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CNET.com.au partners with Shopping.com to launch leading comparison shopping experience for consumer tech
SYDNEY, Australia 5 July, 2006 - Shopping.com, the global pioneer in online comparison shopping, today announced it has been selected by CNET.com.au to provide the website's visitors with a leading comparison shopping experience to support them in making informed purchasing decisions when buying new consumer technologies.
Launched this week, the new comparison shopping channel ensures that CNET.com.au readers now have access to a comprehensive and user-friendly search facility where they can compare prices on a range of products across the 16 consumer tech categories that CNET.com.au represents with its latest news and reviews.
"CNET.com.au is already a top source of information and inspiration for those who get that our lives have truly gone digital. Our editorial staff review thousands of products each year, providing expert and unbiased advice on what products to buy, as well as coverage of breaking news and trends," Wendy Hogan, Managing Director and Vice President, CNET Networks Australia.
"Readers need a "one-stop" resource where they can research products for what they can do as well as on price and value for money. This partnership ensures that we can provide the best possible comparison shopping experience for our readers."
Shopping.com is providing CNET.com.au with access to retailers across all its product categories. CNET.com.au offers the latest news, reviews, downloads, "how-to" guides and video across 16 main consumer tech categories - broadband, camcorders, desktops, digital cameras, DVD & PVR, games, home theatre, laptops, mp3 players, PDAs & GPS, printers, projectors, software, TVs and Wi-Fi.
Shopping.com Australia currently has over 300 Australian retailers representing computers and software, consumer electronics, home and garden as well as media and sporting goods with well over half a million products on board.
"Our strategic partners, such as CNET.com.au, value the breadth and depth of our global shopping catalogue," Shaun Cornelius, Country Manager, Shopping.com Australia, said. "In turn, our retailers are benefiting from the addition of millions of potential new customers viewing their products online."
Shopping.com powers the shopping experience for some of the Internet's most popular destinations including: IDG in Australia; USA Today in the US; AOL in France and in Germany, Preisverglich.
Shopping.com Australia launched last month with both smaller local Australian retailers and large well-known retailers like Dick Smith, EzyDVD, Deals Direct, Peter's of Kensington as well as global retailers like Apple, Amazon, Strawberrynet and Dell.
About Shopping.com
Shopping.com, an eBay company, pioneered online comparison shopping and today is one of the fastest growing shopping destinations on the Internet. With millions of products, thousands of merchants and millions of reviews from the Epinions community, Shopping.com empowers consumers to make informed choices and, as a result drives conversion to sale and value for merchants.
About CNET.com.au
CNET.com.au (www.cnet.com.au) is a leading source of information and inspiration for users and buyers of consumer technology.
CNET.com.au shows readers the possibilities--and the excitement--of how technology can enhance and enrich their lives. CNET.com.au reviews thousands of products each year, providing expert and unbiased advice on what technology to buy and how to use it, as well as coverage of breaking news and trends.
CNET.com.au's expertise is embodied in its team of editors, reviewers and freelancers who are passionate users of technology and gadgets themselves.
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