If you are trying to find the best price for an item, there
are many free price comparison websites and other shopping
search sites available with a variety of features.
Become.com
Professional product reviews - Pricing guides -
Type in a search term and get instant suggestions
for refining your search - Displays search results
and sponsored matches
BizRate.com
Catagories and Search - Intermediate Catagories -
Refine search by price, brand, color, material,
type, stores - Related Searches - Merchant ratings -
Reviews
Cnet.com
Product reviews and ratings for electronics,
computers, and many catagories with comparisons -
One of the best sites for comparing features of
products
ComparisonShop.com
MetaSearch organizes your web search (my search
gave me a chance to see results from Shopping.com,
BizRate, PriceGrabber, NexTag, and eBay)
ConsumerClub.com
Rebates - Coupons - Search terms may have limited
results
CouponCabin.com
Rebates, Coupons - No search capability
Dealio.com
Shopping toolbar (alerts consumers when they are
about to buy something available for a lower price
elsewhere on the web) compares prices with those of
Amazon, Target, Sony, eBay and more
DealTime.com
Catagories and Search - Merchant Reviews - Refine by
price, store, material - Alternate searches - In
Stock - See all products from merchant - Auto
calculation of taxes & shipping based on your zip -
Sponsored links - eBay links
Dulance.com
Wish lists, E-notices of hot deals via RSS feeds
eDeals.com
Rebates - Coupons - Search with results from
merchants and eBay
FatLens.com
Search - Pictures - Prices - Short list feature
allows you to keep an item available to review for
30 days
Froogle.com
Google's shopping search engine offers the best
way to find who sells an item - Pictures of items -
Pricing of items - Refine search by price, brands,
related searches, and stores - List or Grid views
MySimon.com
Catagories and search - Limited refinement
NexTag.com
Pictures - Pricing - Refine search by catagory,
brand, price, and seller - Suggested related
searches - Ease of use - User Ratings
Price.com
Good for computers, electronics, office supplies,
travel, autos, entertainment.
PriceGrabber.com
Intermediate step in search using defined catagories
- Refine search by price or manufacturer - Advanced
filters available - Compare Prices - More steps to
get results than NexTag - Merchant Ratings -
Merchant Coupons
PriceScan.com
Catagories and Search
PriceWatch.com
Good resource for computer parts, computers and
electronics
ShopLocal.com
Shop by stores in your zip code - Features local
directory (search for gloves produced results that
included White Glove Car Wash, White Glove Cleaning,
which was interesting but not on target) - Shows
items from local merchants and prices (However, most
results were from National Chains).
Shopping.com
Featured merchants - Best matches grid - Compare
pricing from many stores - Refine by price,
material, store, brand, and more - Ratings - Very
large selection of results
Shopping.Yahoo.com
Shop by catagory or search - Comparisons - Price
ranges - Sub-catagories - By merchant - Reviews
Shopzilla.com
Shop by catagory or search - Reviews from BizRate
- Intermediate sub-catagories returned - Refine
search by price, brand, color, material, etc.
Slickdeals.com
Shop by catagory or search - Searches multiple
bargain sites -
Sortprice.com
Shop by catagory or search - Intermediate
sub-catagories returned - Featured merchants -
Refine search by price
SquareTrade.com
Toolbar for online auctions and fraud protection
StreetPrices.com
Catagories and searches - Compare prices -
Results Tree or Classic Search - Discussion Forum -
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