Online "hunter" Utility
Apart from the community this website hosts an online utility that uses an item's UPC or ISBN to retrieve
the minimum price from several websites. Ways in which the utility can be used are as follows:
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Single Item Search
The Single Item Search feature is pretty much what it sounds like. The feature allows you to input one
UPC or ISBN and then submit that item to the "hunter" utility. Once the search process is
finished, the results will be displayed in a table and you will be able to process another item.
As you process more items the search results will be added to the table so you will always have
a record of your recently processed items.
NOTE: If you navigate to another page the results table will be lost, but don't worry there is a save feature
that allows you to download and save your processed items in a text file for your records.
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List Search
The List Search feature can be thought of as a sort of batch processing mode. It is similar to the
Single Item Search feature, but instead of processing one UPC or ISBN at a time you can upload a list
of items to be processed all at once. In a similar fashion to the Single Item Search feature, the
results will be displayed in a table that gets updated as the list is processed.
NOTE: Only a maximum of 100 items will be processed at a time. If you would like to process more than 100
items, simply use the List Search Upload feature.
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List Search Upload (BETA)
The List Search Upload feature is also a batch processing mode but allows you to process more items at
a single time. It is similar to the List Search feature but instead of updating and displaying the items
in a table, the processed results will be emailed to you when the batch is complete.
NOTE: Only a maximum of 500 items will be processed at a time. If you would like to process more than 500
items, simply process them in separate batches.
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Mobile
The Mobile feature is a stripped down version of the Single Item Search feature. It has a smaller design for
easy viewing on mobile devices and the graphics are removed for faster loading. It still returns the same
results as the full Single Item Search feature, but in a line item form for easy viewing. The Mobile version
also contains a sound notification feature that notifies the user when a search result returns a price higher
or lower than any given price. Simply set the price limit and listen for the notifications.
NOTE: The sound notification feature only works on mobile devices that support playing background sounds from webpages.
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SMS (BETA)
The SMS feature is basically a text messaging version of the Single Item Search feature. Simply text an item's UPC or
ISBN, with the terminating * character (e.g. 9780590353403*), to hunter@thrifthunting.com and receive a text message back
with the same results as the full Single Item Search feature.
NOTE: Although the "hunter" SMS service is free, standard text messaging fees may apply depending on your mobile service contract.