uBid releases uBidShopper Comparison Shopping Tool

[Kristijntje]

uBid has released a comparison shopping toolbar:

uBid.com Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: UBHI) whose uBid Inc. subsidiary is one of the leading business-to-consumer and business-to-business online auction companies (www.uBid.com), and SmartShopper.com (www.SmartShopper.com) announced today the launch of uBidShopper, a new, downloadable, comparison shopping software service designed for uBid.com customers.

uBidShopper is free, easy and safe to use. When users search for products or travel deals online, the uBidShopper tool conveniently appears in a separate browser pane with a list of relevant offers from uBid.com's related product categories. If an item is not available from uBid.com, the tool uses SmartShopper.com's technology to scour thousands of other online merchants and present a broad selection of product, travel and merchant information.

"uBid.com is constantly looking for new ways to increase our value and enhance customer relationships," said Anthony Priore, Chief Marketing Officer for uBid.com. "uBidShopper is another convenient way to help our members find compelling offers within uBid.com's trusted marketplace."

"SmartShopper.com and uBid.com have partnered to bring users a truly valuable service. The uBidShopper is the perfect desktop marketing tool, enabling uBid.com to extend and deepen customer relationships. Today, companies need more intuitive tools to allow them to stay connected to customers longer and offer real user benefits as well," said Ziv Eliraz, Vice President of Strategic Alliances at SmartShopper.com.

SmartShopper.com worked with uBid.com to integrate its inventory of products into a custom version of SmartShopper, built around uBid.com's unique product offering. uBidShopper is based on SmartShopper.com's proprietary comparison shopping tool that scours the Internet to deliver the most competitive and relevant retail and travel offers.

Benefits and features for uBid.com include:

    * Customizable design that maintains uBid.com's look and feel
    * Built-in auction timer that counts down real-time data for each offer
    * Configurable interface that displays dynamic content
    * Automatic delivery of relevant uBid.com products and offers to users whenever and anywhere they shop online
    * Keeps uBid.com in front of consumers at critical time of purchase, even if they're browsing at another merchant site
    * Cross product promotions that enable uBid.com to offer related items and accessories from its inventory
    * Branded uBid.com icon that provides highly visible presence on user's browser and easy access to uBid.com's trusted offers
    * Unique "Mega Auctions" tab to highlight current uBid.com promotions

Consumers can download uBidShopper for free from uBid.com at www.ubid.com. uBid.com will also make the tool accessible via cd-roms that will be shipped with customer deliveries.

full press release: http://www.ubid.com/about/Press_room/press45.asp
more details and download: http://www.ubid.com/promo/ubidshopper/?refloc=vp2