To start with, simply enter the product you are looking for and enter a zip code or location to confine your results. Goodzer will display results on the left sidebar and mark all the stores included in the result on Google Maps. You can expand the search radius anywhere from 1 mile to 10 miles and sort results by relevance, price or distance.

Each result listing includes the price of the item, name of the store, a thumbnail of the product, distance from your location and address of the store. Clicking on the product name would take you to the store website, in most cases also allowing you to purchase the product online. Clicking on the address brings it up as a pop-up on Google maps allowing you to see more details about the store including a snapshot from Google Street view and an option to retrieve directions. the search engine currently claims to cover 15,000 stores in the NYC area and lets you suggest a store if its not in your database. Even though there is a significant amount of work to be done on the accuracy of the results, the fact that it is both fast and location-focused makes it a very useful tool.

Note from the developer:

“The only thing I would add is the explanation how our technology and approach is different from what existing services (Google Product Search, Milo (recently acquired by eBay), etc) are using.
Unlike mentioned websites(they all collect product data via direct integration with the retailers, which makes it extremely hard to scale so for them it is possible to cover only national chains and large retailers) our AI-powered engine is based on the smart crawler/parser and allows us to quickly aggregate product data from any retailer, big and small. This approach is also extremely scalable. ”

Features:

• Search for products in local stores.
• See stores on Google Maps.
• Sort results by price, distance or relevance.
• See Google Street view and obtain directions.
• Indexes over 15,000 stores in NYC.
• No registration required.
• iPhone app supported.

Visit Goodzer @ www.goodzer.com

Short for “e-commerce widget”, Ecwid features easy- to-use tools that streamlines your online business so that you can quickly sell your products without the need for complicated e-commerce scripts.

Setting up an online store with Ecwid is very easy. Once you get into the control panel, you can upload your products and edit the store settings. Then get the embed code and paste it into your website to render a web store on your page. You can set up the payment method, shipping information, product description, shopping carts, and more.

Ecwid lets you set up a mobile version of your online store. You can also use Ecwid to create and manage an online store in Facebook and MySpace. This powerful e-commerce tool will definitely keep your online business up and running.

Features:

• Create an online store.
• Drag-and-drop support.
• Integrates with existing sites easily.
• Widgets include product browsers, categories, product search and mini cart.
• Manage and track your inventory.
• Create unlimited categories and subcategories.
• No software installation is required.
• Configurable shipping rules.
• Realtime shipment tracking.
• Customizable email notifications.
• HTML version for mobile devices and SEO purposes.
• Invoice printing.
• Track payment and shipping status.
• Support for PayPal, Google Checkout, Authorize.NET, and 2CheckOut.
• Similar Tools: BigCartel and FatFreeCart.

Check out Ecwid @ www.ecwid.com

You can customize your store design, track inventory and offer product discounts. Unlike other e-commerce solutions they don’t take commission on your sales, your only fees are the PayPal fees to process your orders. There are bothe free and paid accounts. Free account lets you sell up to 5 products and provides basic stats and customization options. Paid plans start from $10/month and include additional benefits like better stats, full customization, inventory tracking, discount codes and custom domains.

Features:

• Allows anyone to set up online store and sell stuff.
• Easy, hassle-free setup.
• No need to know technical stuff like merchant account, server configuration and software installation.
• No commission on your sales, orders processed via PayPal.
• Free plan lets you sell up to 5 products and provides basic stats and customization options.

Check out BigCartel @ www.bigcartel.com

“..it has been successfully tested on humans and they absolutely love it (which means higher conversion rates for you). ”

Additional Features

• Options to include and automatically handle ‘shipping’, ‘handling’, and ‘tax’ fees.
• Supported Currency: 16 currencies for PayPal and 2 for Google Checkout.
• Get free shopping card code here.
• Code Generator: Fill in the details and instantly generate ready code for your shopping card.
• In case you need more advanced features check out premium version: E-junkie’s FatFreeCart Pro.

Check out FatFreeCart @ www.fatfreecart.com