Alice.com: Your Personal Shopping Assistant

A personal shopping assistant is a luxury most people can’t afford. At least not a traditional personal shopping assistant. Fortunately, there are numerous new websites that make virtual personal shopping assistants available to everyone.

There are some items people always need such as toothpaste, toilet paper, and laundry detergent. People usually develop favorites for items like these and will buy them over sale items during shopping trips. Not only do you always need these but things but they are terribly inconvenient to run out. Alice.com makes sure that people get the items they need and want at prices they can afford. It’s like having a personal maid without having to deal with a person, a big plus if you have too many people to deal with on a daily basis anyway. So what is Alice.com?

Most of the products are household goods and not consumables. However, there is a small selection of cereal bars, baby formula, snacks, coffees, and teas. The household good sections include just about everything else that you might use in your home including mouthwash, cotton swabs, diapers, shampoo, and soap just to name a few. There is even a limited makeup counter like what you would find in a grocery store or pharmacy, with more products to be added in the future. The only down side is they don’t have bulk sizes for most of the products I want. I’d rather buy enough of some things for an entire month instead of reordering, but for people with limited storage this wouldn’t be an issue.

I compared all of the products I purchase through another site, which is cheaper than any of my local stores, and Alice.com beat all of the prices. Part of this is the automatic coupons the site has but it also appears to be generally less expensive.

Searching the site is incredibly easy. There are a number of ways to set up your list. The most straight forward is the search button where you type in the product you are looking for and Alice gives you a list of items. To find things you may not have thought of you can shop by room, such as kitchen or bathroom, or you can shop by product type.

Shipping is free on all orders. This lowers your overall cost because driving to the grocery store requires gas for transportation. Every penny counts in today’s tough economic times. In each order Alice.com also includes free samples so you can find new products you may want in the future. Finally, free coupons are suggested when they are available for the products you have selected.

It is very easy to find someone to talk to if you need help at Alice.com. They have a phone line that is open 12 hours during the week, a live chat feature, and an email support system. They also keep connected to their customers with Facebook, Twitter, and several company blogs.