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Vendio's Comparison Shopping Toolbar Succeeds On Word-of-Mouth, Positive Reviews; Upstanding Distribution Partnerships
SAN MATEO, Calif. November 1, 2006 — Vendio™, a leading provider of services that empower online merchants to reach consumers and manage transactions, today announced that the Dealio comparison shopping toolbar surpassed one million consumer installations in less than a year. Adoption and usage of the Dealio Toolbar™ has been driven primarily by positive word-of-mouth, reviews in both consumer and trade media, and by distribution agreements with upstanding, online sources of downloadable applications.
"The rapid adoption of Dealio demonstrates its value as a truly resourceful product for online shoppers," said Rodrigo Sales, co-founder and CEO of Vendio. "Our team will continue to develop exciting features to further improve the Dealio experience and support our ambitious plans to get Dealio onto the desktops of over ten million users in the next year."
Dealio thus far has garnered positive reviews in print, broadcast and online outlets such as Computer America (radio), The New York Times, and KNTV-TV (television) for its ease of use, intuitive and automated search capabilities and comprehensive coverage of more than 30 million products from over 100,000 qualified online merchants.
While competing shopping toolbars list their search results based on which merchant is paying the highest listing fees for the search term in question, Dealio sorts its results by lowest price first. Further, Dealio's inclusion of eBay listings (both fixed price/storefront and auctions) in its search results provides a more complete "snapshot" of current pricing for many products - new, used or refurbished. And Dealio's unique "auto-trigger" function alerts consumers instantly when they are one click from overpaying for virtually anything sold online.
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About Vendio
Vendio enables merchants to reach consumers, manage transactions, and profitably grow their businesses. Dealio, Vendio's new comparison shopping service, empowers consumers to find the best deals quickly and easily from respected merchants while shopping online. Vendio's award-winning sales management services include Sales Manager Inventory Edition (named by eBay as the most innovative application for the eBay platform in 2005), Vendio Gallery, Vendio Image Hosting, and several other applications that save merchants time and increase their sales.
Vendio was founded in January 1999 and is the independent leader in online sales management. Each month, tens of thousands of small businesses utilize Vendio's sales management and merchandising services to sell over $50MM of products on both their own branded stores as well as the Web's leading marketplaces. In June of 2006, Vendio acquired a majority stake in longtime competitor, Andale. The company is privately held, recently celebrated their third year of profitable growth, and is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices in Eastern Europe.# # #
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