Money-saving InvisibleHand Firefox plug-in available now

"Discreetly" lets you know if you can get a product cheaper elsewhere

Money-saving InvisibleHand Firefox plug-in available now
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5 August 2009 15:41 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

A unique and useful Firefox plug-in has launched into beta in the UK that could save you money on your online shopping without the pain and frustration of having to visit price comparison sites.

"InvisibleHand" lets you know instantly if you can find a cheaper product elsewhere as you are browsing and provides you a link to hop over to the other shop and buy the item.

The example given is say you’re buying a DVD from Amazon, InvisibleHand will pop up and "discreetly" tell you just beneath your address bar if you can buy it for less elsewhere.

The plug-in looks at Amazon, Play.com, Argos, Comet, John Lewis, HMV and PC World, among others and claims to still search for deals even if you are browsing a product it has not "seen" before.

The plug-in is free to download and use and claims to have found over £15,000 of savings so far with the average saving at £8.

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Software, Firefox, shopping, InvisibleHand, Biz
UK Shopping
Amazon.co.uk, play.com, pixmania.co.uk, Currys.co.uk, Dixons.co.uk, 7dayshop.com, ebay.co.uk
US Shopping
Amazon.com, bestbuy.com, ebay.com

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Comments

  • I've been using this for the last few days or so and must say it's really cool and very discreet - you only know it's there when you can save money! Posted by Mark Parker, UK
  • It's good to find a genuinely useful firefox add-on. I'm really glad you've reviewed it. InvisibleHand just found me a better deal on the DVD-player I was buying. Posted by Remy Taylor, UK
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  • good article, shame the product doesn't really work! it slows my browser a lot and the matching seems really bad. Sometimes I get completely the wrong product andd sometimes no offers at all. Good idea, crap product! Posted by davey_g, UK

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