Gone are the days when you had to go out of your house to shop for things that you needed! With shopping sites like Flipkart, you can simply stay wherever you are, order anything and the items would reach your doorstep.

Clearly enough, the procedure to order online look so simple. We might even be grateful for websites like Flipkart. But being the fallible people that we are, we still strive for more significant gains.

Here is a guide on the best Flipkart hacks of 2019. You will find that there is always a straight way of getting benefits while shopping on Flipkart. While other times, you just need to create a way to get benefits. You will especially need to know these things if you buy things online often. Here goes the list:

1. Using Debit card EMI on Flipkart

Quite recently, Flipkart added a new feature to different transaction processes. It is called the Debit Card EMI on Flipkart. It does away with the ritual of waiting for long enough to save a lot of money so that you can buy a costly item. Sounds extremely helpful, doesn’t it? It is useful if you know how it works and how to use it.

When you want to buy an expensive item but do not have sufficient money, you can still order and get this item by paying a fraction of the total price using your debit card.

However, there is no free lunch anywhere. And you have to pay back the cost in smaller and equal monthly payments till you have paid the entire amount. This happens through an automated activity of money being deducted from your bank account every month. You also have to pay some interest, too.

2. Avoiding Debit card EMI on Flipkart

Use this feature only when the item that you want to buy is also the item that you need to buy. If you fall in the trap of “getting expensive items immediately while paying in smaller amounts,” you are about to incur huge losses. While the monthly payments may seem really negligible to you, remember that you are paying interests, too!

So, in the short run, everything might seem like a profit. But in the long term, you pay much more than what you would have paid as a one-time payment. The lesson you need to take away from this is unless you need an item immediately, do not go for this option.

3. Availing free delivery for your items

When you order an item from Flipkart, you not only pay the price for that item. You also have to pay for the cost that is incurred to get that item to your doorsteps. This extra amount of money that Flipkart charges is called delivery charges. Usually, this amount is very nominal and not much of a problem to pay. But here is a way in which you can avert from it.

Delivery charges for items that cost above Rs. 300 need not be paid. That means that if the total price of all the things you want to buy is Rs. 300 or more, you don’t need to pay the delivery charges. It might seem like an excellent offer, till you want to buy an item that has a price much lower than Rs. 300.

4. Avoiding delivery charges for items costing you less than Rs. 300

Once you realize that your total price is not exceeding Rs. 300, you can still avoid paying the delivery charges. You just need to add another item in your cart, such that the total amount to pay is exactly or more than Rs. 300.

The next thing that you need to do is confirm your order, and then immediately cancel orders for items that you did not want to buy in the very first place. This way, you do not have to pay the delivery charges even when your sum total of prices of the items is less than Rs. 300.

5. Getting the 99% Instant Discount

This discount is usually available for a short duration. You can pay for just 1% of the price, which is only up to Rs.300 and get the item. However, the criteria for this is that you need to make a payment using Kotak Bank Virtual Card.

6. Getting the 99% Instant Discount in an alternative way

In case you do not have the Kotak Bank Virtual Card, you need not be disheartened. Create a temporary Virtual Card and load 1% of the value of the item you need to buy. Buy a Flipkart gift voucher worth Rs. 300. Now you can pay just 1% of the amount using this debit card. You can further add a coupon to your account and buy any product.

7. Flipkart Gift Vouchers are your saviors

If you purchase gift vouchers, you can add them to your account and avail huge discounts on a lot of brands.

8. Use your marketing skills in the Flipkart Affiliate program

If you are into marketing, Flipkart can bring you great benefits. You can sign in at the Affiliate page and then share some links wherever you can. Those links direct viewers to items on Flipkart. If someone purchases an item via an affiliate link, you get to earn a particular commission! Different things have different commission.

9. PhonePe to get you free products up to Rs. 150

It is just as you have read it. Your PhonePe wallet can get you free products worth up to an amount of Rs. 150. You have to sign in to your account. The next thing to do is to add products such that the total price that you need to pay is more than Rs. 150.

Enter your contact details and book your order. Select the Cash On Delivery feature. When the items get delivered to you, you will be getting 100% cashback on your amount via PhonePe.

10. Buy Now, Pay Later

This feature is available in Beta versions only. Flipkart will check for your payment history and provide you with a membership. This membership allows you to buy items for more than Rs. 5000 and enables you to pay later. It always will allow you to purchase products up to Rs 60,000 using the Cashless Credit feature.

The benefit is that you do not need to provide card details, nor you need OTPs to make any purchases. Transactions happen quicker, refunds can be made quickly, and you don’t need to pay interest.

Conclusion

Flipkart has made it extremely easy for users worldwide to buy what they need anytime. Only a few years ago, it wasn’t even considered possible. The idea of getting items at your doorstep in a hassle-free manner has lead to regular innovations. And technology continues to more and more innovative. The need for people to be able to spend less and less money while getting greater and greater benefits lead to people noticing hacks.

Using these hacks to your own advantage, according to your needs, will surely be beneficial.