Comparison Shopping Rate Increases

Back again for 2007, the comparison shopping sites will hike up their rates for the holiday shopping rush! Shopping comparison sites explain the increase in rates is due to higher conversions.  Some of the sites aren’t posting any increases, but here are the few who are:

Smarter.com	Nov 1 - Dec 31	20% rate increase for all categories
Shopzilla	Nov 12 - Dec 31	25% rate increase for all categories
PriceGrabber	Nov 1 - Jan 15	25% rate increase for all categories
NexTag	Nov 1 - Jan 2	25% rate increase for all categories
Shopping.com	Nov 15 - Dec 31	10-25% rate increase depending on the category

Cars 10%
Clothing and Accessories 10%
Computers 10%
Electronics 20%
Event Tickets 10%
Flowers and Gifts 25%
Health and Beauty 15%
Home and Garden 20%
Jewelry and Watches 20%
Kids and Family 25%
Magazine and Subscriptions 10%
Media 10%
Miscellaneous 10%
Musical Instruments & Accessories 25%
Office 10%
Sports and Outdoors 25%
Video Games 25%

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