Checkout Smart Shop is an easy way to find prices (local and online), reviews, and local information for a product.

How does it work?

1. 1.Enter a barcode (UPC) number (faster than typing in a product description on the web!)
   

2. 2)Now you’re searching!  Checkout automatically starts by bringing you to product reviews so you can see what other people liked about the product you’re looking at.  Checkout also automatically filters out the less useful reviews so you see things other people thought were good to know (don’t worry, the rest of the reviews are just a click away if you want to see them).  By default you see review summaries so you can tell at a glance what people thought, but full reviews are also just a touch away.  Note that even after you come to the reviews screen Checkout will continue to look for and load reviews.
   

3. 3)If you want to look beyond reviews, you can look at either local or online prices.  For either category you can see the price listed, and choose to visit the web site if you like.
   

4. 4) For local stores, you have other options - you can also ask SmartShop to find stores that are nearby to wherever you happen to be.

5. 5)Lastly, there’s also a history of everything you’ve searched for so you can quickly go back to look again at reviews or prices.
   

Thanks for looking into Checkout!  Below we describe how to use the product - but this is only just the beginning, a number of additional features are in the works.  In particular, we’ve heard the call for a bar code scanner using the camera phone and are working towards a solution.  We don’t want to ship something unless it’s more useful than frustrating, but look for other updates in the meantime to make Checkout even more useful as it is!

How Does it Work?  What does it Do?