Media Release
March 2009
What Recession? Australian Online Shoppers Expect to Spend More in
2009 and Exercise Their Write to Win!
Despite the current economic conditions, online spending in Australia is set to increase by 12%
in 2009. Research recently conducted by Celsius Research, on behalf of Shopping.com, found
that Australian shoppers spent an average of $1,097
buying products online in 2008, with the
forecast for 2009 set to defy the offline recessionary trends.
Shopping.com Managing Director, Robert Tomkinson, said in these hard economic times there
is no doubt everyone is trying to find a bargain and when it comes to shopping, buying online is
your best option for saving both time and money.
Why go to multiple websites, or deal with the hassles associated with retail stores, when you
can go to Shopping.com to research products, read consumer reviews, and compare prices
from Australias best online stores, all in one place?
Shopping.com has 1 million products, from 500 retailers spanning across 300 categories
ranging from consumer electronics to clothing and jewellery. Consumers are able to find exactly
what they are looking for while saving time and money.
The Celsius Research showed 54% of those surveyed value the ease of their shopping
experience on their chosen site, followed closely by price. Comparison shopping sites do the
hard work for you and make your shopping experience more efficient and enjoyable.
Adding to the range of shopping tools and content, Shopping.com has
just launched consumer
reviews in Australia. Reviews help consumers make an educated decision about their
purchase. They enable any consumer to express their opinion, and to access honest feedback
from other shoppers so they can feel 100% confident with their decision.
With the launch of Reviews in Australia Shopping.com is running a $5,000 prize promo Write
to Win! Each review of an item listed on Shopping.com enters the review lottery, and could be
the lucky winner. The promo ends 31st March. For more information visit:
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For More Information on Shopping.com please contact:
Robert Tomkinson, Managing Director ph 02 8288 0077
rtomkinson@shopping.com
About Shopping.com
Shopping.com is Australias leading online shopping comparison website with over 1 million Unique
Visitors per month (Nielsen Netratings Netview). They have 500 paying retailers in their Shopping.com
Australia/New Zealand partner network which includes premier partners Ninemsn, Yahoo!7, and Cnet.
Shopping.com makes online shopping simple and convenient by bringing a comprehensive set of
products from all across the Web to one accessible starting point helping consumers easily find what
they need in less time. Shopping.com provides shoppers with unbiased product and merchant reviews
and useful search tools to make it easy to buy the right products at the right price from the right online
store. Shopping.com has created an informative and trusted shopping destination which encourages
shoppers to make buying decisions with confidence.