PriceGrabber
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PriceGrabber.com is a price comparison service
. They've partnered with more than 13,000 merchants, retailers, and sellers and provide free information on millions of products in 25 different categories. The company also serves as the data source for numerous other shopping Web sites, including AOL Shopping, Bing, About.com, iVillage, Comcast and CNET.
PriceGrabber.com was the first comparison shopping engine to project tax and shipping cost information for a consumer during the price comparison process.
PriceGrabber was acquired by Experian
in 2005 for $485 million, negotiated by then CEO Kamran Pourzanjani
who founded the company along with Tamim Mourad in 1999.
Price comparison service
On the internet, a price comparison service allows individuals to see different lists of prices for specific products. Most price comparison services do not sell products themselves, but source prices from retailers from whom users can buy...
. They've partnered with more than 13,000 merchants, retailers, and sellers and provide free information on millions of products in 25 different categories. The company also serves as the data source for numerous other shopping Web sites, including AOL Shopping, Bing, About.com, iVillage, Comcast and CNET.
PriceGrabber.com was the first comparison shopping engine to project tax and shipping cost information for a consumer during the price comparison process.
PriceGrabber was acquired by Experian
Experian
Experian plc, formerly known as CCN Systems, is a global credit information group with operations in 36 countries. The company employs 15,500 people with corporate headquarters in Dublin, Ireland and operational headquarters in Nottingham, England and Costa Mesa, California, US...
in 2005 for $485 million, negotiated by then CEO Kamran Pourzanjani
Kamran Pourzanjani
Kamran Pourzanjani is an entrepreneur and an early angel investor based in Los Angeles, California. He co-founded and was formerly the CEO of PriceGrabber, a comparison shopping site started in 1999 with less than $1.5 million in angel funding...
who founded the company along with Tamim Mourad in 1999.