Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Amazon Promotes Price Check App With Discount Offer

Not sure if that sale item is really a deal? Seattle-based Amazon.com is hoping that users will start using its Price Check mobile app to make sure--and perhaps, buy from the e-commerce site instead--with a promotion this week. According to Amazon, it will provide an additional, 5 percent discount on up to three qualifying items in certain categories, when users use its Price Check by Amazon app to check on the pricing of those items. Amazon's apps run on the iPhone and Android, and are free. The apps scan barcodes using a mobile phone camera and compares it to prices on Amazon's web site. The firm said that electronics, toys, music, sporting goods and DVDs will qualify for the discount.