You want to save more in the short run, but end up spending more in the long run get on a company mailing list.
Never pay full retail at the Clarks on-line store. They're always running promotions up to 50% off already discounted shoes.
Allen Edmonds has different sales depending on how picky you are.
They have their "factory seconds" sales, which are blow outs of imperfect shoes. Many people love this. Then they rotate sales, like their boots, then dress shoes, or maybe annual cordovan sale...
Irony is there are some really good YouTube channels devoted specifically to men's shoes, with huge followings. They can get really addicting too..
This guy at Rose Anvil tears shoes apart.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCId9g4zlQ9BOn6fLKIt1Y0A
These brothers at Trenton & Heath put shoes back together:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVYlC0HmT9eZI3ZrFy_xthQ
The Boot Guy (might have quit)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ERIHMtYnY-QwgYnbDFjXw
And on and on. Once you watch one, then suddenly another pops up...
I know everything about shoes now after last summer's lockdowns..
I wanted to become a cobbler like Daniel Day Lewis did...