Discover the Secret to Saving $1000’s

6 May 2010
Discover the Secret to Saving $1000’s …

The concept of Grabaquote.co.nz is to provide Free No-Obligation Price Quotes from multiple Suppliers and it has been developed in New Zealand by university student Ali, who was inspired by endless frustration from trying to book an airline ticket. The website was launched on 1st July 2009.

Ali says, “What I wanted to do was provide a platform that gave the buyer the opportunity of dealing with a number of competing suppliers at the same time by asking them for a price quote, thus allowing the buyer to make a more informed choice. And these days especially, the buyer needs to give much greater thought to their purchasing decisions rather than impulse buying.”

More and more people are turning to the internet to make their purchasing decisions and this generally involves sitting at the computer for hours while visiting a number of sites and comparing prices or sending off emails for price quotes and waiting for a response, and Ali adds “why should consumers spend valuable time searching the internet or thumbing through the yellow pages when this website can provide all the information and price quotes they need within a relatively short period of time and at no cost to them?”

Grabaquote.co.nz currently has more then 2500+ categories of products and services; it also streamlines the purchasing process, saving time and money for both Buyers and Suppliers. The beauty is that a buyer simply puts in their request once to get the price quote and the website instantly filters their quote request according to category and location. These are then sent to all the suppliers that matches the request criteria. Many suppliers try to respond within an hour however, some requests may take one to two working days. Suppliers that respond quickly with their prices are more likely to attract the business of the buyers.

This website not only breaks down geographical boundaries between buyers and suppliers, it also provides the opportunity to suppliers to market and promote their businesses both locally and nationally in an extremely cost effective way.
Statistics from Grabaquote.co.nz shows that the large proportions of users are individual consumers. However, a number of suppliers are now realising the benefits of using Grabaquote.co.nz to make their own purchases.

Too often businesses will stick with one supplier because it takes too much time to thumb through the yellow pages and phone or email several alternative suppliers simply to compare prices. Keeping business costs down is vital at the moment and making a quick buyer enquiry on the Grabaquote website for some regular purchases can provide a good comparison to the price they are currently paying.

Grabaquote is moving forward confident that the services they offer will help businesses through the current recession, and beyond, to a prosperous future and Ali says, “I see Grabaquote.co.nz as a vital link between buyers and suppliers.”

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