3 Great Places to Buy Cleaning Products Online in the US

Do you shop with young children in tow and want to save time on your normal purchases? Or are you living in a less green-friendly part of the US and seek convenient access to eco-conscious cleaning products? Are you just too busy to spend much time going shopping?

If so, then buying cleaning products online may make a lot of sense for you: these products are non-perishable so use-by dates are not an issue. You also generally have a lot of warning for when you are getting low on a cleaning product (compared to say food), so you can wait to group things into one shipment to get cheaper or free shipping. Lastly, the convenience of having cleaning products shipped to your door is fantastic!

Here are some suggestions of places to shop online for cleaning products:

Greater Goods is an eco-conscious store which stocks (among other things) household cleaning products. It also operates a physical store in Washington DC, although we'll only be talking about its online selling here. It ships within the US.

Pros:

• Endeavors to keep shipping costs down where possible by shipping US Postal Service for eligible items
• Stocks some hard-to-find items in non-bulk quantities (e.g. the TrellisEarth corn-based plastic biodegradable bags)
• Its eco-friendly product lines are not just limited to household cleaning items

Cons:

• Although it has a very good range of products, it is by no means exhaustive

An online seller of just about everything, Amazon.com offers both regular and eco-friendly cleaning products.

Pros:

• Extremely wide range of products
• Excellent documentation of order status
• Can get free shipping for orders of $25 or more (eligible items only)

Cons:

• Some varieties of household cleaners are only available in large or bulk quantities

Soap.com is part of the Diapers.com and BeautyBar.com family of sites. Soap.com stocks regular and eco-friendly cleaning products. Soap.com ships within the US excluding Alaska and Hawaii.

Coupon hunters: if you're planning to try it out, you might like to use my referral code VCHE6226 to get 15% off your first order for a limited time. Use it on your shopping cart screen i.e. before checkout. It's only for first-time users of the Soap.com / Diapers.com / BeautyBar.com family of sites.

Pros:

• Free shipping on orders of $39 or more
• Excellent customer service
• Will accept manufacturer's coupons (but you have to mail them in and allow extra time for them to be processed before you place your order)
• Wide range of products which goes beyond household cleaners into things like shampoo, body lotion etc

Cons:

• Some products can go temporarily out of stock due to high demand (you'll know about this up-front when viewing the product; they won't let you order a temporarily out of stock product)

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