User:Trgh2009/Sccope

The website and mobile phone application Sccope is a price comparison service launched in the UK in 2008 and is owned and operated by Cogenta Systems Ltd. It allows users to compare prices across a range of products on a number of different platforms (iPhone, WAP, SMS, Online). The commercial headquarters are in Windsor, England.

History
Sccope was launched in 2008 as a price comparison service based in England and originally financed by Cogenta Systems Ltd. In 2009 it has launched a series of spin-off products - an SMS based price comparison service, a mobile WAP site, a "built for iPhone" web application, and an iPhone native application. It is currently the only UK based iPhone price comparison web service.

Technology
Sccope uses a combination of screen scraping retailers' websites and files supplied by the retailers themselves. These prices are matched against a backend database. This is done both by using a fuzzy logic automatching system and manually by admin staff.

Business Model
Sccope is different to other price comparison services in that it is financed by affiliate revenue, user licence fees and on site advertising.