot Guard feature provides seller ratings at a glance, helping users avoid bad products from questionable vendors. Furthermore, the Instant Fakespot Grades function examines reviews and provides a trust score to notify users of reviews that might be fraudulent or untrustworthy.
Pros:
- Good fake review detection
- Quickly identifies trustworthy sellers
- Search sorting and filtering options
- Highlights review content
- Heavy extension
Cons:
- Primarily supports US-based eCommerce sites only
- Requires extensive permissions to read and modify browsing data
- Limited browser compatibility
- Users need to create an account to access certain features
The Camelizer
Specification
- Rating: 1K
- Downloads: 800K
- Size: 691KB
- Support: Chrome, Edge, Firefox
Key Features
- Shows price history charts right on a product page on Amazon
- Alerts you to price drops on products you’re monitoring
If you love to shop on Amazon, Camelizer should be your go-to shopping Chrome extension. It allows you to determine whether the current price is a good deal or if you should wait for a better sale by tracking the price history of products on Amazon.
For instance, if you’re scoping out for the best Bluetooth speaker, you can quickly glance at its price changes over time before you check out.
Moreover, Camelizer notifies you when the prices of the things you’re watching drop. This is crucial to make sure you never pay too much for anything you buy on Amazon. Camelizer eliminates the uncertainty associated with determining the best time to buy by keeping an eye on price changes.
Pros:
- Effective price drop alert
- Shows accurate price history
- Interface is very intuitive and user-friendly
- Lightweight extension
Cons:
- Does not launch sometimes
- Bad contact support
- Sometimes degrades the browser’s performance
- Doesn’t work on Amazon India
Alitools Shopping Assistant
Specification
- Rating: 3.5K
- Downloads: 500K
- Size: 1.25MB
- Support: Chrome, Edge, Firefox
Key Features
- Uses Aliexpress search by image to help you find the real picture of items in one click
- Find all the latest discounts daily and automatically apply the best ones to your cart
- Check the price history for the product over the last 3 or 6 months to avoid artificial discounts, especially during big sales
- ‘Search Similar’ feature to help you find very similar products
- Seller verification feature to help you avoid bad sellers
Sometimes, when you shop online, you might get confused between two or more sellers like which one you should buy from. This is where Alitools Shopping Assistant comes in to pop out the confusion from your mind.
Alitools Shopping Assistant Chrome extensions come with a bunch of features such as automatic coupon and promo code application, price history tracking to avoid artificial discounts, and comprehensive seller verification to ensure reliable and timely deliveries.
What I like the most about Alitools Shopping Assistant is its ‘Image Search’ feature. This allows you to quickly find the exact product you’re looking for. On top of this, the ‘Similar Products’ feature helps you discover comparable alternatives. Additionally, Alitools provides access to real customer photos and reviews, enabling informed purchasing decisions.
Pros:
- Automatic discount application
- Shows product price trends over 3 or 6 months
- Image-based search
- Product reviews and real photos
- Tracks prices in multiple currencies
Cons:
- Only supports AliExpress
- Requires significant permissions
- Occasional promo code errors
- Primarily works on Chrome only
- Ads in extension
PriceBlink
Specification
- Rating: 1.3K
- Downloads: 100K
- Size: 1.24MB
- Support: Chrome, Edge, Firefox
Key Features
- Price comparison across multiple retailers
- Works on popular stores like Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Target, and more
- Automatically alerts when the lowest price on a product is found
The most difficult aspect of shopping online is comparing prices for each platform so that you can choose the best option for you. This is where PriceBlink comes in handy, as it lets you compare prices with a single click.
PriceBlink is a price comparison tool that scours more than 11,000 merchants to find the best price for a given product. When you’re shopping on a website, PriceBlink will notify you if the same item is available for a lower price on another site. This makes sure you never overpay and always get the best deal.
Pros:
- Find the best deal on popular sites like Amazon, Walmart, eBay, and Target
- Shows composite user ratings on many products
- PriceBlink remains hidden when not shopping
- No registration needed
- Featured on trusted sources like NBC’s Today Show and USA Today
Cons:
- PriceBlink will be discontinued soon
- Limited discount codes
- Limited coupon coverage
- Sometimes displays deals that don’t necessarily reflect the best available price
Chandramohan Rajput is the Senior Editor of Extension Garden, where he has been covering Chrome extensions, tech news, and in-depth how-tos since 2019. When he's not exploring new tech, you can find him playing cricket or immersed in Counter-Strike 2.
