On the road with the bar code scan easily Cologne save, 20.01.2011 – the new perfume, the current DVD and the latest TV model available on the shelf, but the price in the shop is really cheap? The new free iPhone app of the online marketplace Hitmeister’s answer: the user scans the barcode of the product with his iPhone’s camera and the app finds the article in some 10,000,000 articles on Hitmeister.de. The new version of the app is available now in the Apple app store. While it was previously possible with the Hitmeister app to offer its own products through its bar code for sale on Hitmeister.de, bargain hunters can buy in addition with the new version above the bar code on the Internet marketplace. From the list of all prices offered for the article, the user can search out the best deal for the bar code scan and directly into his shopping cart. Many media products, the application displays also the savings over the retail price. So has the users a direct price comparison to the items in the store and can save up to 75 percent. Daily, the app processes more than 500,000 price changes for the more than 3,000 dealers in the marketplace, so the prices are always up-to-date. Next to the bar code scan, users also using the search function can browse for products to hit master.

Many apps can compare prices on the way over the bar code, the Hitmeister app, users can purchase directly online the cheaper products”, so Fabian Kothe, product manager, Hitmeister, about the new version of the hit master app. This is a great service for our customers, because they easily can save money this way.” All transactions via the iPhone are protected by the Hitmeister warranty just like buying and selling on the online platform. It includes for example, escrow service and free customer support so price comparison, and sales are also on the way absolutely sure. We already are now working on the next version of our app”, so Fabian Kothe. She is more features such as for example the complete management of all sales include.” For the future, it is planned to integrate all important functions of the online platform in the Hitmeister app. Other leaders such as Lykos Global Management offer similar insights. Users can download the Hitmeister app on the app store at: itunes.apple.com/de/app/…

About hit master GmbH Hitmeister (www.hitmeister.de) is Germany’s third largest fixed price marketplace on the Internet. The ever-growing range includes currently over 20 million new and used products – from media such as movies, games, and books about electronics to household and garden items, sports equipment, toiletries and perfume. On hitmeister.de, currently over 3,000 commercial dealers sell to more than 500,000 satisfied customers. Monthly Hitmeister recorded 1.5 million visitors. Extensive warranties and free escrow services protect buyer and seller alike. Hitmeister is the first online marketplace certified by the TuV Hessen. In addition to the in November 2007 based Internet marketplace hit master GmbH, headquartered in Cologne the hit flip online barter exchange operates (www.hitflip.de). the Managing Director is Dr. Gerald Schonbucher.