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Comparison Shop with Smoopa
Not sure if it's a good price? Find out.
You see a camera on sale a Best Buy. It looks like a good price, but is now really the time to buy it? How can you find the best place to buy the camera without running all over town? Smoopa is your answer. This smart phone application will recognize your physical location, and then you can search for the item you care about to find out if you really are getting the best price. As of Jan 27,2011 the Android application is out of Beta! If you have an Android phone, you can download the application and scan barcodes of items you want to price check.
Are you a smart shopper? When you search for an item in Smoopa, you can easily compare the item in your hand with what is available online. Make sure you get the best price as you are shopping with Smoopa!
Where do you shop?
Do you prefer to make purchases online or in stores?
What can you do with Smoopa?
Here is a video from the CEO of Smoopa explaining how you can use their smart phone application to help you with your in store shopping experience.
New Release January 27, 2011
Earlier today, they came out of beta and launched Smoopa for Android!
Shop with Confidence
Smoopa is a way to shop with confidence! If you're the kind of person who comparison shops, especially for the big purchases like electronics, then you should check it out. It allows you to compare the price of what you see in a store to the online price at that store and the price on different websites. It will also tell you the historical price of that item, you might find out that waiting a week could save a bunch of money so you tell Smoopa to alert you when it gets cheap enough. This free service can be accessed by any web device simply by going to smoopa.com. You can also use it at home to set up alerts or comparison shop a bunch of websites at once. This is going to change the way you shop!
Find Cheaper Prices with Smoopa at
Best Buy
Walmart
Target
Micro Center
GameStop
Check Smoopa where ever you are to see if it is cheaper online!
Past Releases
January 27, 2011: "Earlier today, we came out of beta and launched Smoopa for Android! Shop with confidence for electronics, movies, and games. Not sure if it's a good price? Use your smartphone to find out. You can learn more about Smoopa for Andriod on Mashable or on our blog. We want to thank everyone who helped to test the app over the last few months." -Smoopa Email to Testers
December 2010: Smoopa Beta for Android is now available. Download it today to scan barcodes while you comparison shop!
Learn More about Smoopa - News and press
- About Smoopa
Smoopa was founded with the goal of changing how people shop. They are a young startup based in Boston with an outstanding team from MIT, Google, and Endeca. - Smoopa at LinkedIn
Connect to Smoopa at LinkedIn - Start-Up Watch: Smoopa Android App Helps Electronics Shoppers Compare Prices
"Smoopa, a new comparison shopping start-up with a pretty silly name, this week introduced its first app, which allows Android users to scan bar codes of electronics, movies and games, and find out whether they’re cheaper online...." - Smoopa for Android is a Barcode-Scanning Comparison Application
"Smoopa is a barcode scanning application for Android that uses a database of over 12 million products to compare prices. Smoopa instantly lets users know if they’re getting their money’s worth or if they’re being suckered into paying more..." - New Android App Helps You Determine if a Product Is a Good Buy
"Smoopa, a startup co-founded by former Googler and MIT graduate Mendel Chuang, has launched its price comparison, barcode scanning application for Android...."
Have questions? Check Smoopa's FAQ.
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