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Shopobot brings transparency to online shopping
Shopobot.com is a new way for people to save money on things like cameras, games, and sports equipment - while shopping at the stores they already know and trust. Shopobot works by tracking the surprisingly frequent price changes at popular stores, and identifies the best time and place to buy.
Many consumers are unaware of the amount of price volatility online, and over-pay because they make their purchases at the wrong time. Shopobot intends to change that by bringing transparency and independent analysis to online shopping.
-- Shopobot helps people decide when to buy consumer electronics, so they get the best deal.
Contact Us
Founders: founders@shopobot.com
Julius Schorzman: juliuss@shopobot.com 415-264-1906
Dave Matthews: davem@shopobot.com
- Shopobot analyses price data to make recommendations
- Users can follow products they’re interested in, and get alerts when Shopobot finds a great deal
- Refund alerts tell users if the price drops after a purchase
- Interactive price graphs show how prices have been changing at top stores
Product catagories
- Cameras
- Consumer electronics
- Laptops
- Video games
- Books
- Sports equipment (coming soon)
- Appliances (coming soon)
Images & Logos
Shopobot Logo for print (EPS file):
Shopobot Logo
Shopobot mascot
Product pages
Shopobot homepage: detail view and long view
Founders Julius & Dave presenting their idea at AngelPad
Choosing favorite categories on Shopobot
Founders
Julius Schorzman, CEO of Shopobot, has long been a data junkie and enthusiast of online shopping. In 1999 Julius put university on hold to join Amazon.com, later returning to complete his computer science & informatics degree. He then headed east to New York City where he joined LivePerson and rose to position of VP of Product Development, building systems to make online shopping more efficient. A side project intended to help authors track and analyze trends in books sales evolved into the beginnings of Shopobot.
Dave Matthews was a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, working on user interface projects for each release of Windows since 2001. He drove the project to add window snapping features to Windows 7, earning him a spot in the “Windows 7 was my idea” launch commercials. Dave led future looking UI work for Windows 8, before joining Shopobot fulltime.
Shopobot Timeline
- Founded January 2011.
- Joined AngelPad accelerator program January 2011
- Release of private beta February 2011
- AngelPad demo day March 29, 2011
- Release of public beta June 16, 2011
AngelPad Accellerator
Led by Thomas Korte, the AngelPad accelerator program invests in and advises a small group of new startups in each of their 10 week classes. The advisors are composed of a group of ex-Google employees who help startups launch and raise seed funding. Shopobot participated in the second AngelPad class from starting in January 2011, and began fundraising at Demo Day on March 29.
