E-commerce Product Price Comparison Website Using Web Scraping

• Python
• Machine Learning

A price comparison website acts as a platform or medium between the consumers and the sellers. It allows consumers to see different lists of prices for the product chosen by user and it helps consumers to make an informed decision about which to choose in order to save money. It also act as a tool to help consumers increase their price consciousness so that they will not feel cheated by the advertisement from the retailers that claimed they are offering the cheapest price but the reality happened to be otherwise. Unlike other comparison sites, PriceWar.com (the name of this project) will focus on providing list of prices of home groceries products such as onion, chilies, garlic, potatoes, fish, chicken and others. Due to vast increase of people who are online, PriceWar.com will be a great help for those who are stuck with loads of work in the office and don?t have much time to check on the current price of the home groceries products. According to research of Social, Digital and Mobile in Malaysia made by We Are Social, the internet penetration for Malaysia is 59% and the average hours Malaysian netizens spend using the internet every week is 19.8 hours. Meanwhile 21% of Malaysian internet users access the web via mobile devices which means they have internet accessibility anywhere with their smart phones. 77% of Malaysian web users have shared their thoughts on a brand via social media during this research was made in the year 2011. The research shows that how Malaysian people are attached to the internet.