Hot News: Cyber Monday deals to be bigger than Black Friday for 1st time

Many people will be turning to the internet for Cyber Monday deals, to continue holiday shopping.

That's pumping more and more into the economy every year. Cyber Monday sales in 2005 totaled $484 million. In 2009, that jumped to $887 million, nearly doubling 2005's total sales. By 2013, Cyber Monday sales had climbed to $1.74 billion - once again, nearly doubling the total from just four years prior. Related: The best Cyber Monday deals

Deal Guy Matt Granite said the majority of Cyber Monday deals will come in three major waves on Monday: one at 12:01 a.m.; another three hours later, when the West Coast hits midnight and then more around noon, when people are taking their lunch breaks.

Regardless when on Monday somebody jumps online, however, there will be plenty of discounts.

'For the first time ever this year, Cyber Monday is going to be way bigger than Black Friday in every major category except for TVs, appliances and gaming,' Granite said.

Granite has spent his Thanksgiving weekend looking up the big Cyber Monday deals and said time is of the essence on the hot-ticket items.

'In terms of stock on Cyber Monday, what a lot of retailers do is they rely upon their warehouse stock. It's usually not anything that's in local stores,' Granite said. 'If something goes out of stock at Walmart or Target or Macy's (brick and mortar store), they can always order another one for you - you can always check a different store; Cyber Monday, when it's gone, it's gone.'

He encouraged shoppers to not forget about local businesses on Cyber Monday.

'Local stores have websites, too, and many of them offer phenomenal deals,' Granite said.

Local Knoxville retailer Nothing Too Fancy, for example, is getting in on the Cyber Monday buzz.

'We're giving free shipping for orders that are over $50,' employee Josiah Smith said, 'and then, undisclosed, we're giving away, like, special gifts to maybe everyone who orders or possibly that could be anything from sale shirts that we kind of have stopped printing or just little knick-knack stuff. We've been carrying a lot of cool stocking-stuffers throughout the store.'

He said the store will release full details of its Cyber Monday deals via social media on Monday morning.

The store's owners say each free shipping deal costs the store on average $6-$7, Smith said, so it helps this local business if people who live in Knoxville make their purchases at the brick and mortar store. Online sales, Smith said, are great for people who live outside the Knoxville area.

AmazonSmile offers shoppers a way to give back -- for free! All shoppers have to do is visit smile.amazon.com and shop as normal. Amazon will donate half a percent of everything bought through AmazonSmile to the approved non-profit organization of the shopper's choice. There are more than 1,200 charities listed in the Knoxville area alone.

For Granite's compiled list of Cyber Monday doorbuster deals, click HERE: http://www.wbir.com/story/money/2014/11/30/save-of-the-day-cyber-monday/19711885/

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