Australian Online Shoppers Expect To Spend More In 2009

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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 Australia’s 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.  


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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 Australia’s 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.  







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