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Step 1
Put off buying that product you want online for a couple weeks. Place them in a wish list of your account, and hold off on adding it to the actual shopping cart until thirty days later. If after that period of time you still decide you must have it, then buy it. This way, you give your brain a little room and space to think about what you are doing before you do it.
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Step 2
Try to minimize the accounts that you register for at online stores. Your best bet is to sign up only at the places you really feel the need to out of convenience. After all, the whole idea of preventing impulse online shopping is to somewhat take away what the Web gives you by nature: convenience.
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Step 3
Be busy and have a purpose when browsing online. Check your favorite blogs, find out if you have any new email, and then do something else. The more time that you sit in front of your computer with nothing to do and a blank browser screen, the more likely you are to start blindly checking out large online mega malls for some new gadget to buy.
