New Delhi: It is that time of the year when the three big e-marketplaces Flipkart, Amazon, and Snapdeal, offer discounts across the different categories of products. This is the best time to purchase a new phone for yourself or upgrade your home interiors, wardrobe, or kitchen.

You may manage to get some flat discount on a product, but are you aware of the tips that will get you a maximum discount during the big online sale? Here you go:

1. Shopping on app results in maximum benefit, as possibilities of money return, cashback, or extra discount are more while shopping on an app. So, keep the app of the big shopping sites downloaded or updated on your phone.

2. If you shop for more than Rs 15,00 on Amazon’s app and use the HDFC Banks debit or credit card, you would be eligible for a 15 percent discount on a product. The discount offered will only be 10 percent if you shop on the website.

3. Using an Amazon wallet will also give a benefit of Rs 150.

4. Shopping on the Snapdeal app through HDFC Bank’s card will also give a discount of 15 percent; shopping through ICICI Bank’s card will offer a discount of 10 percent and a discount of 5 percent if payment is made through net banking.

Those using net banking or SBI card will get the maximum benefit on Flipkart.

5. Some sites like Flipkart announce the day-wise sale. For example, Fashion, Home, TV and-and appliances sale was offered on Day one. Mobile and accessories sale on Day two, and electronic sale on Day 3. Snapdeal or Amazon does not have a day-wise sale.

6. Keep a note of the date of sale. The 5-day sale began on Amazon on October 1, but the 5-day sale on Snapdeal and Flipkart began October 2.

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7. The discounts on the sales keep changing throughout the day. The maximum discounts can be available at night, while the lowest discounts are offered in the peak hour or the daytime.

8. Some companies show an inflated retail price for comparison. It is best to compare the discount being offered on different shopping sites. Also, verify the MRP from the parent site of the product.

A user can keep the product in the shopping cart for 15 minutes; if a product is an n short supply and in your cart, make a quick decision whether you would like to buy it.

Big sales are around the corner – Flipkart’s Big Billion Days Sale 2016, Amazon Great Indian Sale, and Snapdeal’s Unbox Diwali Sale are all about to shower discounts on us, and if you need to get any new gadgets, then it’s a great time. Even if you don’t need new gadgets, it’s a great time to get the ones you want. The problem, of course, is finding something in the plethora of deals that all the big sites are going to throw in your general direction.

Half the sales are going to be for items you’re not interested in. While there are definitely going to be people out there who were waiting eagerly for a discount on combs, it’s safe to say that most people were instead looking for deals on new TVs, phones, and other high-value items. The sales cover a wide range of products, though, making finding the things you want difficult.

Add to this the fact that none of the e-commerce sites are above artificially inflating discounts, and you have a bunch of “deals” that are best avoided, further cluttering the offerings and forcing you to research everything even as there’s a ticking timer making it harder to find the best deals. And since all the sales are happening simultaneously, you’ve got to check everywhere before you put down your money or risk a bad case of buyer’s remorse.

Of course, you should visit Gadgets 360 because if there are some great deals that we think our readers will benefit from, we will be letting you know about them. But apart from that, what else can you do?

As we told you in an earlier article, there are a few simple things that can help. Make sure your apps are updated, that your payment details are saved, and if you’re on the desktop, sign in to the sites so you have the fast checkout. Most of all, if there’s any product that you really want, add it to your wishlist so that you can find it easily during the sales.

Since you’re reading Gadgets 360, you probably want to buy electronics, and so we’d also recommend following @DealsForGeeks on Twitter – the handle picks out online deals and tweets them so you can find plenty of great offers that way. You can also sign up for alerts from them by visiting deal alerts. You need to enter your name, email ID, or Twitter handles to receive updates when products go on sale. We liked this because the team has stated that the IDs it collects are only for alerts, and these will be deleted after the festive season sale. You can list all the different products you’re interested in and get an alert if/ when they go on sale.

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Apart from that, it’s also a good idea to install a browser extension to allow you to check the prices of a product on all the major sites. This means that if you see what looks like a good deal on one site, then you don’t have to waste time checking the others to find out if it really is a deal.

And finally, remember that deals aren’t the end of the world. If you bought something at a higher price than someone you know, it doesn’t mean you made a mistake, and it’s not something you should stress over. Deals are a lot of fun but don’t take things too seriously.

Reliance Jio has been surrounded by problems ever since it started testing its telecommunication services in India. Still, it had successfully delivered the fastest internet speeds on mobiles to impress its users. Of late, the tables seem to have turned as users started complaining about Jio’s 4G speeds, which is alarming for the new telco trying to place itself among Airtel, Vodafone, and Idea.

We tested Jio’s network and found it trailing behind Airtel’s 4G. Jio’s commercial launch is slated for January, and the current status of the services is expected to be improved by then.

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As the current Jio users take advantage of the Welcome Offer, which gives them free internet till December 31, access to Jio apps, and unlimited HD calls, the drop in speed is rather disappointing. Jio hasn’t acknowledged the ongoing speed issues, but there have been some technical workarounds.

We already addressed the major problems Jio users were facing with their connections and the basic settings to correct them. If Jio’s speed issues hit you, follow these simple steps to improve browsing.

Internet speeds are directly proportional to the phone’s speed. It is essential that your phone is performing at its best, so the internet works smoothly. If your phone keeps hanging most of the time, your phone’s internet will likely suffer too.

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To boost your phone’s internet speed, clear cache on your phone. There are tools on Google Play Store that will help you with that, but users can manually go through individual app folders and clear the cache.

Next up is to keep the phone from running unnecessarily in the background. Go through your phone’s apps carefully and delete the ones that are not useful. This will consume less power and data due to a default setting in some phones, which permits background data usage. If an app is important to have, go to the settings and find the app to limit background data consumption.

If you are experiencing slow browsing problems despite having Jio 4G, you can disable the browser’s images, Gizbot reports. This will not load images on a website and show the text, which will definitely increase your speed. But this cannot be a universal step as many users would want to see the images on the websites, so proceed based on your individual requirement.