Does just what it says on the non existent tin (kelkoo.com)

Member Name: dave27

Product:	kelkoo.com
Date:	21/06/04 (147 review reads)
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Advantages: Simple, Effective

Disadvantages: It's orange

Kelkoo (http://www.kelkoo.co.uk) is one of those neat little websites which helps you check out the best deals and get the very neatest price on virtually everything, and you?re always left wondering exactly what?s in it for them ? are they on a cut from the suppliers? I guess they must be, because Kelkoo will even pay you for referring people to them from your website, and they don?t even have to buy anything for you to get paid. What nice people!

A quick check at the Kelkoo home page reveals that they cover the following types of goods (and services): books and magazines, cars and motors, computers and software, digital cameras, DVD and video, electronics, fashion and lingerie, flights, games, consoles and toys, gifts and gadgets, health and beauty, some and garden, household appliances, mobiles, phones and faxes, money and bills, music, shopping 4 businesses, sport and fitness, travel and wine and spirits, although they?re best known and most useful for electrical goods and appliances, where there seems to be the greatest range in price.

It works like this ? click the household appliances link ? you?re now given the option of laundry and cleaning, cooking, refrigeration and small appliances ? go for fridges (under refrigeration) ? now you?ve got a list ordered by manufacturer showing all the various models ? select any of them and it will give you the full range of suppliers, along with a link to the relevant site.

Of course, you don?t have to go in via the drill down route, you can just use the search facility and go direct, whichever you prefer.

Now, really there isn?t an awful lot else to say because Kelkoo is simplicity itself and pretty effective and useful ? it just doesn?t have that many bells and whistles, but then why would you really need them? All you want is an easy and simple way to get the very cheapest price for your chosen item and then find an easy way
to order it online.

Kelkoo is very good indeed because of this and Mrs D makes a habit of checking out this site whenever she goes a looking for goodies, which is far too often than is good for her (or my wallet).

The site is pretty simple and easy to navigate, although it?s got a sickly orange design and feels a bit over busy, but it happily boasts ?Take your pick from 1,887,008 products from 1,863 shops in 247 categories (to say nothing of the millions of books, CDs, flights and holidays).

There?s a special offers section included, and it will do a decent enough job.

The only thing is that it doesn?t lend itself to being written about. Kelkoo is blindingly simple and straightforward and does exactly what it says on the tin (except there ain?t any tin, but you get the picture).

By the way, if you do want to earn money via Kelkoo they pay 11p (I think it is) for anybody who accesses their site via a link on your website and there?s no need for any actual sales. You can access the links via either Commission Junction or Tradedoubler, with the advantage of the latter being that they pay in UK sterling. However, if you don?t wanna make money (is there anyone out there in that camp), then just enjoy Kelkoo for its contribution to the world of material girls because it?s one of the best examples of its field.

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