Cell phone price comparison websites
The truth about cell phone specials is that they are happening all the time, and carriers are always giving out one kind of special or another. Whether or not the special will apply to you is the real problem for most of us as the consumer. A carrier may be running a special on a particular phone or particular contract that, even though it is on special, is too pricey for us anyway.
However, we should keep our eyes open for cell phone specials all the time. The reason being is we can probably always find ourselves getting a good deal if we kept our eyes open. The truth is, however, that most of us really cannot afford the time of hunting around for cell phone specials and we have plenty of other things to do. We will only go looking for specials when we need a cell phone.
But where do we find cell phone specials when we are looking for a cell phone? Well, we may be lucky and run into something at the local retailer which would be great but most of the time we are going to find something on the internet more than anywhere else. Plus, the internet provides us valuable resources to help us find the special we are looking for – and that is going to cater for our needs more efficiently – quickly and conveniently.
Comparison websites on the internet should be one of the first places where we would look when we are wanting to get a cell phone and are on the lookout for a good special. These websites provide for us a quick overview of which retailers are offering what at the best prices. These websites are also known as ‘price comparison services’ or ‘shopping comparison’ or even ‘price engines’. The websites do not sell the products themselves (at least, most of the time) but simply source the prices from the retailers and display to the consumer the best prices, or a list of what is available so the consumer can review it all themselves.
These kind of websites (or this kind of service) originally began in the 90’s when the graphical internet was born. They were originally add-ons (plug-ins) to the internet browsers of the day – Netscape and later Microsoft Internet Explorer. Being add-ons meant that they had to first be downloaded to the user’s machine and then installed into their internet browser. The disadvantages of this for the price comparison service was that it was inaccessible to the general public, and one could obviously not use the service from another PC.
So, as the internet grew with more people accessing it, price comparison services moved towards comparison websites or shopping portals. Retailers listing in price comparison websites pay the website a fee for being on their list, which is why these sites are helpful but you cannot rely on only one. You would have to use more than one so that you can get an extensive idea of what retailers are offering.
Initially, when price comparison services moved towards having their own websites, they could be classified as nothing more than a telephone directory with a few details. But this began to evolve as technology involved. Instead of getting information from the retailers, the website now searches the retailers’ website on its own and produce the data. This means that the data shown on comparison websites is completely up to date and functions in real time.
So if you are looking for great cell phone specials, and are looking for, say, a Motorola Razor (RAZR) you can just type in these details into the search facility at the comparison website and enjoy a list of details of each retailer and what specials they have on offer. Simple, and convenient
http://www.autopage.co.za is South Africa’s largest independant cell phone provider and they frequently offer excellent cell phone specials .
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