I received this informational email and wanted to share it with you. Using a website called happybuy.com, you can sign up to be notified when the items you want to buy from Amazon,com, iTunes, or for Apple apps go on sale! As well, it has a feature that shows you when it predicts the prices will drop. This sounds like a great way to save some of your hard-earned money while shopping. See below for more details:
October 7, 2010 – Launching today, happybuy.com helps shoppers save an average 20% off at the largest online stores simply by timing their purchases. The new site tracks prices on millions of products and through its revolutionary new predictive pricing engine PricePredict™, lets shoppers know when and by how much the purchase price is likely to drop.
“During our beta period, the savings achieved at stores such as Amazon.com were phenomenal”, said Matthew, happybuy’s CEO, “From our testing we knew that pricing was variable, but the level of savings and speed at which they occurred even took us by surprise.”
“On average, shoppers saved more than 20% on individual purchases simply by following the happybuy purchase recommendation, with the average waiting time to save being less than 2 days.”
For launch happybuy has partnered with three of the webs largest stores; Amazon.com, iTunes and the Apple App Store. Shoppers are able to browse departments, view price history and track pricing across all product categories. Prices are currently being tracked on millions of physical and digital products including Apps, Music and Movies for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
Once tracked, happybuy PricePredict™ calculates when is the best time to buy using historical pricing movements and lets shoppers know via email alert when prices drop.
Using the purchase recommendation, shoppers are able to make considerable savings off already discounted prices.
The biggest bargains of the day are also highlighted via the happybuy daily deal tweet on twitter @happybuycom and http://twitter.com/happybuycom/
Key Facts
– Shoppers save an average of 20% by using happybuy
– Average time for savings is less than 2 days
– Uses machine-learning algorithm PricePredict™ to determine best time to buy
– Tracks App, Music and Movie prices for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
– Millions of products available including Books, Electronics, Music, Movies, Clothing, Groceries, Health & Beauty
– Launch partners include Amazon.com, iTunes and the Apple App Store
About happybuy PricePredict
PricePredict™ is a pricing analysis algorithm created by happybuy to determine future pricing events and purchase recommendations. By analysing historical, seasonal and category pricing data, PricePredict™ accurately determines the likelihood of future price changes at an individual product level. As more pricing data is available to the engine, the accuracy of its predictions and potential savings for shoppers increase. Utilising PricePredict™, happybuy achieves the biggest savings for shoppers surpassing conventional ‘price comparison’ sites.
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