Get Rid of Stuff and Make Some Money

So, you have some things you want to get rid of? Who doesn't right? I always have things I want to clear out of my house and getting rid of things is even better when it brings in a little extra cash. You're likely thinking that I'm going to say Ebay right? Nope. That costs money in shipping and it cost money to put it up on your site. I'm talking about UsedCanada.

What is UsedCanada?

UsedCanada is a site that allows Canadians to sell their good in their own city. That means no shipping. And it costs nothing to post your ads. Post as many as you like for one price - FREE. That's a good price for me! Each city has it's own site. This is way easier than Ebay and easier than any other site I've looked at to sell stuff on. Their traffic is getting higher and higher every single day, too, so that means that there are more people seeing your ads.

Another great benefit of the site is that you can have your own store. Yes, an entire store with just your ads on it. Check out mine here:

Close to Home

At the moment there is only one thing on there but that's because I recently cleared everything else out. If you're wondering what is so great about a store, think about it for a moment. Have you seen those links at the bottom of people's emails when they send them from Yahoo? Well, you can put a link like that at the bottom of your email, too. That way people know what you're selling and what you're getting rid of. And if they forward you're email to someone it will be attached! So all their friends will see it. And so on. If you have a Facebook page you can put a link on it and advertise your store. If you belong to a Mom's Group you can print out little business cards to hand out to everyone. Hell, keep a few in your purse to give to friends or when you hear that someone at work is looking for a such and such that you just happen to have in your store.

If you're really inspired you can watch for good deals at flea marts, garage sales, and marked down items in stores. These things will sell because lots of people don't have time to run around looking for the deals. If you do - turn it into a business.

Thousands of people make money - and sometimes a substantial amount of it - selling things on Ebay and you can make money with this, whether you turn it into a business or just get rid of some of the things that are cluttering up your home.

Welcome to Saving Money in Canada

If you're a Canadian and you've been looking for ways to save money or to cut your budget or even make a little money on the side you've likely been disappointed, as I have. The truth is that most thrifty blogs, frugal living sites, and such are American based. Great for Americans - not so great for Canadians. So, I've decided to start up my own little blog about saving money in Canada.

There are lots of ways that you can save money or make extra money but it can be difficult to find them and it can be even more difficult to find time to search for them. So, busy people often end up doing the most convenient thing, which is rarely money saving.

How Did I Get to This Point?

You might be wondering how I got to this point where saving money and making extra money has become so important in my life that I wanted to start a blog about it. Well, let me give you a little history.

I got married this past year. Everyone knows how expensive a wedding can be. So, we got a little loan - and really, not that big because we had a simple little wedding - and that got the ball rolling. Then I got a credit card, which got filled up faster than I ever thought it would. Then a cell phone for my daughter - which got lost a month later and is way to expensive to replace. Then we got the bill. She understood "all your text messaging is free" to mean EVERYTHING was free including Internet roaming. Hmmm. Huge phone bill later! What else? Well, a little loan here, a couple or more car repairs that had to go on a family members AMEX card, and it all adds up to more debt than I had planned on.

So, we've decided that things have got to change. And if we can make money on the side then we'd better do it! And that's what this blog is about.

Canadians Can Save Money How?

You'll be amazed at some of the ways that you can save money and not just on the things that are big. I know there are lots of places that will tell you about saving on your heating bill and stuff like that, but you might not see a lot of that here. I don't own a house. But if I come across something that is along that lines I'll be sure to include it.

Mostly I'm going to share with you things like:

• saving money on groceries
• cheap recipes
• budgeting
• sideline jobs
• deals on items

and whatever else I can come up with.

What Do You Want To Know?

I'm sure I won't be able to think about everything you want to know about so leave me a message with what you're interested in learning about and I'll try to find more information on that topic for you. There are so many ways to save money and make a little extra on the side and I'm sure that if we all pull together we'll find lots of ways to share them.