Twenga, meaning literally "straight to the goal" in an African dialect, fulfils its own goal by offering a new generation price comparison and shopping search engine that enables millions of shoppers throughout the world to find what they want, at the best price and from the online shop of their choice.
HOME-GROWN TECHNOLOGYSet up by Bastien Duclaux and Cédric Anès in 2006, the site has since launched in 13 countries, lists more than 110 million products from 60,000 online retailers and receives more than 21 million visits per month - impressive results for just two years of business. So how did they do it? Thanks to its home-grown proprietary technology,
Twenga can automatically index retailer sites, enabling it to list roughly 10 times more offers than any competing price comparison site and guaranteeing that customers will find the best price here. Because its search results are objectively based on price and not biased by commercial relationships, Twenga also has more credibility amongst increasingly savvy consumers.
THE NEW SITEIn August 2009,
Twenga re-launched to give an even better shopping experience to customers. In addition to running searches, customers now have the option to shop by themes such as ‘keeping fit', ‘children's birthday parties' or ‘planning your wedding'. Meanwhile,
Shopping Guides help visitors to plan for events such as Halloween, Christmas or Easter and browsing has been made even easier by the introduction of Categories, such as health & beauty, homeware and music and Brands, such as Canon, Apple, Nike, John Lewis and L'Oreal.
BEST TRAVEL DEALSPerhaps the most significant addition to the new version is the launch of the
Travel section, where visitors can search for deals on hotels, flights and car hire and find last minute offers searchable by country and city. To ensure that customers have the best possible experience,
Twenga has also improved its customer feedback via a large button on the right hand side of each page. There is nothing that can not be found at
Twenga, be it Fashion, Jewellery, Appliances, Books, Sport, Games, Flights, Hotels or anything else you can think of. Why would you shop anywhere else?
