Windows Live Shopping was a shopping website, part of Microsoft

Microsoft

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's Windows Live

Windows Live

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 range of services. It was built on AJAX

Ajax (programming)

Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications...

 technology, and was fully customizable. It featured 40 million products from more than 7000 online stores, and allowed users to compare items and prices. Additionally, it supported features such as tagging, wish lists, and viewing larger images on hover over.

Windows Live Shopping is now rebranded as MSN Shopping

MSN Shopping

MSN Shopping was an online comparison shopping site in competition with Yahoo.com and eBay. It was a part of the MSN web portal. It aggregated millions of product offers from thousands of retailers. MSN Shopping allowed users to search or browse for products. Searches could be sorted by relevance,...

. Although, the site was technically rebranded, many of the more advanced features available on Windows Live Shopping have yet to be made available on MSN Shopping.

Features

Built entirely on AJAX technology, Windows Live Shopping had many social and community features. In addition to a retail shopping website, it featured:

• Drag-and-drop items to a shopping list
• Share lists with other users
• Product and seller reviews
• Public shopping guides with Windows Live Shopping Guides
• Enhanced preview

MSN Shopping

As of February 20, 2007, Windows Live Shopping beta has been officially rebranded as MSN Shopping. Part of the reason for this decision is to reduce the number of shopping services Microsoft currently offer, which includes MSN Shopping

MSN Shopping

MSN Shopping was an online comparison shopping site in competition with Yahoo.com and eBay. It was a part of the MSN web portal. It aggregated millions of product offers from thousands of retailers. MSN Shopping allowed users to search or browse for products. Searches could be sorted by relevance,...

, Windows Live Expo

Windows Live Expo

Windows Live Expo was described by Microsoft as an "online social marketplace". The website ceased operations on July 31, 2008.The site was similar to Craigslist in that it provided online classifieds...

 and Live Product Search. Microsoft's spokesperson stated that the beta testing was intended to obtain an insight into user behavior and these data will be incorporated into plans for future products. It was stated that user-created content from Windows Live Shopping beta (lists, guides, and reviews) will continue to be available on MSN Shopping.

As a result of this rebranding, Windows Live Shopping Guides, which was part of Windows Live Shopping, has been discontinued.

External links

• Windows Live Shopping Now redirects to Live Search Cashback
• Windows Live Shopping Blog