But with a new app called Slice, you can have your own virtual shopping assistant. This tool analyzes the transaction e-mails sent by merchants then organizes all relevant information to your account. This will allow you to track your products, view your purchase history, notify you of price-drops, and alert you on subscribed daily deals.

Slice works by scanning your Gmail or Yahoo account for e-mails sent by merchants. Once your Slice account is set up, the dashboard will give you a quick view of your latest purchases. Here you can also find the status of your item, be it an order confirmation, shipping status, or a purchase issue.

Slice also includes a map for each entry so you can see where your purchase is during transit. The app can also notify you if your purchased deals from sites like Groupon or Livingsocial are about to expire.

Slice is a great app for anyone who shops from a variety of online stores. With this tool, you won’t forget any transaction again. It is also very useful for processing returned items, or if you want to manage your online spending.

Features:

• Virtual shopping assistant.
• Connects to your Gmail or Yahoo account.
• Works for thousands of online stores including Apple, Groupon and Livingsocial.
• Track purchased daily deals from one dashboard.
• Know how much you are spending to manage your budget.
• Tracks returned items.
• Get price drop alerts.
• Similar Tools: Alice, Couponmom, and MyThings.

Check out Slice @ https://www.goslice.com

ShopWithIt is a free smartphone application for Android devices. The app is sized at 1.9 MB and compatible with Android version 2.1 or later. The app can be used to browse items you like. With each item you browse through the app you are provided prices of it across various online retailers such as Amazon, ShoeMall, Nordstrom, etc. To get your friends’ opinions you can post the item to your Facebook wall from within the app.

Your friends can then comment on share. You can read the feedback within the application and then decide whether or not to buy the item.

Features:

• A user-friendly phone app.
• Compatible with Android devices.
• Lets you browse items available for purchase online.
• Lets you get opinions of friends while buying things.
• iPhone version coming soon.

Check out ShopWithIt @ http://shopwith.it/ (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

The tool starts by asking you information about your room such as the level of brightness in the room, the wideness of the room and then jumps on to your primary intended use for the HDTV. It is one of the most important criteria since your TV choice can significantly differ depending on if you want it for playing games, watching movies or simply for regular cable. Additional questions ask if you are interested in 3D caapbility and the desired size for your TV. If you don’t know what size you want, the tool can suggest a size by just asking about the distance between your TV space and the wall. You can also specify if you want to mount your TV or put it on a shelf, and if sound and Internet capabilities are important to you.

Once you provide the information and indicate a price range, the tool then scans for thousands of TV choices and picks a few select that meet your specific criteria. You can also browse a wide selection of TVs based on their popularity and level of recommendations.

Features:

• Find the right HDTV for your viewing.
• Considers viewing area, capabilities as well as your needs.
• Browse through popular or recommended TV selections.
• Click on any TV to buy it through Amazon.
• No registration required

Visit TheHDTVGenie @ www.thehdtvgenie.com/

In addition to seeing your purchase history, you can track your shipments and view their transit on a map. The most important feature however is that Slice sends you a notification whenever the price drops on something you recently purchased. This way, you can go to the vendor and request a price difference.

Slice is great in parsing and organizing information even though the user interface can use a little more work.

Features:

• Parses your online receipts and organizes information.
• Syncs with your email accounts (Yahoo! and Gmail).
• View purchase history and track shipments.
• Get notified of price drops.

Visit Slice @ https://www.projectslice.com

Choptag may just be like any comparison website, but it offers more than enough to provide shoppers insight on what to buy. You can browse for things like bikes, goggles, shirts, surfboards, rackets, tents, and more. You can also read the expert guides as well as items that they have field tested for the readers. The homepage also show hot and new products, and a list of gear use by your favorite athletes. Finally, you can filter items by price range, discounts, stores, merchants, and brands.

Choptag is a nice resource for a frictionless shopping experience that will be most useful for athletes of all levels and sports.

Features

• Comparison shopping for sports wear and equipment.
• Browse list of top athletic produce recommended by magazines and experts.
• Designed to bring you products to give you cutting-edge advantage over competitors.
• Compare merchants.
• Use search page to find product.
• Read guides.
• View daily deals.

Questions can also be embedded on your blog.  Basically, if you intend to compare multiple items through opinions and advice from friends then Rately is probably the best way to do it.

Features

• Get online shopping advice from friends on things you want to buy.
• Add multiple items from various shopping sites.
• Post on different social sites or send privately via email.

Check out Rately @ www.rately.com (By Abhijeet from GT Cool Stuff)

Pikimal is a free to use website that lets you find the products that suit your specific needs. You start by choosing the category your product belongs to: software, sports, health, electronics, etc. Within each category are items that you can pick. Suppose you were looking for a video camera, you would enter ‘Electronics’ and then select ‘Camcorders.’

When you select your product type, a list of automatically generated templates is displayed. These templates are generally what people are looking for. For instance in camcorders you can quickly jump to a template titled “for serious videographers” or “for doubling as a digital camera.”

If you prefer, you can access the detailed options that let you customize each factor of the product according to your preferences. You can modify the importance of each factor through sliders.

With your preference set, you can execute the products search and view what Pikimal comes up with. The search results include important details such as price. You can click on a product title to view more details about it.

Pikimal also lets visitors rate and write reviews for a product – these definitely help shoppers reach a decision.

Watch demo:

Features:

• A user-friendly website.
• Lets you find a product best suited to your needs.
• You can customize importance of factors or use a template.
• Products include important details.

Check out Pikimal @ www.pikimal.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

Products can be searched by keyword or browsed by categories like electronics, jewelry, health, beauty, home products and much more. Within each category, products can be filtered by department and results can be sorted by price or change in price. You can also set alerts on your favorite items and get notified when they drop to a certain price. The search feature of the tool is not the best one around, but other functionalities make it a great money saver.

Features:

• View and track price changes for Amazon products.
• Read customer reviews and product details.
• Get alerts when price of an item reaches your specified value.
• Browse through thousands of products.
• Similar sites: Cameliser, DealWaiter, ShoppingNotes and PricePinx.

Visit CarsonsBay @ www.carsonsbay.com

The tool doesn’t require a sign up and you can get started quickly after entering all the information. It can dig out some nice bargains if you don’t mind going for used products.

Features

• Find best used deals on Amazon.
• Enter wishlist ID, type of media and sort by option.

Check out Amazon Used Deals Finder @ thetastates.com/amzn/amazondeals.php (via The Red Ferret Journal By Abhijeet from Guiding Tech)

RCRD Deals offer products such as box sets, discographies, limited editions, and custom apparels. The site is also set to offer musical experience deals such as concert tickets, VIP backstage experiences, custom live music packages, and exclusive studio sessions.

For instance, their first offering is a Band of Horses Infinite Arms box set with the band t-shirt, which can be bought for $49 (valued at $60). Furthermore, the first 30 buyers will also receive a limited edition tour poster.

Another great thing about RCRD Deals is that they ship globally, so you can buy from anywhere around the world and not just from the United States. These types of deals will surely get many fans excited.

Features:

• Get discounted deals of exclusive merchandise and musical experience.
• Ships globally, purchase anywhere worldwide.
• Packages are shipped via the United States Postal Service.
• Follow the latest deals on Facebook or Twitter.
• Similar tools:

Check out RCRD Deals @ www.rcrddeals.com