{"id":8106,"date":"2014-09-16T11:10:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T09:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=8106"},"modified":"2014-09-16T11:10:14","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T09:10:14","slug":"online-to-offline-and-how-it-completes-a-shopping-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/online-to-offline-and-how-it-completes-a-shopping-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Online to offline and how it completes a shopping experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/merge_offline_shopping_with_online_shopping_cueCommerce_FI1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8110\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/merge_offline_shopping_with_online_shopping_cueCommerce_FI1-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"Template\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>One of the biggest obstacles for shoppers to overcome is the bridge between online and offline shopping. While browsing the web, you will inevitably stumble across a whole selection of deals, offers and specials, from a number of retailers. To see and be exposed to the same amount of information and savings in the real world however is a little more trying. You can\u2019t simply walk into any shop and know all the specials on all the items instantly, and more importantly, comparing prices between shops is as time consuming as it is daunting.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s say for example you are looking to purchase a new laptop. How would you go from browsing products online, to seeing them in store before making a purchase? By using the <a href=\"http:\/\/get.pricecheck.co.za\" target=\"_blank\">PriceCheck MTN app<\/a> you can browse a huge array of laptops and notebooks before making your decision. This still leaves you with only online prices, and if you would like to feel or inspect the device before buying it first, you\u2019re still coming up short.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/no-line-commerce.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-8114\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/no-line-commerce-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Print\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>This is exactly the problem that the PriceCheck MTN app solves. It gives you a list of prices for whichever product you\u2019re looking for, as well as the retailer where it can be purchased. This allows you to effectively window shop for exactly what you are looking to buy, and once you\u2019re decided, you can do one of two things. Firstly you can go to the actual shop (should it have a physical store) and see the laptop you are interested in, or you could simply make your purchase via the listed retailer.<\/p>\n<p>This \u201cinteractive\u201d shopping experience is without any doubt the way of the future, and even more so because it\u2019s available regardless of where you are, all that you need is your smartphone and an internet connection. The PriceCheck MTN app is not only incredibly convenient, but it\u2019s fantastically functional at the same time. Give it a try today, and you could bridge the online to offline gap tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest obstacles for shoppers to overcome is the bridge between online and offline shopping. While browsing the web, you will inevitably stumble across a whole selection of deals, offers and specials, from a number of retailers. To see and be exposed to the same amount of information and savings in the real<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/online-to-offline-and-how-it-completes-a-shopping-experience\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[423,613,651],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8106"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}