BuyVia Now Provides Deals on Over 100 Million Products Six Months After Launch And Expands Beyond Tech Items

By Norman Fong, CEO and Co-Founder, BuyVia

Today BuyVia is excited to announce our company growth metrics and May analytics. It’s been six months since we launched in November 2012 and we’ve grown from 500 vendors selling 100,000 products to 16,000 vendors selling over 100 million products! Additionally, beginning today we are offering smart shopping cloud services and deals beyond tech products including apparel, sports gear and home goods. The number of shopping alerts, which are sent when products fall in price, has increased 800%.

BuyVia’s May search analytics revealed that “iPhone,” “Laptop,” “SSD,” “Dell,” and “iPhone 5” were the top five most searched items on the website while “iPad,” “TV,” “Mouse,” “iPod,” and “Canon” were the top five most searched items through the app.

Additional May Analytics:

Top 5 Searched Products via the App

• “iPad”
• “TV”
• “Mouse”
• “iPod”
• “Canon”

Top 5 Searched Products via the Website

• “iPhone”
• “Laptop”
• “SSD”
• “Dell”
• “iPhone 5”

Top 5 Deals that Were Clicked on Via the Website

• iPhone power adapter
• Canon EOS 6D SLR
• Canon EOS T4i SLR
• Canon Powershot S
• HP Printer

Top 5 Deals that Were Clicked on Via the App

• K-Cup Coffee Maker
• Samsung 55 LED TV
• Rubbermaid Casters
• iPad Mini
• Nikon D800SLR

BuyVia App Demographics

Male versus Female

• 60% Female, 40% Male

Age Breakdown

• 12.3% 18-24, 29% 25-34, 37% 35-44, 13% 45-54

Geographic Location

• 88% North America, 1.1% Europe, 9.5% Asia

BuyVia Website Demographics

Male versus Female

• 75% Male, 25% Female

Age Breakdown

• 13% 18 - 24, 24% 25 - 34, 23% 35 - 44, 16% 45-54

Other Website Data

• 58% Do not have children
• 40% Earn between 0-$50k
• 32% Earn between $50-100k
• 21% Grad School
• 59% Caucasian, 17% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 11% Other

BuyVia App Device Information

Type of iOS Device

• 34% iPhone 4S, 28% iPhone 5, 21% iPhone 4, 7% iPad

iOS Software Version

• iPhone 6.1.4 18%, iPhone 6.1.3 54%, iPhone 6.1.2 5% iPhone 6.1.0 5%

We’ll continue releasing similar reports at the beginning of each month. As always, we’re interested to know if these reports are helpful. What other information would you like to see? Please let us know how we can improve our monthly analytics reports via Twitter @BuyVia or on Facebook.

-- The BuyVia Team