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AUSBUY iPhone App - Now Just $1.99 - Usually $2.99

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AUSBUY iPhone App - Now Just $1.99 - Usually $2.99
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AssociatedPBrandon12 @ Apple App Store on 13/03/2012 - 16:53 itunes.apple.com (120 clicks)
Last edited 13/03/2012 - 20:39

AUSBUY makes it easy to buy Australian owned, made and grown products!

Simply scan any supermarket products barcode and the app will immediately tell you if it is an AUSBUY approved product!

Features:
✓ Scan product to see if it is Australian
✓ Browse Australian products
✓ Search for a specific product or brand
✓ Keep up-to-date with AUSBUY news
✓ Browse categories
✓ Find AUSBUY approved products by brand
✓ Easy to share with Facebook, Twitter & Email

Help Australia by downloading the official AUSBUY App now!

Find out more about AUSBUY here - http://www.ausbuy.com.au/about_us.html

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  • Merlict on 13/03/2012 - 16:54
    +1

    ..is the app Australian made?

  • Daabido on 13/03/2012 - 16:59
    +2

    From their website;

    "AUSBUY is a not-for-profit and gets not government support yet our owned businesses form the foundation of this economy and our society."

    Pity they couldn't afford to hire someone who could construct a proper sentence.

    • AssociatedBrandon12 @ Apple App Store on 13/03/2012 - 17:03

      Thanks for bringing this up. I have just contacted AUSBUY and they should fix it shortly.

    • boretentsu on 13/03/2012 - 20:54
      +1

      They must have outsourced content writing!

  • huu on 13/03/2012 - 17:06
    +3

    In Coles or Wollies you'll be there scanning all day if you want to fill your trolly.

    • AssociatedBrandon12 @ Apple App Store on 13/03/2012 - 17:15

      Hi! This is just one of our features. It should be used as well as our Search function. Eg. If you feel like ice cream, you just type in 'Ice Cream' in the app and all Australian ice cream brands will appear. We also have a browse function so you can find Australian products to buy, before you leave your house. Hope this helps!

  • lazybones1987 on 13/03/2012 - 17:18

    Not many people know this, but a product is considered "Australian made" if the product has been made here and more than 50% of the cost of making it has occurred here.

    All it takes is just 50% of the cost!

  • skinny on 13/03/2012 - 17:23

    Surely this app should be subsidised by the Govt!

    • AssociatedBrandon12 @ Apple App Store on 13/03/2012 - 17:38

      As an Australian Company, we have developed this app for free in hope that people support Australia and download it.

      • pmupsinep on 13/03/2012 - 18:52

        Apple also make the iPad for free, we just have to pay them for it.

        ??

      • boretentsu on 13/03/2012 - 20:56

        Developed for free but charged at a $3 normally? Could you explain that to me?

        • AssociatedBrandon12 @ Apple App Store on 13/03/2012 - 21:01

          Non-profit organisations need to cover their running expenses. Many non-profit organisations would not exist without income as they would be operating at a loss if they had no income.

        • boretentsu on 13/03/2012 - 21:09

          Ok. Using the word "free" was confusing but not-for-profit makes more sense.

  • ATD on 13/03/2012 - 17:28

    Why pay for this app - I'm going to take an educated guess that all it does is read the country prefix on the barcode which for Aus is 930 - 939.

    • Nezuji on 13/03/2012 - 17:34

      Given that the OP has stated that the app can also search an internal list of products, I doubt that it's this simple. Also, using those prefixes to determine country of origin is not reliable.

    • AssociatedBrandon12 @ Apple App Store on 13/03/2012 - 17:37

      Hi, it reads the full barcode and compares it with a database of AUSBUY approved products. If there is a match, it says so and you can view the products page.

  • Nezuji on 13/03/2012 - 17:37

    Sounds good; any word on an Android version? Also, does the database have info about individual products (so I could set my own criteria to match "Australian product", such as Aussie ingredients, Aussie company, Aussie parent company, etc.), or is it just a list of products that meet the Ausbuy set of criteria?

    • AssociatedBrandon12 @ Apple App Store on 13/03/2012 - 17:59

      Hi, the app has 4 major functions:
      1. Scan a product to see if it's AUSBUY Approved.
      2. Search for a product or brand.
      3. Browse by Product, Brand or Category.
      4. News - keep up to date with the latest AUSBUY News

      Yes, there is an individual product page for each AUSBUY approved product in the app and most product listings just describe the product. In a future version that should be released in the next few weeks, you will also be able to search by Australian Company.

      Whether or not there will be an Android version is up to AUSBUY. If you'd like to ask them, simply fill in the contact us form on their website and they should get back to you shortly - http://www.ausbuy.com.au/contact_us.html

      Hope this helps!

  • bsdll on 13/03/2012 - 18:40

    All the Ausbuy, Australian Made, etc, schemes are so flexible that you are just buying a logo anyway. Like the Heart Foundation tick. It's all marketing for money. No detraction from the app, just hate the falseness of all these things.

  • bargain_finder on 13/03/2012 - 18:57

    Just provide some promo codes for free so ..ppl can look at the app..that should get you some publicity….

  • icywind on 13/03/2012 - 19:34
    +2

    'Pay' to download a software developed by a "not-for-profit" organization…?
    I dont get it…

    • jdr on 13/03/2012 - 20:37

      not-for-profit is not the same as free. They have some costs just to break even.

    • RubenM on 13/03/2012 - 23:18

      It wasn't developed by a not-for-profit. It was developed by the rep's company which is not Ausbuy.

  • stewy on 13/03/2012 - 19:59
    +1

    Ehhh why is this not free to support their cause?????

  • martygeeoz on 13/03/2012 - 20:06
    +2

    No Android version = no sale unfortunately. And I would definitely buy. The terrible thing is with the reductions in lines in supermarkets now, the shelves are only mostly filled with two brands of each commodity - one company who has cornered the market, and the coles/woolworths 'premium' brand. I suspect your app will become obsolete in time as our choices in products dwindle away to nothing.

  • c64 on 13/03/2012 - 20:48

    Simply scan any supermarket products barcode and the app will immediately tell you if it is an AUSBUY approved product!

    as well as tracking your shopping habits

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