Weldon W. Whitener is the founder of Pricesearcher, a vertical search engine that aims to index all of the world's prices in one centralized location. Pricesearcher has gathered pricing data on over 1.3 billion products from 12 countries, checking prices up to 3 times per day. They have indexed identifying product information for millions of items. Price is one of the most important factors for customers when making purchasing decisions online, so Pricesearcher seeks to provide transparency on pricing trends and strategies to help merchants optimize their approach.

1. Weldon W. Whitener, PhD
@pricesearcher
PRICESEARCHER.COM

2. ABOUT ME
@Pricesearcher #ElevateBrighton

3. @Pricesearcher
BACKGROUND
Pricesearcher is a
vertical search engine
Our mission is to provide
access to all the world's
prices in one place.
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4. @Pricesearcher
OUR MISSION IS TO INDEX ALL THE
WORLD’S PRICES
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5. @Pricesearcher
PROGRESS TO DATE
Gathered data on 1.3 billion products
Online in 12 countries
Gathered 91 Billion price points for our
products
On average we check the price of a product 3
times a day
We have gathered:
17,000,000 ISBNs
144,000,000 MPNs
73,000,000 SKUs
157,000,000 GTINs
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6. @Pricesearcher
WHAT FACTORS AFFECT A CUSTOMER’S
PURCHASING DECISION
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7. @Pricesearcher
WHAT FACTORS AFFECT A CUSTOMER’S
PURCHASING DECISION
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8. @Pricesearcher
WHAT FACTORS AFFECT A CUSTOMER’S
PURCHASING DECISION
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9. @Pricesearcher
WHAT FACTORS AFFECT A CUSTOMER’S
PURCHASING DECISION
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10. @Pricesearcher
WHAT FACTORS AFFECT A CUSTOMER’S
PURCHASING DECISION
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11. @Pricesearcher
HOW PRICING STRATEGIES DIFFER ACROSS
CHANNELSHIGH STREET STRATEGIES
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12. @Pricesearcher
E-COMMERCE STRATEGIES
HOW PRICING STRATEGIES DIFFER ACROSS
CHANNELS
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13. @Pricesearcher
PRICING FIRST STRATEGY ALIGNS TO CUSTOMERS
PURCHASING PATTERNS
I use price comparison sites when
searching online for items I want to buy
80%
Statement Response rate
I use search engines like Google/Bing to
compare prices on items I want to buy
65%
On average I look at three or more websites
before making a purchase online
79%
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14. @Pricesearcher
Which top five sites did people visit immediately before this site?
CUSTOMERS ARE CONTINUALLY LOOKING FOR A
BETTER DEAL
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15. @Pricesearcher
SO WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS
INFORMATION?
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PRICE AWARE MARKETING (PAM) SHOULD BE KEY TO
YOUR STRATEGY
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17. USING PAM TO INCREASE CONVERSION AND
PROFIT

18. USING PAM TO INCREASE CONVERSION AND
PROFIT

19. USING PAM TO INCREASE CONVERSION AND
PROFIT

20. USING PAM TO INCREASE CONVERSION AND
PROFIT

21. @Pricesearcher
TOP
3
Data Insights
from 1.3Bn
e-commerce Products
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22. @Pricesearcher
PRICE CHANGE FREQUENCY
4.06Bn price
changes globally
Since September
2018, number of
price changes?
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Country with most
price changes per
product?
PRICE CHANGE FREQUENCY
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24. @Pricesearcher
Country with most
price changes per
product?
PRICE CHANGE FREQUENCY
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25. @Pricesearcher
Average number of
price changes per
product?
3.30
3.31
2.28
3.02
PRICE CHANGE FREQUENCY
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26. @Pricesearcher
Data Source
Pricing Owner
6 months to make a difference
SO WHAT IS NEEDED TO SUCCESSFULLY
DEPLOY PAM?
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27. @Pricesearcher
THANK YOU
weldon@pricesearcher.com
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28. Pricesearcher
The UK’s most comprehensive source of price data