Barcode Scanning Update
Black Friday was HUGE for ShopSavvy. The numbers were off the charts (Americans were shopping in droves). Our paid competitor, RedLaser, is no longer offering Amazon prices – now exclusively using TheFind (local results) and their users are taking note. ShopSavvy offers pricing from more than 20,000 retailers (local and online). Once our barcode scanning improvements are implemented I am very hopeful that users will begin to realize that the REAL power of ShopSavvy is the data. Our team has four years of development in our local and online search platform (called PriceNark) and it is the real genius behind ShopSavvy. We have more retailers and more products than any mobile price comparison application on the market (and most normal price comparison services) – and ShopSavvy is 100% FREE.
Take a look at the version 1.2 scanning update to the right. We show progress of the scan as well as offer a boundary to show users were to align the scanner. We hope this will help users a) who are unsure if ShopSavvy is scanning by showing progress and b) to know where to align the barcode. Our testing (with my wife who couldn’t really use version 1.0) shows that most users can scan pretty easily with these two additions. These fixes are in addition to the fork of our scanning library (i.e. one for 2/3G and one for 3GS).
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Wow. This is a great app. Here’s a suggestion that uses the core scanning engine and wish lists.
Make a separate app that lets people catalog their collections of books, cds, and dvds. I would maintain a list of my books, cds, and dvds on my phone, but it is a pain in the rear to type them all in and maintain the list manually. I tried it ONCE. If I could simply scan them all … wow, what a convenience that would be.
Basically, it is the shop savvy app without the checking for prices. OR, it could be a shop savvy feature … after the scan / check prices, provide the option “I own this” and if so then allow someone to select a list.
pretty please?
I have no idea how the prices are being updated, but how about letting trusted users do some “on the spot” product price update… same model as Gasbuddy does.
Working on a feature like that.