OnHeadphones.com Editor's Review
Shopping.com
05/05/07
The Good
Shopping.com will list all the stores for a specific search item so you can find the best possible price. There are useful product details and when you're ready to buy, it links directly to the appropriate retailer.
The Bad
Although there are some items you can buy using your Shopping.com cart, most items are purchased through alternate websites, so this isn’t exactly a one stop shop.
The Verdict
This is a great way to comparison shop. There is a fair amount of decent product information and direct links to buy products. It's a powerful aggregator and generates a large number of choices.
Shopping.com isn’t exactly a store; it’s more like a search engine that's neatly organized by price. It's meant to save time for consumers by providing efficiently sorted lists of all the different stores that carry a specific item. This is a great way to comparison shop on the internet. Surprisingly, for a store that isn’t really a store, there are plenty of good product descriptions and both consumer and expert reviews. I was able to find Grado SR-125s for $149.99 at Amazon.com and then I was easily able to view The Sound Room’s Price which is $160.50. So by using Shopping.com, I can save some cash by finding the lowest price.
Usually, when browsing Shopping.com, if you want to buy something, you'll be directed to the store that's selling that particular item. These transactions are marked by a blue “Buy It” button. There are, however, some products you can buy using a Shopping.com cart. These are labeled with a green “Buy It” button. When using the Shopping.com cart, Mastercard, Visa, Discover, America Express and Paypal are all acceptable modes of payment. The return policy is dependent on each individual store’s return policy.
An eBay company, Shopping.com is a great tool for buying on the internet. Not only do they find the best possible price, but they provide lots of pertinent information on the product and even reference related articles about shopping and choosing the best options. For instance, when shopping for headphones, a whole list of links is generated including “How To Buy Headphones,” “Headphones Consumer Report,” etc. This is definitely a great way to shop as it puts an exceptional amount of information at your fingertips
