Rediff.com introduces new enhanced Product Search

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Mumbai, June 09, 2008

Catering to the users who like to shop offline but do feature comparison online, Rediff.com has introduced a new enhanced version of its popular Product Search. Rediff Product Search has been upgraded to offer the consumers one stop destination to do comparison shopping across various categories of products and make a better informed decision. http://productsearch.rediff.com

The new enhanced service now allows users to compare products across brands, features, price points, user ratings and check availability in their city with complete contact details. The service now covers more than 16 product categories under electronics and has also introduced Cars and Bikes as new categories.

Users can now get a grid view of the products under different brands and can find and do feature based comparison of the products by brands, by latest price points, or by most popular products to help them make a better informed decision.

One of the new unique features of the service is the actual market price history of the product which covers the price movement for a period of over 6 months. This feature also lets the users to set a price alert by just entering their email address and setting their target price and the system automatically sends them an alert as soon the price is close to the set target price.

And if the user chooses to be contacted by seller representative to get further information about the product they can send a free sms to the seller expressing their interest from the system itself. This feature is particularly useful when one is comparing a bike or a car – as the user can use the SMS service to ask for a free test drive of the vehicle.

Based on the consumer need to do comparison shopping, Rediff Product Search offers users all the information they need before they zero down on a particular product of a brand. The users find this service extremely useful especially for Electronic Products like Digital Cameras, mobile phones, laptops, mp3 players, home appliances, and storage devices as there are unlimited options available for each of these products at variety of price points offered by several brands.

The service is designed to bridge the gap between the offline sellers and the consumers who want to buy products offline but cannot decide on which product to buy and from where.

Rediff Product Search

Compare over 16 product categories in electronics

Compare leading bikes and car

Compare product by features

Use refine search to find and compare products by price bands and features

Check price history

Find best deals available in your city (seller contact details)

Contact sellers using Free SMS facility

Send Free SMS to ask for Test Drives

Set Price Change/Target Price alerts

For further information, please contact:

Gaurav Bhaskar

Rediff.com India Limited

Tel: 91-22-24449144

Email: gauravb@rediff.co.in