There are few places where you can but some bowling shoes under $40 dollars. You can go to a bowling pro shoes to find cheap bowling shoes. Most bowling pro shoes have different price bowling shoes and you can pick which one you want. You can Google different pro shops near you and most bowling alleys. Cheaper bowling shoes tend to be for people who are just started bowling so please keep that in mind but if you are just starting out, I would get something on the cheaper side. There is nothing wrong cheaper shoes, I have a pair now and they tend to last a long time. Now you can go to amazon to find some cheaper bowling shoes. Here’s the link to the amazon bowling shoes page: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=cheap+bowling+shoes&ref=nb_sb_noss