A growing number of Australians are going online to compare before they buy as Australia’s leading comparison shopping website, www.getprice.com.au reports its biggest month to date.

Reporting a massive 2.7 million people shopping for the month of June, getprice.com.au has seen an increase of traffic of more than 500% to the site from June 2008.

“As one of Australia’s fastest growing websites, we are seeing a huge increase in consumers coming to us to make their money go further,” said getprice.com.au Chief Executive, Chris Hitchen.

“Knowledge is power when making purchase decisions and consumers want to be able to see all their options quickly. This is with good reason too with consumers saving up to 60% by going online and comparing before completing their purchase.”

“From electronics to perfume – www.getprice.com.au can deliver consumers with thousands of product comparisons in a matter of seconds.”

Shopping trends reported by www.getprice.com.au in June:

• Australians are heading indoors to exercise in the winter months with treadmills being the most popular sports and travel product, followed by pilates machines and exercise bikes.
• Panasonic, Cannon and Olympus digital cameras remain extremely popular with their products being in the top ten most search electronic items.
• The traditional trampoline remains the most popular product for Aussie kids, followed by swings and scooters.
• Perfumes such as Gucci Flora by Gucci, Issey Miyake L’Eau D’Issey and Giorgio Armani Acqua were the most popular health and beauty products
• Sony Playstation topped the computer and games category – followed by the Asus EE Laptop, HP Mini 2140 and Acer 5533

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