CSE Strategies and Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition (IRCE)
CSE Strategies readers - today kicks off the annual retailer confab - IRCE in Boston. We'll be there in force and it is certainly a big year for comparison shopping engines so there will be lots to see and learn on all topics CSE.
We've put together this handy CSE Strategies guide to IRCE here so you can optimize your IRCE time and learn as much as possible. ChannelAdvisor will be in booth 749 and there are 10+ engines that will be present. Any of our representatives will be able to discuss all of the changes coming up with CSEs and how our software can help you manage CSEs.
If you want to meet at the show, shoot me an email or tweet, or stop by the booth. CSE Strategies readers will get a free smoothie - so mention you are a reader at the booth for a cool (literally) treat.
As a value added service, we've provided two handy cheat sheets so you can do the 'CSE Strategies' tour of the show floor. The first is Alpha by company the second is by booth.
Alphabetical CSE Strategies Guide to IRCE
| Company | Booth | Comments |
| Become.com | 244 | CSE 2.0 engine - seeing some good growth |
| Bing.com | 813 | The newly rebranded Live.com, MSN shopping, Live shopping, Live Cashback and all of that. |
| ChannelAdvisor | 749 | Best software available to manage CSEs - bar none. |
| 707 | Small search engine company with something called Google Product Search or Google Shopping (aka froogle) | |
| Pronto | 849 | Division of IAC with rapidly growing CSE that has some great social elements |
| Shop.com | 845 | Shared cart CSE that has opened up to non-cart folks recently. |
| Sortprice | 1253 | Newer CSE - lots of breadth. |
| TheFind | 422 | Newer CSE - focused on breadth. |
| ValueClick | 952 | Smarter.com and pricerunner.com |
| Winbuyer.com | 349 | Put a mini CSE right on your ecommerce site so buyers can price shop without leaving - like progressive insurance for ecommerce |
| Yahoo! | 449 | Mostly pushing their store offering, but sure to have some Y! Shopping folks there too. |
By Booth Number - click here for a map of the exhibit hall.
| Booth | Company | Comments |
| 244 | Become.com | CSE 2.0 engine - seeing some good growth |
| 349 | WinBuyer.com | Put a mini CSE right on your ecommerce site so buyers can price shop without leaving - like progressive insurance for ecommerce |
| 422 | TheFind.com | Newer CSE - focused on breadth. |
| 449 | Yahoo! | Mostly pushing their store offering, but sure to have some Y! Shopping folks there too. |
| 707 | Small search engine company with something called Google Product Search or Google Shopping (aka Froogle) | |
| 749 | ChannelAdvisor | Best software available to manage CSEs - bar none. |
| 813 | Bing | The newly rebranded Live.com, MSN shopping, Live shopping, Live Cashback and all of that. |
| 845 | Shop.com | Shared cart CSE that has opened up to non-cart folks recently. |
| 849 | Pronto | Division of IAC with rapidly growing CSE that has some great social elements |
| 952 | ValueClick | Smarter.com and pricerunner.com |
| 1253 | Sortprice.com | Newer CSE - focused on breadth. |
