PriceMe Smarter Shopping Blog

PriceMe Android App

Henrik — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:36:29 +0000

We have just released our newly developed Android app, and you find it on Google Play

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=PriceMe.Android

The app is ideal if you want to access PriceMe on your Android device. You can find local stores and distances to all the major shops in New Zealand, read expert reviews and search for more than half a million products available online.

We’re looking forward to your feedback.

PriceMe Launches Financial Comparison Site

Henrik — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:28:54 +0000

PriceMe Finance, a new financial comparison tool, just launched today! Compare credit cards, home loans, savings accounts, term deposits and more at priceme.co.nz/Finance.

We currently mainly list banks and finance companies, but will add other types of financial providers like building societies and trusts at a later stage. We’ll also expand the number of categories shortly, so that you can also compare health- and car insurance provides, KiwiSaver schemes etc. Our goal is to offer a comprehensive financial comparison site that enables Kiwis to find the best financial product or service available in New Zealand.

PriceMe Finance is currently running in beta mode, and we would greatly appreciate if you could let us know what you think.

Wish lists, retailer pop-up and performance

Henrik — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:05:17 +0000

We released a new version of PriceMe recently. Here are some of the highlight’s:

- Sharing of wishlists via email, FB and Twitter. Here’s my wishlist for example
http://www.priceme.co.nz/MyWishList/n_Henrik,s_b39ada70-7838-4549-86fa-3b5f72b8eeb2.aspx

- Retailer pop-up when clicking ‘Retailer Info’ or retailer reviews on the product page. Hence, no need for the user to navigate away from the product page to the retailer page to view reviews, store info etc.
http://www.priceme.co.nz/Canon-EOS-1100D/p-884785963.aspx

- Simplified fees next to the Visit Shop buttons (only shipping fee is shown)

- Channel Partner Page
http://www.priceme.co.nz/RetailerCenter/ChannelPartners.aspx

- Plural handling for search. Searching for ‘watches’ now returns all watches (previously only ‘watch’ worked)
http://www.priceme.co.nz/search.aspx?q=seiko+watches

- Stock level also shown when expanding and clicking ‘View more offers’

- Buttons for ‘Add to compare list’ and ‘Get price alert’ on the product page

- Performance improvements for maps and brand pages.

As always, please let us know what you think of the new version and if you have some suggestions.

Happy New Year to all our users!

Retailer Newsletter Christmas 2011

Henrik — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:01:07 +0000

We just sent out our Christmas newsletter to retailers. It contains some news and announcements. Please check it out here:
http://www.priceme.co.nz/newsletter/Christmas-2011-Retailer-Newsletter.html

The PriceMe team wishes all retailers and users a Merry Christmas! Thanks all for your support in 2011!

Fixed width layout and more changes

Henrik — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:16:05 +0000

The PriceMe layout has been revamped in the latest 4.2 version released earlier this week. The main change is that we now employ a fixed width layout instead of the liquid one that we previously used. It’s easier to control the layout of fixed width pages, and we can also ensure that the pages look OK on most devices including smartphones. This is basically how PriceMe looked like until May of 2008 (for those of you that have been using PriceMe for a while). There are still a few minor issues with the new layout that we’ll resolve shortly.

Some users have comment that the dark background colour isn’t a modern web colour and ‘difficult’ on the eye. We agree to some extent, and have tried to employ a white background. The current design doesn’t fit a white background though, so we would have to change the design before moving to a white (or lighter) background colour.

The new version also contains other useful changes:

Product page

Order switched on the product page between the retailer logo column and the retailer product column. Most shopping comparison engines (CSE) site display listings this way and it makes it easier for users to find a suitable retailer. In addition, paying retailers get more exposure when the retailer logo is displayed to the left.

Search
More interesting search result page shown for searches having no matches. We removed the filtering options and also added some tips on how to refine/alter the search.

As always, please let us know directly what you think of the new layout and any other suggestions that you might have to improve PriceMe.