Today’s business news highlight looming economy downfall which might not be all that bad news for bargain hunters. As long as your job is not affected and you expect a steady income, the next few months promise a shopper’s paradise as the merchants fight with each other to keep defecting customers.
Building your cash savings […]
Archive for February, 2008
Buzzillions reviews: aggregated, tagged and messy
Published February 28th, 2008 in Business Mashup. 2 CommentsEver since I wrote about PowerReviews in October 2006 I have not heard about the review-aggregating startup that much, until today when I discovered the fact that they did launch their promised shopping portal after all. Bazzillions is the name.
As much as I liked the original idea of in-sourcing the product reviews from merchants in […]
Sony Rewards “canned deal” - spend $500 get $100
Published February 27th, 2008 in Shopping Promotion. 4 CommentsToday I received a strange package in mail. It was a can, very much like a regular aluminum can for soda drinks but inside it had an offer from Sony Rewards program. This is the first time I receive a promotional material in a can so not surprisingly it got my attention.
In that “canned” […]
Shopzilla WordPress Plugin (version 1.0)
Published February 26th, 2008 in Business Mashup. 9 CommentsUpdate 06/12: The latest released version is 1.2, you can read the release notes and download the updated plugin here
Over the past month I have been playing with Shopzilla API on one of my pet projects and so far the results are impressive. I like the quality and number of product offers I am able […]
Major wireless carriers roll out unlimited plans
Published February 25th, 2008 in Shopping Promotion. ClosedLast week all four major wireless phone service providers almost simultaneously announced new service plans that include unlimited calls. This bit of news highlights the pricing war going between the companies and pressure from smaller local providers like this who have been able to undercut prices by lowering costs of operating their business (somewhat similar […]
