D-Bone
Dec 11th '06, 11:45 AM
The holiday season is in full swing, and more and more people are using the web as a giant shopping mall. Thankfully, the proliferation of Web 2.0 technologies is giving birth to a new breed of shopping site that can help navigate this crowded marketplace.
Sites like Offertrax (http://www.offertrax.com/), StyleFeeder (http://www.stylefeeder.com/) and Mpire (http://www.mpire.com/buyer/search.page) don't sell anything at all. Rather, they improve purchasing intelligence by keeping an eye out for bargains and sending electronic alerts when it's time to swoop in for the kill.
Instead of wasting time browsing the virtual aisles at dozens of sites, just tell Offertrax what you're shopping for. The site aggregates price-change notifications and special offers from various online shops and delivers them through an RSS feed.
"Gone are the days when customers simply land on a merchant page and expect to only see a Buy Now button," says Ben Carcio, co-founder and COO of Offertrax. "As customers grow more sophisticated, so must the sites that serve them."
Read More: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72255-0.html?tw=rss.index
Sites like Offertrax (http://www.offertrax.com/), StyleFeeder (http://www.stylefeeder.com/) and Mpire (http://www.mpire.com/buyer/search.page) don't sell anything at all. Rather, they improve purchasing intelligence by keeping an eye out for bargains and sending electronic alerts when it's time to swoop in for the kill.
Instead of wasting time browsing the virtual aisles at dozens of sites, just tell Offertrax what you're shopping for. The site aggregates price-change notifications and special offers from various online shops and delivers them through an RSS feed.
"Gone are the days when customers simply land on a merchant page and expect to only see a Buy Now button," says Ben Carcio, co-founder and COO of Offertrax. "As customers grow more sophisticated, so must the sites that serve them."
Read More: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72255-0.html?tw=rss.index