The update gives users a “red carpet experience” by taking them through each of the new features step-by-step. We’ve of course retained ShopSavvy’s core value of helping people save money, but with this redesign we’re entering into the larger product discovery space.

Through this iOS update, iPhone and iPad users can take advantage of ShopSavvy’s many new features, including:

• Categories that give users the ability to see the top trending products within the ShopSavvy community, including books, movies, electronics, video games and more
• Cleaner and simpler navigation that provides easier list viewing, product scanning and searching, history viewing and user profile access
• Larger, more prominent and higher-resolution product images to make browsing even easier
• Improved product and category lists through a user experience enhancement that allows shoppers to easily create, view and update lists by swiping from screen-to-screen and dragging and dropping products into the lists.

We’re dedicated to continually improving the mobile experience for shoppers and helping businesses of all kinds bridge the gap between themselves and their target audiences in new and innovative ways. Let us know what you think of the updated app!

- The ShopSavvy Team

The initiative gave holders of Capital One Rewards cards $20 on purchases of $40 or more when they used ShopSavvy Wallet. Capital One Deals introduced shoppers to brands during the shopping experience, which made it unique in the credit card industry. Capital One was also first among financial services institutions to launch an application programming initiative to allow for more robust partnerships with products and platforms.

Powering the initiative was ShopSavvy Wallet, which allows users to make mobile purchases with just one tap from dozens of major retailers including Walmart, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Nordstrom, Toys ‘R’ Us, JC Penney and Home Depot. ShopSavvy Wallet users who scan an item in a store and see a better deal online can purchase it immediately without ever leaving ShopSavvy.

We’re grateful to Capital One, and especially to Capital One Labs, the digital innovation laboratory of Capital One led by Managing Vice President Mark Jamison. We look forward to more partnerships that bring customers and brands closer using the power of mobile technology.

- The ShopSavvy Team

Capital One Deals gives holders of Capital One Rewards cards $20 on purchases of $40 or more when they use ShopSavvy Wallet. It is unique in the credit card industry as it introduces shoppers to brands during the shopping experience.
It also helps consumers take advantage of ShopSavvy Wallet and make mobile purchases with just one tap.

ShopSavvy Wallet users who scan an item in a store and see a better deal online can purchase it immediately without ever leaving ShopSavvy. Unlike other online shopping systems, ShopSavvy’s neutral search results enable consumers to compare prices from a wide range of retailers.

ShopSavvy and Capital One are proud to offer Capital One Deals through the ShopSavvy Wallet, and both companies are looking forward to making the most of this relationship.

Take a look at the below examples of some deals offered.

- The ShopSavvy Team

It starts when Capital One Rewards Card members use ShopSavvy to search for an item in a store. That’s when they are notified of Deals on that item. To be eligible, cardholders set up ShopSavvy Wallet. Then they simply tap the blue price tag button, purchase the product, and automatically receive their savings in the form of a credit on their next statement.

ShopSavvy Wallet allows users to make mobile purchases with just one tap from dozens of major retailers including Walmart, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Nordstrom, Toys ‘R’ Us, JC Penney and Home Depot. ShopSavvy Wallet users who scan an item in a store and see a better deal online can purchase it immediately without ever leaving ShopSavvy. Unlike other online shopping systems, ShopSavvy’s neutral search results enable consumers to compare prices from a wide range of retailers.

Capital One Deals introduces shoppers to brands at a most pivotal point: during the shopping experience. That makes this initiative unique in the credit card industry. Capital One is also first among financial services institutions to launch an application programming initiative to allow for more robust partnerships with products and platforms.

We’re very excited about this venture because of its potential to improve the shopping experiences of users with highly targeted offers relevant to their shopping preferences. We are convinced that this kind of targeted outreach will be an increasingly vital element of retailing in the future; and we’re pleased to taking this step forward with a company like Capital One.

Download ShopSavvy through the iTunes App Store at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shopsavvy-barcode-scanner/id338828953.

For Android users, download ShopSavvy on Google Play at: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.biggu.shopsavvy.

- The ShopSavvy Team

All of you smartphone and tablet users are increasingly skipping the store lines and identifying products to purchase via keyword searches. That’s why we’ve updated our app to ensure we’re giving you the information you need. From full-screen product photos to demo videos and community reviews – you now have more details than ever to make your purchasing decisions within the app.

Just one example of the many data enhancements to the shopping app: more than 10,000 videos of men’s and women’s shoes, clothing and accessories in use.  Our hope is that this added information will help you feel even more confident making online purchases without ever leaving ShopSavvy.

Some other cool features in the ShopSavvy update include:

• Cleaner, easier-to-navigate user interface
• More product reviews that are conveniently accessible directly from the product screen
• Higher-resolution product photos to give you a thorough understanding of what you’re considering for purchase
• Thousands of additional videos to view directly within the product screen
• 30 percent increase in special deals and offers, a result of ShopSavvy’s partnerships with additional retailers, aggregators and other deal sources such as Fancy, a popular mobile app used to discover, collect and buy from a crowd-curated catalog of goods
• The ability to identify new products of interest to you through the “Related Products” functionality
• Enhanced option for you to flag incorrect or incomplete data and add prices for local stores that aren’t already listed within the app.

As if ShopSavvy hadn’t already made saving money easier, millions of Android and iOS users will gain a much richer user experience through this update, making it even easier for shoppers to get the product, pricing and additional information they need to make online purchases with confidence. This revamp not only provides unprecedented levels of detail about the products you’re looking to buy, but sets the stage for greatly increased sharing among members of ShopSavvy’s growing shopping community.

Tim Conway Jr. and his co-hosts of The Cash Daddy Show recently discussed their difficulties buying holiday gifts for their loved ones. Co-host Colby Estes recalled that when trying to purchase a toy gun for his son, the retailer not only charged more than the advertised price, but would not use its price-matching service to match a competitor’s much-lower price.

Conway suggested shoppers use ShopSavvy to make sure they get the lowest price. Check out his report.

Download Audio Clip

One of the most significant changes we’ve ever made to our shopping platform went live today with the launch of ShopSavvy’s new product page on iPhone.

This release provides additional product information, local store listings and photos our customers have been asking for, along with videos. It’s all simple and easy to use. We’re confident that these changes combined with the just-completed improvements to the back end of our system make ShopSavvy the best source for local and online results and product data.

You’ll notice that many products already have massive amounts of new information, and in the coming weeks and months, we will be extending this content across more and more products and categories. You won’t be able to get anything like it anywhere else – and it’s always just a finger tap away. You can download the new release here, and see some screenshots below.

I’d like to thank our iOS team, which spent more than a few sleepless weekends to get these changes to our users for the busiest holiday shopping days. Big thanks as well to the back-end team that powers our local and online results, the foundation of ShopSavvy’s brand promise to users.  Lastly, thanks to the guys at Apple who made an extra effort to get all the new features in V6 out this season.

I’m excited about what this new product page is today, but I’m thrilled about the direction it will take us in the coming months. Soon our users will be able to play a much larger role in contributing content for the shopping community as part of the ShopSavvy platform and see amazing new content they can’t get anywhere else but ShopSavvy.

The transformative change coming to shopping and local commerce is just beginning, and we’re glad to be a part of it. We want your feedback on the release, so feel free to toss me an email at John@ShopSavvy.com. Meanwhile, we hope you love the new product page as much as we do.

Happy holidays.

John
CEO and Co-Founder

Screenshots from the today’s release:

Based on a study of 600 random product searches across popular product categories such as consumer electronics, video games, books, movies, home and family, and office products, ShopSavvy outpaced other apps in the number of results displayed. For example, with Product Cloud 2.0 ShopSavvy displayed on average 30 percent more local, in-store offers than RedLaser, as well as almost twice as many online price results. This new back-end update continues our commitment to local commerce and our customers will start to see improvement in results and content immediately.

Innovations like Product Cloud 2.0 bring much more robust connections to ShopSavvy Marketplace, which allows our retailers to enter and manage their inventory, price and store information directly into our mobile marketplace of retailers. We’ve been adding around 150 new retailer accounts each month and Product Cloud 2.0 advances our local store results in particular when our customers want convenience and immediacy of buying locally.

ShopSavvy has the best price on new products 67 percent of the time, while Amazon has the best prices only 5 percent of the time. The average competitor has the best result only 17 percent of the time. For used products, ShopSavvy has the best price 96 percent of the time, while eBay’s RedLaser only has the best prices 12 percent of the time. The average shopping platform has the best prices 9.5 percent of the time.

Our promise to customers is to provide a neutral and unbiased shopping experience. We are not trying to steer customers to any particular retailer or tilt the playing field for one retailer over another. We are committed to building a healthier and more vibrant marketplace for our customers and leveraging big data technology to help users shop smarter.

Check out the Good Morning Texas Tech Tuesday clip below for a full ShopSavvy demo on a number of platforms, including iPhone, Android and even the newly released iPad version!

WLS-CHI (ABC) – Chicago, IL
WDSU-NO (NBC) – New Orleans, LA
KNVN-CR (NBC) – Chico/Redding, CA
KHSL-CR (CBS) – Chico/Redding, CA
KPRC-HOU (NBC) – Houston, TX
WITN-GRENC (NBC) – Greenville, NC
KNOP (NBC) – North Platte, NE
WHO-DM (NBC) – Des Moines, IA
KSNF (NBC) – Joplin, MO
WGAL-HAR (NBC) – Harrisburg, PA
WAND (NBC) – Champaign, IL
WBOY (NBC) – Clarksburg, WV
WJHG (NBC) – Panama City, FL
WLEX (NBC) – Lexington, KY
WPSD (NBC) – Paducah, KY
WAFF (NBC) – Huntsville, AL
KGW-POR (NBC) – Portland, OR
KPNX-PHX (NBC) – Phoenix, AZ
WRC-DC (NBC) – Washington, D.C.
WFIE (NBC) – Evansville, IN
KSAN (NBC) – San Angelo, TX
WLWT-CIN (NBC) – Cincinnati, OH
WCPO-CIN (ABC) – Cincinnati, OH
WOWT (NBC) – Omaha, NE
WJAC (NBC) – Johnstown-Altoona, PA
KSL-SLC (NBC) – Salt Lake City, UT
KPVI (NBC) – Idaho Falls, ID
WETM (NBC) – Elmira, NY
KFOR-OKC (NBC) – Oklahoma City, OK
KDNL-STL (ABC) – St. Louis, MO
WILX (NBC) – Lansing, MI
WNEM (CBS) – Flint, MI