SLOOTO is a shopping bargains discovery tool that queries an eBay site in your country (10 countries) to help you find low cost bargains using special price-points and criteria. Such deals are found by using some important parameters:
1. Listings that are Ending Soon
2. Items priced Below Value such as 0.99 ($/£/€)
3. Special filtering to exclude low-authority items to return only genuine bargain deals related to your query.
For Below Value, we define this as sellers listing items cheaply to make a quick sale, or sellers under pricing items accidentally or otherwise. For bargain hunters, this presents a great opportunity to bag a truly great deal!
SLOOTO uses authorized API access to eBay data services.
Enter a search term, select a price point and an eBay store for your country. To make life simple, there is no need to enclose search terms in quotes for an exact match. For instance, to find one dollar bargains with the term apple iphone gets you the same results as using "apple iphone" as the search query.
Found products will be sold as normal from the country specific eBay site as chosen in your search. You benefit from buyer protection and security as an eBay customer as usual. You'll need an active account to purchase items, or you can easily setup an account for free during the checkout process with any item you are buying.
Ebay Account Signup Pages (No Cost)
For information of safe online shopping and related consumer information we recommend the following Government Sites for reliable and up-to-date guides. (Links open a new window).
U.S - FTC Consumer Information
UK - Consumer Direct
The website name SLOOTO is a take on searching for and acquiring treasure or 'loot' in a digital context. Thus: Searching for Loot Online becomes SLOOTO.
Nov 2009 --
Refreshed site design to allow easer addition of new money saving tools in the future.
German eBay store search option added (DE).
Improved search algorithm for more accurate and wider results (within limits of the chosen price range).
Biddable items are now included as default but may be excluded if required.
Sept 2009 --
The previous sites of PoundBelow.co.uk and the U.S. version OneBuckBelow.com have merged into this one website.
Dec 2007 --
Popular UK personal finance website The Motley Fool said about poundbelow.co.uk (slooto.com) - "You can search for ebay items under 1 pound, and if you persevere, you can make real savings. Just don't end up with lots of stuff you don't really want!"
The cost-saving website for students StudentBeans recommended us as the 'Top Tip' in an editorial on finding bargains online for cost conscious students.
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