webpundit
07-26-2005, 10:52 AM
I've searched high and low, but I've been unable to find any tool yet that offers any bid-management for shopping engines. The most I've found is companies who can create product feeds and 'optimize' them. But nothing about bidding akin to the PPC engines (AdWords, Overture etc.)
There is surely a HUGE market out there for such a service with the rise of multiple big name, big reach shopping portals like Shopzilla, PriceGrabber etc. I find it hard to believe that there is absolutely no service available for managing bids at these portals.
Of the big names in the shopping arena, I know for sure that BizRate offers bidding at the product level. I'm not so sure about the others. But if a sufficient interest was shown in Shopzilla's bidding infrastructure, which in turn would come from a good tool to manage those bids, surely the other portals would follow suit?
So, if you're a company that offers a service like this, I haven't found you yet. If you know of such a service, pray, do tell.
There is surely a HUGE market out there for such a service with the rise of multiple big name, big reach shopping portals like Shopzilla, PriceGrabber etc. I find it hard to believe that there is absolutely no service available for managing bids at these portals.
Of the big names in the shopping arena, I know for sure that BizRate offers bidding at the product level. I'm not so sure about the others. But if a sufficient interest was shown in Shopzilla's bidding infrastructure, which in turn would come from a good tool to manage those bids, surely the other portals would follow suit?
So, if you're a company that offers a service like this, I haven't found you yet. If you know of such a service, pray, do tell.