Sometimes we need to buys something and we want to make sure we get the best deal. We can shop all around, looking from store to store, wasting time and gas. We can also shop from site to site. In this way we save gas, but it can still take a lot of time. Another option is to use a shopping comparison site that links to a bunch of different e-retailers.
This last option can save a lot of time, as you only have to look in one place, but they usually only link to retailers that will pay them for the products. This means that if the shopping comparison site does not get a commission, they will not tell you about it. They need to make a profit after all. I recently found a shopping comparison site that claims to link to anyone and everyone that sells a product. Shopwiki doesn't require them to have an affiliate program.
As usual when I hear about something I think my readers will like, I need to research it and tell what I find. I've been wanting some bamboo towels, so I first searched for "bamboo towel". I found 343 results. I thought "a lot of these are part cottom, I'm only interested in 100% bamboo." So I added "-cotton" to the search. To my joy (and suprise) it came back with only 200 results. So it understands the minus operator. Nice.
They also allow you to limit by price, which a lot of sites do. In the searches I checked, it was accurate. I then noticed that you could limit by color. It is a full color bar that you can choose any color. I'm not sure how it works, but I picked the darkest blue I could find and then looked at the five results:
- The first came only in beige
- The second said "Product not found!"
- The third came in a blue
- So did the fourth
- The fifth was a set of trays, not a towel
So, the color match needs work.
Next, I checked out the Pacific Northwest Guide. This was part of their Outdoor and Garden Shopping Guides section. I expected to find a bunch of links to products that are specific to gardeners in this region. What I found instead was a page with information about gardening in the region, with no purchase links at all. Now the information was stereotypical saying that we are so wet our seeds might float away and that we never have to worry about drought. Well, we are in a drought right now and have one many summers. We do get plenty of rain, but there are some places known for being sunny that get more rain than we do (Florida for instance). They also totally leave out the deserts on the east end of the state. This wiki could use some work, but they do provide a space for some good information and I am impressed with that.
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