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Ookong Chrome extension V1.5 is released

Ookong team has released Ookong for Amazon v1.5 to Chrome extension gallery. It now has all the features available in Ookong Firefox addons. We hope Chrome users will find it much easier to get their own deals from Amazon.

Please download it from Chrome extension gallery.

Features:

  • enhanced Amazon product search
  • price history
  • price drop alert
  • product recommendation
  • more

Screen shots:


Ookong Chrome extension v0.1.10 is released!

Ookong Chrome extension is a cousin to Ookong Firefox addon. You can check price history for any product, buy at the right time, and get best deals at Amazon.com.
Click Ookong icon when you are
1. at Amazon item  page
you can see the price history chart of the item and decide whether it is a right time to buy.
2. at all other sites or pages
You can use the handy product search while looking at the current page.

Ookong is featured on LifeHacker.com

Written by Jason Fitzpatrick ( jason@lifehacker.com) on Mar 3, 2010

Ookong Tracks Amazon Prices and Issues Deal Alerts

http://lifehacker.com/5484982/ookong-tracks-amazon-prices-and-issues-deal-alerts

Sure it’s fun to hunt for deals online, but it’s even better to be alerted when an item you want is at its lowest price. Ookong is an Amazon.com price comparison tool you can use to track price histories.

You can use Ookong as a stand-alone web site, but it’s not as convenient as using the Firefox extension. Once you install the Firefox extension every item on Amazon will have a “Follow” button


Ookong Firefox addon is recommended on MakeUseOf.com

Written by Evan Wondrasek (@evanw twitter) on Feb 26, 2010

3 Useful Firefox Add-ons To Help Save You Money

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-firefox-addons-save-money/

Ookong for Amazon

Ookong helps you make purchases on Amazon at the “right time” by tracking price history and providing notifications when prices drop.  Prices on Amazon fluctuate constantly, so this add-on will let you know the instant a good deal is available.

Ookong is built right into Amazon, so when you’re viewing an item listing you can click the largeFollow this item button to begin tracking the price of that item as well as its price history.

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Hiring: Advertising Marketing Specialist

Group: Marketing Location: US
Level Entry Level Position Type: Full-time/Part-time
Job Description
Job Purpose:

Ookong is seeking an innovative, results-oriented professional to lead the advertising and marketing. This marketing professional will develop and manage online advertising programs and marketing communications campaigns for Ookong products, and will play a key role in driving user adoption of Ookong Firefox addon and other products.

Duties:

  • Understand business constraints and opportunities to drive the growth of the product
  • Conceive, create and execute innovative advertising and brand programs to achieve product goals
  • Research and identify creative partners to promote each product
  • Develop, report, and continually improve upon analytical success metrics of online campaigns
  • Assist with social media and public relationship activities

Skills/Qualifications:

  • BA/BS in marketing preferred
  • Proficient use of Adobe Creative Suite or equivalent
  • Superior verbal and written communications skills
  • Online marketing experience a plus
  • Solid quantitative/analytical skills with strong attention to detail
  • Good judgment and ability to prioritize assignments
  • Self starter, with an entrepreneurial attitude
  • Be pro-active and energetic

If you are interested, please send your resume to career@ookong.com. Thank you.


Hiring: User Experience Designer

Department/Group: Design Location: Dallas, US
Level Entry Level Position Type: Full-time Employee
Job Description
Job Purpose:

Improve interface usability; increase web traffic and software downloads

Duties:

  • Design wireframes, mock-ups, and prototypes to effectively communicate the user experience of features to project team members
  • Create, document, and evangelize new user interface guidelines, and standards
  • Ensure a consistent look and feel, and experience across the applications
  • Contribute to a consistently high standard of user-centered design across products
  • Analyze the usage of website and software through Google Analytics, Urchin and Excel reports
  • Perform other tasks as directed and assigned

Skills/Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, industrial engineering or equivalent
  • Thorough understanding of UI/UX principles and best practices
  • Expertise with  creating wireframes and prototypes for applications and web sites
  • Expertise with developing flow charts
  • Expertise  with  Google Analytics and Excel reports
  • Excellent communication skills

If you are interested, please send your resume to career@ookong.com. Thank you.


New Ookong.com is launched and open for registration!

The golden season for shopping is coming!  Are you ready?

Ookong team has launched the new http://ookong.com and it will help you save more time and money this year!

With the new http://ookong.com, you can

  • Check price history for any item sold on Amazon
  • Get a notification when price drops
  • Buy at the right time

Check out the new site and register NOW!

http://www.ookong.com


Ookong 1.3.0 passed editor review on Firefox Addons

Check it out at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9308

The email from Mozilla Add-ons:

The following files of Ookong – Buy at the right time @ Amazon 1.3.0 have been made public by a Mozilla Add-ons editor:

Ookong – Buy at the right time @ Amazon 1.3.0 – ALL

Review Information:
Reviewer: Jorge Villalobos
Tested on Mac OS X with Firefox
Comments: Looks great – thanks for the update.


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