OMG Digital Magazine OMG Issue 327 4th October 2018 | Page 34

OMG Digital Magazine | 326 | Thursday 27 September 2018 • PAGE 34
VIDEO F
SHOP AROUND
USING THE DIGITAL
PLATFORM
How do you feel after buying a much-needed item costing $75
in Arima and later seeing the same product in Sangre Grande for
$60, and consequently discovering it on sale in Chaguanas for
$50? In retrospect you’d regret not having taken the time and
shopped around! In September 2018, West Pic - the Online Digital
Media Company – is launching a digital platform to facilitate quick
access to this kind of info at just the touch of your fingertips. It’s
called Shoparoundtt.com
Created by Andrew Nicholls, a local soft tech developer,
Shoparoundtt.com was borne out of the noticeable price point
differences of commodities from store to store in Trinidad and
Tobago. “I once had the extremely fatiguing experience of walking
around Port of Spain with a female friend trying to find the best
price for her prescribed medication”, Nicholls recounted.
“I myself was walking in very uncomf
found it very frustrating and painful,
with the young lady trying to find the b
It was at that point I began consider
technological zeitgeist, there must som
items and compare various store pr
and then that the idea for “Shoparoun
Nicholls.
  The concept, configurations and con
took 4 years to develop, test and stabi
power of choice directly into the han
locally-created platform, all users will
right at the store or they can choose to l
items in stores before actually setting o
Shoparoundtt.com also has a support a
(SCEF) on all android devices. Join our
a part of the Shoparoundtt.com solution
Mobile: [phone] E-mail: rhoma@shopa
Andrew Nicholls- Founding Cr
Andrew Nicholls is the founder of We