Buy Women's Designer Shoes Online

It is fun and easy to buy women's designer shoes online. Plus, if you know where to look, you can find some great deals online.

Most of the major department stores that carry designer shoes have websites where you can buy women's designer shoes online. Then there are sites like Zappos and Piperlime dedicated almost solely to shoes. Finally, Bluefly, an online designer discount boutique, and eBay offer great deals year round.

Neiman Marcus has an extensive collection of designer shoes in stores and online. The online shoe collection is organized into shoes, boots, pumps, sandals, wedges, flats, evening, loafers and slippers. The company has a twice yearly Last Call sale, when items are discounted up to 70 percent. Even when the Last Call is not happening, the site has a Sales and Values section where previous season's shoes are discounted.

Saks Fifth Avenue also has a very large selection of designer shoes on its website. Saks occasionally has very deep discounts on shoes and handbags, although the sales are rarely advertised.

Nordstrom carries a small collection of designer shoes. The online site offers shoes from Tory Burch, Burberry, Chloe, Dolce & Gabbana, Jimmy Choo, Marc Jacobs, Robert Clergerie, Salvatore Ferragamo and Sergio Rossi. The site usually carries a large stock of sizes.

Bloomingdales separates its shoes online by Designer and Premium Designer. Premium Designer shoes range from $150 Burberry rain shoes to $900 Proenza Schouler sandals. The Designer shoe sections includes slightly less expensive brands such as Cole Haan, Juicy Couture, Marc By Marc Jacobs, Tory Burch and UGG® Australia.

Piperlime an online-only shoe store which is part of the Gap family, also breaks its high end shoes into Designer and Salon categories. The Designer Shoe section carries footwear from Bettye Muller, Botkier, Charles Nolan, Claudia Ciuti, Cynthia Vincent, Delman, Giuseppe Zanotti, Kenzo, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Taryn Rose and Theory. The Salon section carries slightly lower priced shoes from Anne Klein New York, Aquatalia by Marvin K., BCBGMAXAZRIA, Belle by Sigerson Morrison, Betsey Johnson, Charles David, Donald J Pliner, Frye, Kenneth Cole NY, Lilly Pulitzer, Paul Green and Via Spiga. Piperlime has free standard shipping plus free shipping on returns. The company charges for express and next business day deliveries.

Zappos, the online shoe powerhouse, now has a couture shoe department for high end shoes. Zappos also offers free standard shipping and a generous return policy. Full refunds are available for up to 365 days from the purchase date and return shipping is free.

One of the best places to buy designer shoes online is Bluefly. This site sells high end designer items at a discount all year round. The site carries great markdowns on Gucci, Prada, Chanel, Balenciaga, Fendi, Jimmy Choo and Tod's.

eBay can be another great resource for buying designer shoes online. To guarantee a quality shoe, only buy designer shoes that come new and in the box and are sold by a seller with a high approval rating. Be careful when purchasing items like UGG boots that can be easily knocked off by lesser quality manufacturers.

Know your size. The first rule for buying designer shoes online is to know your size. Each designer sizes their shoes slightly different. A size seven Gucci might not fit the same as a size seven Chanel. Unless the site you purchase from offers free return shipping, it won't pay not to know your size in the brand you are buying.

Look for free shipping. This is the second rule of buying shoes online. Many sites either offer free shipping year round, or run free shipping specials. Shipping costs drive up the price of the shoes unnecessarily.

Buy off-season. Department stores usually have a clearance button on their websites where the previous season's shoes are deeply discounted. If wearing the absolute, hottest and newest trend doesn't matter to you, you can find great deals online. The trick is to buy the previous season's styles and to buy summer shoes in the winter and winter shoes in the summer.

The Internet is a great resource for women's designer shoes.

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