If you are like hundreds of other developers you thought it might be cool to include our barcode scanner SDK in your mobile app – licensees include companies like Consumer Reports, PriceGrabber, CNET and Walmart/Sam’s Club. As of today more than 500 developers are using our SDK to scan barcodes in their mobile apps on iOS and Android. There are hundreds (perhaps thousands) of other developers who are using our SDK in their mobile apps WITHOUT a license (FYI – you really need to execute a license agreement ASAP).
We license our barcode scanning technology to developers with five license options. You can use ScannerKit completely FREE if you agree to include our advertising framework in your app or choose from one of our paid options. Non-commercial licenses (students, universities, museums) are available at no cost, without ads. Download the License Agreement and select a licensing option in Section 3.1. Learn more or download the SDK here.
We announced this morning that the newly released Sam’s Club App incorporates ShopSavvy’s barcode scanner — another huge endorsement of ShopSavvy technology on the heels of our Consumer Reports announcement last month.
Here’s an excerpt from today’s press release:
Sam’s Club Selects ShopSavvy Barcode Scanner by Big in Japan to Power Mobile Application
Must-have app for Sam’s Club members uses built-in scanner to deliver product details, member reviews and more
DALLAS, Nov. 9, 2010 — Big in Japan, the leader in barcode-powered shopping by mobile consumers, announced that Sam’s Club®, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and serving more than 47 million members in the U.S., has released the Sam’s Club App for iPhone, Android and Blackberry, incorporating the ShopSavvy® ScannerKit SDK.
“We are delighted to work with Sam’s Club and to have our technology available to their members nationwide,” said Alexander Muse, co-founder of Big in Japan. “It’s a tremendous vote of confidence by Sam’s Club, and we are grateful for their trust”…
Like other apps utilizing the ShopSavvy ScannerKit SDK, the Sam’s Club App will incorporate AdOns®, the Big in Japan UPC/GPS mobile advertising framework. The framework uses the scanned product’s UPC code and phone’s GPS location data to serve highly targeted advertising at the point of highest purchase intent – namely, when the mobile consumer is standing in a retail store with a potential purchase in hand.
Interested companies and developers can access the ShopSavvy ScannerKit SDK at freebarcodescanner.com. The Sam’s Club app is available in the iTunes Store.
The folks at Consumer Reports are well-known for their due diligence in assessing product and service quality — which makes us really pleased that they selected ShopSavvy barcode technology to power the new Consumer Reports Mobile Shopper app for iPhone.
As part of the deal, we’ll also get to share Consumer Reports information with ShopSavvy users.
Here’s an excerpt from today’s press release:
Big in Japan, the leader in barcode-powered shopping by mobile consumers, announced that Consumer Reports has incorporated ShopSavvy® barcode-scanning technology in its newly released iPhone app, Consumer Reports Mobile Shopper™. In addition, ShopSavvy’s 6.5 million users on the iPhone, Android and Nokia platforms will see a callout when they have scanned an item that Consumer Reports has tested, along with how many other models exist and have been tested in that category.
“We are delighted to work with Consumer Reports and to have our barcode-scanning technology used by their dedicated and highly informed subscriber base,” said Alexander Muse, co-founder of Big in Japan. “We are also pleased to be able to offer Consumer Reports information to ShopSavvy users; this represents another differentiator for our market-leading comparison-shopping app.”
Consumer Reports Mobile Shopper provides users with instant access to Ratings, Recommendations, Brand Reliability and Buying Advice on thousands of appliances, electronics, children’s products, car-related, and home products. It is available for an introductory price of $9.99 for one year’s access in the iTunes Store.
“We can now put the power of Consumer Reports in consumers’ hands when they are at local retailers, enabling them to access Ratings, compare prices, locate better values and share recommendations,” said Jerry Steinbrink, vice president of publishing for Consumer Reports. “We consider it a highly promising media platform.”
Interested companies and developers can access Big in Japan’s ShopSavvy ScannerKit SDK at www.freebarcodescanner.com.
Big in Japan announced this week that MultipleStreams, a worldwide dealer of used books, CDs and DVDs, has released version 2.0 of its YouSell app for iPhone, incorporating the ShopSavvy ScannerKit SDK. YouSell enables individuals to receive real-time cash offers on used merchandise by scanning the product’s barcode with the iPhone’s built-in camera.
Here’s an excerpt from the release:
“If you’re tired of lugging textbooks, movies and other stuff around to retail establishments only to get low-ball offers, the YouSell app is the better alternative,” said Matt Stein, purchasing manager of MultipleStreams. “YouSell provides the fastest, most convenient way to get solid cash offers for your used items.”
When a YouSell user scans a UPC or EAN barcode, MultipleStreams delivers an instant price offer from its product pricing database. If the user accepts the offer, he or she ships the item to the company’s warehouse for free using a prepaid shipping label provided by MultipleStreams. Once the item passes a quality inspection, payment is promptly sent to the seller by check or PayPal.
“YouSell is a valuable app for selling used merchandise, and we are pleased to provide the technology that powers its scanning functionality,” said Alexander Muse, co-founder of Big in Japan. “YouSell is one of more than 200 apps now in development utilizing the ShopSavvy ScannerKit SDK.”
Matt at MultipleStreams was also interviewed by Dan Butcher at Mobile Commerce Daily:
“The ShopSavvy ScannerKit SDK is the best scanning technology available for app developers,” Mr. Stein said. “It was very straightforward for us to incorporate it into YouSell to make the app more attractive to users.
“While our app is not directly tied to the ShopSavvy app, we think the two apps are good complements to one another,” he said. “ShopSavvy allows users to find the best local price for an item they want to purchase, while YouSell provides the user with a live cash offer for something they wish to sell.
“Combining both apps, a user can both wisely purchase and sell items, assuring they are getting the best deal possible in both cases.”
We are always surprised by the ways people use our barcode scanner library in their applications. One developer, Andrew Pym the developer of the Star Wars Lego Guide, emailed me this weekend with an issue he was having with our scanner and I asked him about his app. I was excited to learn that he was using our scanner to help Lego fans scan the barcodes of Lego boxes so one could determine what mini figures were included. His app is cal led Lego Mini Figure Identifier + and reveals all EU and USA contents of all new mini figures. Scan the QR code to the right with ShopSavvy (app is for Android only) and download it automatically. Enjoy!
Lego Mini Figure Identifier + Screenshots
