Price comparison and product search for food: preisrunter.at starts in Austria
from Lars Matt 
on May 30, 2023, 12:22 pm | Write a comment
There is no topic that currently concerns Austrians more than inflation. Especially in the supermarket for groceries, price increases are incomprehensible to many and difficult to compare. The platform Preis__runter starts as a price comparison for groceries and supermarkets in Austria.
Everyone compares prices online on platforms like Geizhals or Idealo. Why not with groceries? It is precisely this gap that the new platform wants pricedown.at in Austria and offer a price comparison for everyday shopping. Consumers can find the cheapest products, monitor price trends and understand price changes.
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Product search that finds (almost) everything
At the price down food search you can simply type in the desired product. All hits from 150.000 products and over 10 markets are then displayed. Currently, in addition to the supermarket giants Billa, Hofer and Spar, the markets Bipa, DM, Lidl, MPREIS, Müller, Penny and Unimarkt are also supported.
Image: Price down / David Wurm
Intelligent sorting functions and filters are available to make it as easy as possible for users to compare prices. So will the price pro Unit (pro Kilo, pro Piece, pro Liter) is displayed to identify deceptive packaging. A price comparison is also available for the DM and REWE markets in Germany. It is noticeable here that numerous products cost considerably less at our German neighbors, even though they come from Austria.
Prices always up to date
Outdated prices make little sense. For this reason, all prices are updated several times a day and are immediately updated after a change at the discounter. Promotional prices are also marked so that price increases or decreases can be tracked. New markets are constantly being added, and new functions such as a price alarm and the search for product groups are also planned. The highest price changes of the current day are also displayed on the homepage every day.
Image: Price down / David Wurm
The display of the last price increase is also practical: this is displayed at the Product Search displayed directly next to the respective product.
Price history, shopping cart and more
Additional functions are also available on Price__down to make the price comparison even easier:
- The Grocery price history for Austria on Pricerunter offers the possibility to easily display all price changes of the last few days. Here, too, you can filter by market. You can also set filters for "only more expensive" or "only cheaper" in order to display reduced or increased products individually.
- With the function "Cart“ can favoriteproProducts can be added via the product search and their prices monitored there. It can also be used as a shared shopping list for friends or family. The advantage: everyone has access without the need for a complicated account; you simply share a link. On top of that, prices are constantly updated so that the final price of the purchase is always known in advance. No surprises on the supermarket shelf.
Further functions are constantly being added in the background and should start shortly. The platform is now online and under pricedown.at a DAK Bungalow.