Now that Thanksgiving is coming, Cyber Monday is just around the corner. You probably know that this is a great day to do tons of online shopping and save major bucks. Especially if you are looking for Christmas gift ideas for coworkers, browsing through websites with Cyber Monday deals will make that chore much easier. We will guide you through this sales frenzy starting with the history of Cyber Monday and websites to bookmark for your shopping.

In 2004 the guys over at Shop.com conducted a marketing research and found out that the Monday after Thanksgiving was one of the biggest online shopping days of the year. It seemed that Americans were doing some serious window shopping during the Thanksgiving weekend and then went on to buy the same products much cheaper online, often during working hours, the following Monday. Well, one needs some adjustment time back to work, right? That’s when the Scott Silverman of Shop.com and his team started using the term “Cyber Monday”. Since 2005, the term has been widely used within the online shopping community. Online spending has been increasing every year since, starting from $610 million in 2006 and reaching $1,465 million in 2012. [Read more…]