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How do they get the deals from the stores? I thought stores like ruses don't want aggregators. I imagine screen scraping would be almost impossible.
by tocomment 16y ago
How do they get the deals from the stores? I thought stores like ruses don't want aggregators. I imagine screen scraping would be almost impossible.
- hugh3 16y agoWhy wouldn't the stores like aggregators? Sure, they'd probably prefer it if you religiously looked through their catalogue every week. But if having an aggregator means that their 79-cents-per-pound special on spinach can drag a bunch of extra customers (including folks who aren't usually coupon-clippers) into the store then why not? The danger would seem to be that it makes it too easy for people to wander around to a bunch of supermarkets to do their shopping, buying only the stuff that's super-discounted at each store. But I don't think anybody really shops like that -- it's too much effort. One good bargain at a below-cost price is enough to drag someone in through the doors of your supermarket rather than anyone else's, and while they're there they might as well buy a few other things they need...
- elliottcarlson 16y agoThere are sites that take care of the circulars for the stores. Some of these providers do not allow aggregation of the data and specifically require deals to be made in terms of advertising etc.