Krillion and Shopping.com (eBay) have teamed up and created an online-offline shopping widget that goes on third party sites. It shows buyers where they can get products online or locally.
From the release:
Krillion, the company that connects online shoppers with local, in-stock product, has added product availability at leading online retailers to its category-leading product locator platform. Through a partnership with Shopping.com, the new Krillion 360 Product Locator™ enables manufacturers and web publishers to connect ready-to-buy shoppers with the products they are looking for — at all the local and online retailers that carry them.
In the large majority of cases the local/offline product will win. But some consumers who are sending gifts or can wait (and get free shipping) will opt to buy online. It’s only a matter of time, however, before all the major shopping portals will need to integrate this local store inventory data to remain competitive.
Ironically, as I’ve said in the past, smartphone use in local stores could turn out to be a boon to e-commerce — as the person confirms the product she’s looking at is the desired one and then buys online from (probably) Amazon.
June 26, 2009 at 5:48 pm |
Are there any live examples?
June 26, 2009 at 6:19 pm |
Hi Vickie – drop me a line at tim@zingpr.com and I will try to help you. /tim
June 26, 2009 at 5:58 pm |
I don’t have a live example
June 28, 2009 at 2:04 pm |
[...] does some analogous things like this with some of its customers. See also Krillion’s recent widget moves with [...]
October 11, 2009 at 6:06 am |
I’m surprised you haven’t written about Milo.com yet, Krillion’s competitor
October 11, 2009 at 1:31 pm |
Re Milo, do you know how/where they’re getting their data?
October 11, 2009 at 1:40 pm |
Thanks. I didn’t know about them honestly. That’s why