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SmartyPig users LOVE to OneClick!

Wish lists and interest boards make shopping and collecting ideas a snap, don’t they? Well, SmartyPig took this concept one step further with its latest product; the SmartyPig OneClick browser extension. This simple button allows you to create a savings goal for any product from any ecommerce website and automatically add it to your SmartyPig account. A few simple clicks and you’re on your way to a new TV from Best Buy or summer dress from the Gap.

Ready to hear how it’s really working? We asked and YOU answered:

Ginny G. says, “I OneClick’d a motorcycle jacket. It’s leather and has full padding. It’s a $600 leather jacket so this is the perfect avenue to help me save for the higher price tag item!”

John A. says, “I’m not much of an online shopper, but when I do purchase its usually big items. I added an expensive ski jacket to one of my wish list boards a month or two back. Sadly, I couldn’t quite pull the trigger, it was just too costly. OneClick is helping me save a little each week. I hope to have the jacket soon!”

Beth B. says, “I have OneClick’d 5 items already! None of them are expensive, it just feels like a fun and easy way to save for items I would otherwise put on my credit card.”

One saver says, “My fiancé and I decided to OneClick large items that we’d like to receive as wedding gifts this spring. We have been sharing the links with friends and family, and asking for contributions in lieu of money or gift cards.”

Ready to get started?

Read all about it how it works here.

Visit the Google Chrome Web Store and download the SmartyPig OneClick extension here.

“Money is the third partner in a marriage,” says The Financial Whisperer founder, Pegi Burdick. Finances are the number one stress in most marriages. And the advice you hear most often to combat this stress is communicate, communicate, communicate. Gregory Karp of the Chicago Tribune also condones this advice and further recommends full disclosure of past financials, making a plan, resolving spending conflicts and lastly, setting goals.

Karp goes on to suggest separate bank accounts for specific goals and offers SmartyPig as an easy, free solution. SmartyPig makes reaching your goals a snap with automatic deductions, cash back offers and spending tools for when you’re ready to cash out your goals. SmartyPig is also just slightly removed from your checking account – eliminating impulse buys and keeping savings goals on track. Karp goes on to say, “Setting goals as a couple pre-emptively eliminates money arguments because you’ve already decided and agreed on the goals and how much money should go toward them.”

Take the stress out of saving. Make financial goals a cinch with SmartyPig!

Wishing you successful saving.

Sarah Foss, SmartyPig’s Media Mad Woman
SFoss@SmartyPig.com

Getting married, having a baby, buying a new home – all huge personal and physical changes in one’s life. Preparing for these changes is not only time consuming and stressful, but expensive. Tens of thousands of dollars expensive. So how do you start talking about it, saving for it, and budgeting? Thankfully the experts at Yahoo Finance answer all of those question for us this week in their article, “Are You Planning a Big Life Change?”

No matter what the life change, Yahoo experts urge you to discuss the financial needs with your partner or family and create a budget accordingly. You may be happily reassured you’re on the right track, or you may realize it’s time to kick the saving into high gear. In that event, SmartyPig is the place for you. Goals like new baby, wedding, and home down payment lead our list as individuals save tirelessly for these huge (but exciting!) life events.  Better yet, we take the work out of saving for you with automatic deductions, fun contests to help push you along, and updates to keep you abreast of your progress. It couldn’t be easier!

Wishing you successful saving.

Sarah Foss, SmartyPig’s Media Mad Woman 
SFoss@SmartyPig.com

“Mom, how much money do you make?” “Dad, are we rich or poor?” Questions like these are difficult to field and the answers aren’t always black and white. If you do share the information, what are the chances your seven year-old won’t share your salary with their grade school class? The smart folks at MSN Money share with us how to have these important discussions with your kids to keep them safe from too much information, but yet educated and on the way to their own good financial practices.

The experts suggest putting a positive spin on situations where money is tight. Sometimes these situations are great for teaching them fiscal responsibility. Alternatively, if you’re financially more well off, remind kids of the importance of good financial practices, saving, and more.

SmartyPig is a great place for kids, too. We offer sharing settings for children allowing them to utilize our features under your watchful eye. And our latest product, OneClick is great for helping them choose a toy, game, or other specific item and begin saving for it immediately. Can you think of a better learning experience?

Wishing you successful saving.

Sarah Foss, SmartyPig’s Media Mad Woman 
SFoss@SmartyPig.com

We all have wish lists or interest boards with things we’d like to buy or have for our own. Wouldn’t it be nice to not only collect images of the items you like, but also easily save for and purchase them responsibly, as well? SmartyPig now makes this possible with OneClick, the browser button that allows you to create a savings goal for any product from any ecommerce website and automatically add it to your SmartyPig account. All with just one click and without ever leaving the site you are shopping on!

Ready to get started?

Visit the Google Chrome Web Store and download the SmartyPig OneClick extension here.

Start surfing and shopping online. When you find a product you want to save for, like an HDTV on Amazon.com, a pair of shoes on Zappos.com, or a baby stroller on Walmart.com, click on the SmartyPig OneClick button located in the upper right corner of your Chrome browser to securely log in and set up your savings goal.

SmartyPig OneClick automatically grabs the product name, image, and price. You indicate when you want to reach your goal, set an initial deposit and a recurring contribution and voilà! The goal is automatically linked to your existing bank account and gets added to you SmartyPig account without ever having to leave the site at which you are shopping!

Click here for more information.