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Shopzilla in France

Wow, is this really as bad as it looks, or is the French version's traffic all on partner sites that do not count towards Shopzilla.fr?

Shopzilla in France
Posted by Sean O'Rourke on April 13, 2005 at 7:14 PM
Archived at Europe | France | Shopzilla

Shopping.com Powering AOL France Shopping Channel

Shopping.com Selected to Power AOL Shopping Channel in France.

"more than 3.5 million AOL French visitors will have access to Shopping.com's global product catalog through the AOL service in France and www.aol.fr"

specifically, http://shopping.aol.fr

Shopping.com Powering AOL France Shopping Channel
Posted by Sean O'Rourke on April 12, 2005 at 2:13 PM
Archived at Europe | France | Shopping.com

Shopping.com France - First Look

rechercher, comparer et acheter...

Today, Shopping.com did what it said it would do and expanded its shopping service to France, http://fr.shopping.com.

I had time to look at several categories, and this site looks like the real deal.

shopping.com - digital cameras, laptop computers, refrigerators
fr.shopping.com - digital cameras, notebook computers, refrigerators

Sure enough, my contact at Shopping.com confirmed that the FR site has the same attributes as the US site, plus some additional attributes specifically for the local audience.

That might not seem like a big deal, until you look at the difference in functionality at sites like Yahoo Shopping and their unconnected counterparts in India and Japan and Australia and...

I have not confirmed, but have to assume, that Shopping.com was able to seed the user ratings from their other sites. The only thing I did not see was user reviews, which was to be expected, or a link to add new reviews, which was not expected.

I'll look more into the European expansion in the coming weeks.

Shopping.com France - First Look
Posted by Sean O'Rourke on March 31, 2005 at 7:02 PM
Archived at Europe | France | Shopping.com

Shopping.com in 2005 - More Countries, More Categories

Integration, integration, integration. The recent trend for search engines (news, images, local, etc.) is also spreading to shopping engines.

Shopping.com plans to expand into France in the first half of 2005, and Germany in the second half of 2005. They are looking at ways to integrate new product categories with their existing categories.

"Cross-selling is part of the reason to do this," Ciporin says, adding: "We’re looking into other markets also, including travel, autos, tickets—we’re looking at all of them." source: Internet Retailer

Shopping.com in 2005 - More Countries, More Categories
Posted by Sean O'Rourke on February 15, 2005 at 9:16 AM
Archived at France | Germany | Shopping.com