Online Price Comparisons in the Offline World

August 31st, 2006 • Business, Reviews + Recommendations, Technology
Tags: Amazon, Frucall, price-comparison, Scanbuy-Shopper, shopping

I’m a huge fan of online shopping. The convenience of being able to instant price comparisons is a huge benefit. I usually buy stuff on Amazon for a few reasons. First, I have an Amazon Visa card which gives me 3% back on everything I buy on Amazon. Second, I use A9.com (they’re an Amazon property) as my search engine and as a result I get 1.57% (pi [3.14] divided by 2 – they’re sharing the advertising pie!) off of everything I buy on Amazon (even stuff not sold by Amazon). Third, Amazon recently extended me an offer to try Amazon Prime free for three months. The service normally costs $79 a year and upgrades all of your shipments to second day delivery for free with no minimum purchase orders. I really like this benefit, although I’m not sure that I would pay for it. I’m also not sure why Amazon extended this courtesy to me but I’ve definitely taken advantage of it.

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