If youre not familiar with IFTTT, wehave a guide to the basics here.
Its pretty easy, and even if youre new, you might follow along with some of these recipes.
you’re free to do this and more with IFTTT, though.
For example,this recipelets you monitor price changes for a MacBook at Best Buy.
Anytime their price changes, IFTTT will automatically send you an email.
And its not just email.
you might tweak recipes to send youtext alertsor evenphone calls.
Ebay has its own IFTTT channel, too.
Andthis recipeemails you when your saved eBay searchlists an item below a certain price threshold.
you’re free to also get an alert anytime aCraigslist search has a new hit.
Either way, IFTTT has plenty of options for saving all of your digital receipts and logging your expenses.
Usethis recipe for Android.
If you dont use Evernote, you could tweak the recipe and save to Google Drive or Dropbox.
IFTTT will automatically store the information as a text file in your Dropbox account.
With a little tweaking, you could also send this to a Google spreadsheet or an Evernote notebook.
Its also useful if youve lent a friend some cash and want to keep track.
If you haveSquare Cash, even better.
For example,this recipelets you send recurring square cash payments with Google Calendar and Gmail.
So you canmake your half of the rent automatic, for example.
Of course, if your bank offers automatic bill pay, you could use that, too.
For example, lets say youve hired a tutor and need to pay her for every session.
Set upa location-based alertthat automatically triggers a Square Cash payment every time you visit her home or office.
Heres an IFTTT recipethat will notify you when top apps go from paid to free on the App Store.
Trythis oneif youre an Android user.
Andthis recipewill alert you to free books.
It links to your email andReddits FreeEBooksboard.
Similarly,heres a recipethat alerts you about free Steam games.
you’re able to also get notifications for free Craigslist stuff in your area withthis recipe.
Save Money on Electricity with Smart Devices
IFTTT really shines when it comes to smart home devices.
Just check outall of these recipesthat automatically set yourNest thermostat.
There are so many possibilities with that, too.
you’ve got the option to also connect your account to IFTTT foreven more possibilities.
If youre afan of automating your finances, these will come in handy.
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