Shopping with your fingertips
Putera Hasudungan, Contributor, Jakarta | Sun, 03/18/2012 3:05 PM
Comparing prices and buying products online, especially laptops or mobile phones, 1might be puzzling for some, but now Telunjuk.com has come to the rescue.
1. Auxiliary : Might
Uses : Less than 50% certainty
“Telunjuk.com is a search engine and comparison website that aims to give a new and deeper experience of online shopping for smart shoppers in Indonesia,” said the website founder Redya Febriyanto.
2. Auxiliary : Could 3. Auxiliary : Could
Uses : Suggestion Uses : Suggestion
Users 2could find and compare prices between products based on brand, specification, and price range. The website doesn’t sell products, but it points at the online stores that sell them. Currently users 3could search for three kinds of product: laptops, mobile phones and airplane tickets.
The inspiration came from Redya’s personal experience. When he was browsing gadgets online, he felt that it was quite troublesome and unfriendly to search devices that matched his need.
Redya then created automatic-crawling technology, the system behind Telunjuk, which in Bahasa Indonesia means “index finger”, for his personal needs. He thinks that the system 4can help other people. He asked his friend, Hanindia Narendrata Rahiesa, who also used the system, to form PT Telunjuk Komputasi Indonesia.
4. Auxiliary : Can
Uses : Possibility
6. Auxiliary : Will 5. Auxiliary : Have to
Uses : 100% Certainty Uses : Necessity
(future only)
To find laptops or mobile phones, users 5have to fill the description based on what kind of device they need. After choosing a specification for a laptop or mobile phone, users 6will then see a list of online stores with the product’s price.
Users 7can sort the list by price and can see which store has the cheapest on offer. By clicking the detail button, users can see and contact the store.
On the search page, there is related information about a review of the product and its price movement. There is also a list about the newest or popular products.
Merchants can wait for Telunjuk.com to find them or they can register by sending an email to the website administrator.
For airplane tickets, users can search flights by routes and dates. There 8will be a list of flights sorted by the earliest schedule. To book the ticket, users will be driven to the airline’s website.
Most of the features on the website can be accessed without registering, except the PriceAlert feature. It helps to monitor the brand’s price and 9will send a notification if the price decreases so that it falls within range of the user’s budget.
7. Auxiliary : Can
Uses : informal permission
8. Auxiliary : Will
Uses : 100% certainty
9. Auxiliary : Will
Uses : Willingnes
