BuscaPe Announces the Acquisition of e-bit Information

18/07/2007 23:15



PR Newswire



SAO PAULO, Brazil, July 18 /PRNewswire/ --
- www.buscape.com.br/press

BuscaPe (http://buscape.com), the largest comparison shopping site in Latin America, announces the acquisition of e-bit Information.

e-bit Information, which is responsible for the bi-annual report WebShoppers, has become the benchmark for eCommerce market data. Market size, number of e-consumers, best-selling products, and other information related to the online retail market are provided. Besides, it is responsible for conducting evaluations on over 1,000 online stores, ranking them in categories represented by 5 medals: diamond, gold, silver, bronze and "under evaluation". e-bit is the only company in the market running surveys on shopping experience satisfaction with the online shoppers themselves. The survey is open to any company and can be done directly through http://www.ebit.com.br.

e-bit Information will maintain its staff and will continue to operate as an independent company, with no change in its policies towards customers or users.

"This agreement with BuscaPe (http://buscape.com.br) will boost the visibility of the bitConsumidor certification, further increasing the consumers' trust in our services. We will be part of a large Internet group formed by BuscaPe, Bondfaro, QueBarato (http://www.quebarato.com.br) and Central de Desejos (http://www.centraldedesejos.com.br), with presence in 16 countries", said Pedro Guasti, e-bit's Managing Director.

e-bit's customers will receive advertising bonuses this week in order to place their ads on BuscaPe (http://buscape.com.br) and Bondfaro (http://bondfaro.com.br). "We foresee that e-bit enrollment will soon to be required from all companies willing to promote products in both BuscaPe and Bondfaro sites besides any other site belonging to our network of partners which includes top portals such as Terra and Yahoo!", states Romero Rodrigues, president of BuscaPe.

BuscaPe will expand e-bit services in the markets it operates besides Brazil. "The Latin American markets are eager to have access to this kind of Information. Definitely there is a great opportunity for e-bit, claims Romero.

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About BuscaPe (http://www.buscape.com)
BuscaPe is the creator of comparison shopping services offered by http://buscape.com.br , gathering information about more than 15 million products, sold by more than 60 thousand stores, and displayed within more than 40 categories.

BuscaPe also manages other brands such as Bondfaro, Central de Desejos and QueBarato and operates in 16 countries.

About e-bit Information (http://www.ebit.com.br)
e-bit Information is an online survey and marketing company, founded with the clear mission of helping companies to attract, retain and maximize earnings from its customers by means of using the Internet.

Contact: Daniel Cabral of BuscaPe, +55-11-3848-8711,
cabral@buscape-inc.com

Web site: http://www.ebit.com.br
http://www.quebarato.com.br
http://www.buscape.com.ar
http://www.buscape.com.mx
http://www.buscape.cl
http://bondfaro.com.br
http://www.centraldedesejos.com.br
http://www.buscape.com

Daniel Cabral of BuscaPe, +55-11-3848-8711, cabral@buscape-inc.com