Online shopping is a rage nowadays, I see people looking up prices of watches to motorcycles on computers and smartphones. Everyone is searching for that elusive deal. Its the online version of window shopping. You know, when you are just comparing prices, but not really buying anything.
Turns out , there are apps which will help you do this window shopping , compare prices, and even alert you to other price drops in the category. In India, the extension called Buyhatke is the leader and the best. They have chrome extensions, which will turn active if you are at a shopping site, and show you price trends from the past. It works on Flipkart, Amazon, eBay and many other sites too.
The extension automatically adds a price trend graph in a simple line graph on the page. Also tries to predict if it is a good decision to buy the product today.
Its amazing being able to see how they fluctuate the price of the same product over time. Here is a graph alerting me that the product on sale is actually priced higher today than yesterday.
Here is how crazily the price fluctuates on some products. Its almost as if there was an earthquake a few days ago.
Also works on Amazon.
But the best feature is that it alerts you if the same product is available at a lower price somewhere else.
Now thats cool. It only calculates base price, and there might be an additional shipping charge.
Another extension you can use the Flipkart Advantage detector. Flipkart does not metion on the grid view if the product has express shipping. This extension detects that and puts an icon on the product page if it can be delivered on the same day or next day. Here is has placed a red star on the first product.
Things have not been good for shopping sites in India. With the festival season coming up, there will surely be many deals for the customers coming in.
Be smart. And happy shopping !
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