8 tips for online shoppers looking to buy phones during flash sales

Smartphone brands like Xiaomi, OnePlus, Asus sell their phones through the flash sales. These companies release a limited number of smartphones which usually go out of sale within minutes. For example, Xiaomi claimed that it sold the first stock of Redmi Note 5 Pro in less than 3 minutes. Asus claimed its Zenfone Max Pro M1 smartphone went out-of-stock in less than 30 seconds.

So, it's usually not easy to get your hands on some of the popular smartphones during these flash sales. However, following some simple tips and tricks can greatly increase your chances of getting the smartphone you had been planning to buy.

Here are 8 tips and tricks that can help you buy smartphones during flash sales

The first thing you need is a fast and reliable internet connection. The faster the internet speed, the faster the webpage will load on your system. This will help you in completing the entire buying process quickly.

Make sure that you have decided the smartphone's colour as well as the storage/RAM option you want to go for beforehand. As the precious few minutes you spend in making this decision during the sale may end up in you losing out on the sale.

You should be logged in 5-10 minutes before the flash sale timing on that particular website. It will give you extra time to complete the initial setup for making the purchase.

There are many extensions available for different browsers to speed up your buying process. They also come with features like auto-refresh, auto-fill payment details and more.

As you are already on the product page of the phone you want to buy in the flash sale. Make sure to keep on refreshing the page minimum of 30 seconds before the sale start time. This will help you to click on the Buy Now button as soon as the product becomes available.

Basic, but this works. Keep your mouse pointer near to the 'Buy Now' button, this will allow you to add your purchase to the cart quickly and move to the next step.

By using Cash-on-Delivery (CoD) option, you can check out relatively faster than any other mode of payment. As this can saves time of entering card details and waiting for the OTP.

In case there’s no COD option available at your location or you want to pay using your credit card, then make sure to add and save the card details into your account before the sale starts. This will help you to speed up the payment process.