As I researched my post about holiday shopping using RSS feeds, I realized how convenient it would be to have a summarized list of all the shopping sites that offer RSS feeds. I also received some great suggestions for shopping sites I didn’t know about. In my previous post I failed to look at MSN shopping which offers RSS feeds for specific search terms and searches a large list of major retailers.
I decided to create a list of all the shopping sites I know of that offer RSS feeds. I’ve indicated whether the feeds are preset like “newest items” versus feeds that allow you to customize by search term. Feel free to bookmark this page and use it as your reference guide for holiday shopping. It’s everything you need right in one place.
If your favorite shopping site doesn’t offer an RSS feed, you can use Feed Whip to create your own. I haven’t had a chance to test it thoroughly, but it looks very versatile.
I also had a commenter tell me about a nice software-based RSS reader called Snarfer that bridges the gap between web-based and software-based readers by allowing you to sync your feeds with Bloglines.com. I’ve tried it out and really like it. It may be my new RSS reader of choice.
Please post any sites I’ve missed in the comments section and I’ll add them to this list.
| Site | Preset RSS Feeds | Feed for search terms? | RSS Feed location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSN Shopping | No preset feeds | Yes | Bottom right on search results page | |
| Amazon.com | No preset feeds | No | N/A | You can subscribe to Amazon.com feeds through other sites like Baebo and Spendfish (see below). |
| eBay | No preset feeds | Yes | Bottom of search results page | |
| Yahoo! shopping |
-All RSS Feeds -Popular Shopping Searches -Most Popular Electronics Products -Most Popular Computer Products -New Releases: Music -New Releases: DVDs & Movies |
No | RSS web page | |
| Boddit.com | Newest Deals | No | Bottom of page | Aggregates results from several of the top “deals” sites, several of which are on this list. |
| Baebo | No preset feeds | Yes | Top of search results | The basic search and RSS feeds provide results from Amazon.com. If you want to see results from eBay or Yahoo! Shopping, click on the links below the search fields. Once you complete a search, you can refine the category at the top of the search results. Once the search is refined enough, then subscribe to the RSS feed. |
| Javadeals.com |
-List of all feeds -Top Deals -Recent Deals -Top Coupons -New Coupons -Amazon Deals -Dell Home Deals -Buy.com Deals -Smart Bargains Deals -Overstock.com Deals -New Coupons |
No | Upper right hand corner | Deals and Coupons for a variety of large and small retailers including feeds for deals at specific retailers. |
| TechBargains.com | -New Items | No | Right Navigation | They don’t have RSS search term feeds but you can get email notices for search terms. |
| BensBargains.net | -Latest Headlines | No | Top of page | The search results are powered by BizRate.com |
| RSStalker.com |
-10% Price Drops -Last 25 price changes at Amazon.com -Subscribe to search term -Subscribe to Amazon Wishlist -Last 25 price changes by category |
Yes | Whole site | RSStalker.com provides RSS feeds to track price changes of Amazon.com products. A very cool feature allows you to automatically monitor your Amazon wishlist. |
| Clipfire.com |
-Most Popular Items -Newest Items -Clipped Items (Customer’s Choice) |
Yes | Upper right hand corner | Clipfire shows aggregated results from a number of different “deals” sites. |
| DealCatcher.com |
-New Deals -Forum feed |
Yes, for some terms | Upper right corner of home page | This site offers printable coupons, links to Sunday newspaper ads, and Forums. |
| FatWallet.com |
-Hot Deals -Free Stuff -Finance -News |
No | Bottom right | Forums, Wiki, Store Ratings |
| DiscountsFinder.com |
-Coupons expiring soon -Newest Coupons -Amazon Coupons |
No | Top of category results | Also features most popular coupons (but no feed). Store-specific coupons. Clearance items |
| Coupons.com | -New Coupons | No | Top of page | Printable grocery coupons |
| TechDeals.net | -Newest items | No | Right navigation towards top | Technology and General items |
| StealDeals.net | -Newest items | No | In header below tabs | Also offers coupons and promotions |
| Shop.com | -Top 100 (one feed for each category) |
No | Bottom right | |
| Spendfish.com |
-Deal of the Day -Hot Deals -Gift Deals -Deals under $10 -Custom feed builder (bottom of page. It was acting a little buggy) -Top Discounts -Top Savings -Newest Deals |
Yes | Features mostly Amazon.com deals. The RSS feeds can be buggy in Firefox2.0. Try using Internet Explorer. |
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Wow, that’s a serious list, thanks for all the hard work! Another detailed post.
NG
Comment by NLG — November 9, 2006 @ 6:26 pm
You forgot three of the best: Techbargains.com, slickdeals.net, and bensbargains.net. I’m not affiliated with any of them, i just use them all the time.
Comment by Max Cascone — November 13, 2006 @ 9:39 am
For tracking price changes in Amazon.com products, I frequently use (and enjoy) rsstalker.com.
You can setup individual items (by ASIN), categories, or your entire wish list.
Comment by Jeffrey Price — November 14, 2006 @ 1:56 pm
I added all the sites mentioned so far except slickdeals.net. I’ve used that site before but lately it seems to be down. I’ll keep checking and add it once I know it’s up.
Sam
Comment by sjpeer — November 16, 2006 @ 9:08 pm
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