1.   Also includes a gift center and a list of online stores that provide free shipping.

2.   Analysts said Amazon.com met its sales estimates partly through expensive promotional discounts like free shipping.

3.   As a bonus, the online merchant threw in free shipping, making this an even better deal.

4.   As the carnage stacked up, several companies, especially retailers, abandoned the heavy discounts, free shipping and other gimmicks they had used to entice customers.

5.   BarnesandNoble.com is offering free shipping on two or more items.

6.   A number of online retailers, including Amazon, offered free shipping for much of the holiday season, at least for larger orders.

7.   But free shipping has probably sunk more Internet merchants than it has saved.

8.   Compare features and take advantage of the free shipping.

9.   For retailers with low average sales and slim-to-nonexistent profit margins, giveaways like free shipping may prove unsustainable.

10.   Free shipping is going the way of the dodo bird, as are the endless offers of free samples.