Course 10


Price comparison websites

Description: Expand your customer reach by using price comparison websites for dropshipping. Find out how price comparison websites work, the benefits of using them, which ones are popular, and an easy walkthrough of how to register as a seller.



What is a price comparison website?


A price comparison website compares the prices of the products from different online sellers. They are popular with consumers for getting the best price for a particular item without spending hours researching each seller's website manually. Price comparison websites are also used to search for voucher and discount codes.


Why do consumers like price comparison websites?


The benefits for dropshipping on price comparison websites are similar to online marketplaces. These are:


  • Convenience: It takes less time to find the best supplier of a product
  • Price: It's easy for price-sensitive shoppers to get a great deal
  • Trust: Consumers trust well-known price comparison websites

Why sell via price comparison websites?


Advantages Disadvantages
  • They support cross-border sales
  • Easily integrate your ecommerce website with a price comparison website
  • Advanced search filter features on price comparison websites are popular with shoppers
  • Take advantage of their big-budget marketing campaigns
  • Get your products in front of a large audience quickly
  • High customer trust and loyalty
  • Monitor your revenue with sales analytics
  • Easy and quick to get started
  • Your prices must be low to attract price-sensitive shoppers that want the best deal
  • High competition with other sellers
  • You must have an ecommerce website
  • There are some prerequisites to qualify as a seller such as the country where based, customer service language offered, and return policy
  • There may be commission charged by the price comparison website

Popular price comparison websites

These are some of the most trusted and most visited price comparison websites in different countries around the world.


USA


  1. Google Shopping
  2. Bizrate
  3. Bestproducts.com
  4. Yahoo Shopping
  5. Price.com
  6. Shopzilla
  7. Pronto
  8. PayPal Honey


Canada


  1. Google Shopping
  2. Best Products
  3. Biz Rate
  4. Shopbot
  5. PriceBat
  6. PriceGrabber
  7. Shopzilla
  8. PayPal Honey


UK 


  1. Google Shopping
  2. Price Runner
  3. Kelkoo
  4. Idealo
  5. Price Spy
  6. Price Checker
  7. Hot UK Deals
  8. PayPal Honey


Europe


  1. Google Shopping (multiple countries)
  2. Kelkoo (multiple countries)
  3. Idealo (multiple countries)
  4. MyDealz.de (Germany)
  5. Bizrate (multiple countries)
  6. Secprf.com (multiple countries)
  7. Lemeilleuravis.fr (France)
  8. Comparis.ch (Switzerland)
  9. Prisjakt.no (Norway)
  10. Heureka.cz (Czech Republic)
  11. Trovaprezzi.it (Italy)
  12. Price Runner (multiple countries)
  13. Skapiec.pl (Poland)
  14. Moyo.ua (Ukraine)
  15. Beslist.nl (Netherlands)
  16. Cool Blue (multiple countries)
  17. Custojusto.pt (Portugal)
  18. Kuantokusta.pt (Portugal)


UAE


  1. Google Shopping
  2. Tellmyprice.com
  3. Secprf.com
  4. Yaoota
  5. Pricena
  6. Kanbkam


Australia


  1. Google Shopping
  2. Best Products
  3. Get Price
  4. Price Me
  5. Mozo
  6. My Deal



Japan



  1. Kakaku
  2. Yahoo Shopping
  3. Shoply
  4. Aucfan
  5. Findki
  6. Starday