price checking

Scanning for totals

Price checking is verifying what something costs before buying it, either by scanning items at in-store kiosks or comparing prices across retailers.

The practice has expanded with smartphones—shoppers now price check in real time, looking up competitors while standing in a store: She was price checking on Amazon before deciding to buy it here.

comparisonAssessment of similarities
side by sideAdjacent and parallel
shopping aroundComparing sellers before purchasing
scannerDevice that reads data
barcodeEncoded product stripes

shopping · supermarket · aisle · tag · sticker · label · app · competitor · retail · bargain · discount · coupon clipping · survey · research · consumer · shelf · grocery · store brand

Categories

commercetrade, banking, merchant, imports, sales
comparisoncomparative, contrast, superlative, matching, positive
saving moneybudget, savings, discount, sale, coupon

Opposites

consumer deliberation

price checkingimpulse buying

Unplanned purchase decision

splurging · reckless spending · conspicuous consumption · retail therapy · shopping spree

price negotiation approach

price checkinghaggling

Negotiating a lower price

bargaining · impulse buying · negotiating · price negotiation · dickering

transaction certainty

price checkingcheckout

Payment completion process

Family

price, check, checking, prices, priced, pricing, pricey, priceless, checks

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G