How to Use Backpack to Comparison Shop

I'm as frugal as they come. I spend hours comparing products. I go to three different stores before I decide on the right item. I spend hours looking at prices, specs, and images of my choices. I used to create massive bookmark lists of things I was interested in buying. If I wanted someone's opinion, I would email them links and pictures, and it was just a rather complicated process. But, my new love affair with Backpack has changed all that.

Backpack is the perfect tool for helping you compare products for many reasons. The main reason being, of course, that it's web based. Mainly, it's a great tool because it will help you organize and share your product comparisons. You will spend less time going back and forth between websites and emails, because you will have a central location to compare all your information.

There are plenty of articles proclaiming the greatness of Backpack, but this article is about utilizing Backpack to help comparison shop. Backpack prides it's self on being multi-functional. Yes, it is built as an organizational tool, but can be setup to fit your own needs.

Using Backpack To Help You Comparison Shop - Notes

When using Backpack for comparative shopping, the notes section will be one of the most used in your research. The notes section will be where you can post information, links, prices, and more about each product you are considering.

For each product you are considering, you will want to create a new note. In the title of that note you will want to type in the name of the product. You will want to do this for each product you are considering. Each of these notes will be where you can post information about each product. This will create a one stop location to view all your comparative data about your potential products.

The amount of information you can include in the body of each note is limitless. What you will include in the body of your note depends on what you are researching, but there is some information that is relevant to most product comparisons.

Here is an example to give you a better idea of how you can use Backapck to comparison shop:

Title - Xbox 360

Body -