Bot Shopping For those of us who love (or hate) shopping, a shopping bot can become your best friend. Regardless of whether you are shopping in a store or online you still have to research products, compare prices, select a seller, and find the safest way to pay. Shopping in the information age is easier than ever, especially with the help of a shopping bot.
Shopping bots are price comparison websites that automatically search the inventory of different vendors to find the lowest possible price, saving you time and money. Shopping bots will rank the product you are looking for by price and link you directly to the vendor's website. Popular shopping bots include mysimon.com , Gomez. com , Bizrate.com , shopzilla.com , and Google's shopping bot at www.google.com/products .
Choose a product you are interested in purchasing and use three of the different shopping bots to compare prices.
Did the different shopping bots return the same information and prices? Which shopping bot was the easiest to use?
Will you continue using shopping bots? What are the advantages and disadvantages for a company using shopping bots to purchase office supplies or raw materials?