SA's leading price comparison site.
SA's leading price comparison site.
To ensure that online shopping becomes an even more enjoyable experience for its users and to stay at the cutting edge, PriceCheck.co.za has just released its new website design over the past weekend. More...
To ensure that online shopping becomes an even more enjoyable exercise and to stay at the cutting edge, PriceCheck.co.za has just released its new website design. More...
To ensure that online shopping becomes an even more enjoyable exercise and to stay at the cutting edge, PriceCheck.co.za has just released its new website design. More...
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Like the site itself, the PriceCheck app (which can be downloaded from the iTunes store) is exceptionally simple to use. The download is less than a meg, and works in seconds flat. Practically no interaction is required by the user, outside of holding the camera in front of a barcode. The Pricecheck barcode app then automatically translates the barcode into a serial number to search for the item’s details online. more..
According to a consumer shopping trends survey by PriceCheck, the newly re-launched shopping comparison website, the Internet is no longer the reserve of the wealthy. Let’s look at the facts. The survey revealed that 30% of South African Internet users’ average household income is R10 000 or less. more..
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Online shopping has become more and more popular over the past few years as greater numbers of South Africans get access to the internet.
According to the Internet Access in South Africa 2010 study, the number of South African Internet users has passed the five million mark for the first time, finally breaking through the 10% mark in internet usage for the country.
It is easy to see why online shopping has become so popular among the South African public. Online stores are open 24 hours a day, so there is no longer any need to fight peak-hour traffic in order to make it to a shop before it closes.
“Time is precious in the lives of today’s consumers, and there just seems to be less of it available to walk around huge malls in order to buy day-to-day items and financial service products,” said Bradley Du Chenne, spokesman for Dial Direct Insurance.
“Also, online shopping lets people compare prices without needing to drive from shop to shop,” he said.
According to a consumer shopping trends survey by PriceCheck, the shopping comparison website, the Internet is now being used by ordinary South Africans.
Their survey showed that 30% of South African internet users’ average household income is R10 000 or less. The internet has made shopping hassle-free. Trusted sites such as PriceCheck that compares millions of products from hundreds of different trusted online stores, help cash-tight and time-strapped consumers with the best buy by doing easier research.
South Africa’s leading price and product comparison website, PriceCheck, has officially relaunched a revamped version of its website. more..
PriceCheck, which compares over four million products from more than 170 online South African shops, has improved its speed, features and has an effective search engine in place.
The relaunch of the website took place in October, when PriceCheck was acquired by MIH Internet Africa. The aim of the website is to help consumers make informed and accurate decisions before purchasing an item at a shop.
Kevin Tucker, the intrepid founder and manager of PriceCheck, said the idea came about after he moved to London to further his studies in information technology.
“While I lived in London, I used to be an online shopper and would compare products before I went out to purchase an item at a shop,” said Tucker. “I discovered that this was becoming the future and that South Africa had no online shopping and product comparison website.”
Tucker said it had taken him six months to create the website – spending most of his time working and compiling the data needed to run the site.
PriceCheck was officially launched in 2006. The website now attracts a crowd of 400 000 visitors a month and 25 000 a day.
In a survey conducted by PriceCheck, it was revealed that 42 percent of South Africans who make use of the website trust purchasing products online.
The head of marketing for PriceCheck, Liz Hillock, said there had been a steady increase in the number of online purchases made by South African consumers.
“We are starting to see a trend in online shopping which has not been that common in South Africa. It is becoming more evident that online shopping will become the future and consumers will be the ones who will benefit from the convenience,” said Hillock.
The survey also showed that 30 percent of South African internet users’ average income was R10 000 or less.
In addition, it was discovered that 82 percent of South African users turned to the internet for information first when considering a purchase.
Tucker said it made sense that the Internet was where shoppers would go when considering a purchase, to read reviews and find the best deals.
Products listed on the database that could be looked up and compared ranged from irons to computers and Ipads to cellphones, she said.
“The improved relaunch of the website boasts the most cutting edge shopping comparison technology in the country and is also a global leader in this regard,” said Tucker.
Part of the website’s new look is that it has included a social network aspect which lets users log in with their Facebook account details, become fans of products and recommend pages to friends.
Online comparison shopping website PriceCheck hopes to use the expertise of media conglomerate Naspers' other internet subsidiaries to grow its revenue in the next year. more..
Cape Town - PriceCheck's online business model can offer consumers more variety with their digital online purchases, said PriceCheck.co.za more..
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*also in the June 2007 issue of Glamour Magazine
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Thousands of Ananzi Shopping visitors can now make use of the advanced e-commerce technology of PriceCheck to compare product prices with a click of a button, as opposed to scouring retailers in shopping malls or even on different shopping sites.
Currently PriceCheck claims to offer information on more than 100 000 products in 120 different product categories. The 10 most popular categories include digital cameras, MP3 players, watches, laptops, books, flash memory, graphics cards, GPS devices, desktop computers, and perfumes. more...
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