Comments on: Price comparison sites — small fish, big fish

By: Mike Meade

Mike Meade — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:48:25 +0000

Great discussion guys, just to add a little more to the comments, we also have a comparison site http://www.icoste.com and we use 100% our own feeds which are constantly being updated. We dont rely on other feeds from Pricegrabber or Kelkoo etc.

Our comparisons are unique and we try to focus on user reviews and comments to give our visitors more information about products.

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Carnival of Shopping #14 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:38:42 +0000

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By: Jawahar

Jawahar — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:19:25 +0000

One of the problems with price comparison sites is that you typically have to visit more than one site to find the best deal. We are launching http://www.centgram.com soon where you can compare prices from multiple comparison shopping sites in one search. We are preparing to launch public beta in October 2008. In the meanwhile, you can check out our blog http://www.centgram.com/blog for deals and bargains we highlight regularly.

By: Owen

Owen — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:55:43 +0000

Thanks for this advice…its answered a lot of questions for me!

By: Chile Bob

Chile Bob — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:26:43 +0000

I am getting so sick of seeing the same thing on all of those sites. No matter what I search for “shopping comparison sites”, “product comparisons”, “Compare products” because it just kept coming back to the same feeds that compare prices for a product across multiple merchants. That’s fine for late in the buying cycle when you know exactly what you want, but just need to get the best price. But what if you want a tent, but don’t know which is the best one to get? Most review sites are just biased crap that the merchant puts out, or an affiliate who is motivated to SELL you on a product. I found http://www.comparethebrands.com/ a few weeks ago though and it is the answer to what I’ve been looking for. Say you want to buy a gas grill, but don’t know which is the best one to get in your price range. THIS would be the site to go to, and from what I can tell they don’t use ANY feeds at all. Sorry, just had to throw in my 2 cents.

By: mauricio zuniga

mauricio zuniga — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:55:23 +0000

Likewise, we have since launched our own price comparison engine at http://www.ChaoSearch.com . Not only do we provide you with our own search results, but also give you access to just about every other major e-commerces provider as well as most major comparison sites. This gives you the ultimate way to search for the lowest price. This is comparing the comparison sites and then some. If you would like to get listed on the ChaoSearch resource, please send me an email.

By: Wes Lewis

Wes Lewis — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:15:42 +0000

Very interesting debate here – just to throw a small fish into a big pond (no pun intended) we have recently entered the price comparison market with http://www.priceinspector.co.uk and we can happily state that our comparison engine and data import is our own and does not rely on feeds from any of the bigger fish.

By: Finance Physician | Top 10 price comparison websites that I like to use before I shop online

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:13:08 +0000

[...] A key point to remember about price comparison websites is that there are a lot of site that use the same list of items. Meaning that they use the same search and you get the same results on differently laid out pages. Probargain hunter writes an excellent article on this topic. Pretty much he write that Dealtime, ShopLocal, Epinions, Mpire uses feeds from shopping.com so if you go to these sites you will pretty much get the same results! Bizrate and Shopzilla are one and the same, and AOL shopping uses pricegrabber. [...]

By: Yan

Yan — Tue, 01 May 2007 22:38:46 +0000

Matt, I understand your point regarding increased IP and expenditure. Not to diminish the value Mpire adds to the shopping experience, still bells and whistles are just that. At the end of the day, if I find a merchant who offers a better offer elsewhere, I will go with them. True, the average shopper will never try more than one price comparison website, but I am talking pro bargain hunting here. ;-)

Shopping.com is far not comprehensive and since so many comparison sites republish the content, they have become of even lesser value to me. High demand these resellers create is not a good thing for me as a shopper. Also, as a popular network, Shopping.com charges merchants $$$ to participate which cuts off small shops and (possibly) floats prices for those who do join.