{"id":40867,"date":"2023-10-20T15:10:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/pet-price-comparison-app-launches-to-disrupt-booming-industry-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:10:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:10:28","slug":"pet-price-comparison-app-launches-to-disrupt-booming-industry-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/pet-price-comparison-app-launches-to-disrupt-booming-industry-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Pet price comparison app launches to disrupt booming industry &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"352\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/l_puppy-kitten-445a.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"l_puppy-kitten-445a\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Man\u2019s best friend may also be one of man\u2019s best business opportunities, with another startup targeting the pet industry re-launching this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With rapidly growing startups in the space like award-winning <a href=\"financing-a-business\/venture-capital\/paws-for-life-raises-15-million-dollars-in-series-a-funding-for-growth\/2013120411302.html\">Paws for Life <\/a> disrupting the industry, it was only a matter of time before a startup entered the market to enable consumers to make the most of the price competition that\u2019s heating up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/99petshops.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">99PetShops<\/a> is designed to do exactly that. The free web app allows pet owners to compare prices from over 60 online stores.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cofounder Edward Chan told <i>StartupSmart <\/i>prices differ significantly, with a popular tick and flea treatment ranging from $79.95 to $144.95.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The idea emerged when his pet pug developed skin problems. He needed lots of different foods and products, and high prices drove Edward online, where he could always find a better deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could always find a cheaper price online, but there wasn\u2019t a good comparison tool that was comprehensive enough,\u201d Chan says.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A year of building the app in the evenings after clocking off from his full-time job saw him launch the app late last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He and cofounder Daniel Ng are planning to charge an affiliate link on each sale, but want to build up their traffic before approaching the stores to discuss the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got about 20 people using it a day, so it\u2019s a bit of waste at the moment,\u201d Chan says.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve been experimenting with Facebook advertising and want to explore Google AdWords campaigns in the future, but are saving up the budget for it first.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pet industry is a big one. Market research group IBISWorld says the Australian pet products and services industry earned about $6 billion in revenue last year and has grown by 0.9% each year since 2008.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The industry report also details that over 60% of households own a pet, with over 50% owning either a dog or a cat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man\u2019s best friend may also be one of man\u2019s best business opportunities, with another startup targeting the pet industry re-launching<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40867"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}