The new PosoKanei digital platform has been launched, which enables consumers to compare real-time product prices in large supermarket chains, monitor price changes history and compare prices on the Greek market with the average corresponding products in European Union countries.
THE Kyriakos Mitsotakis, presenting the new digital implementation at a meeting at Maximos Palace focused on enhancing transparency in the market and providing more tools to citizens to address accuracy. The Prime Minister described the platform as another essential step in the fight to contain the cost of living, stressing that consumers are now able to directly compare product prices between the country's major supermarket chains and similar prices in European markets.
The platform was also presented at a press conference in the Ministry of Digital Governance, in the presence of the Ministers of Digital Governance Dimitris Papastergiou and Development Takis Theodorikakou, the administrator of the Independent Authority for Market Supervision and Consumer Protection Despinas Tsagaris and the co-founder and CEO of Keyvoto, George Papadimitriou.
The new service is the development of e-Consumer and is available through the posokanei.gov.gr website and application for mobile devices, without requiring an account. In its present form it includes nearly 8,000 products from 10 large chains supermarket, while its design provides for the gradual expansion of the database into around 10,000 product codes.
Users can create shopping lists, calculate total cost of basket In the case of the United Kingdom, it is necessary to take account of the fact that, in the case of the United Kingdom, there is no need for the Member States to take the necessary measures to ensure that the measures taken are implemented. Prices at a depth of two months. At the same time, the platform allows price comparison in Greece with the average corresponding products in other European countries, offering a more comprehensive picture of the market.
Here are 22 questions and answers for the new platform:
1. What is posokanei.gov.gr?
Answer: Posokanei.gov.gr is a platform for comparing consumer product prices, which allows citizens to see and compare prices from different retailers, monitor price history and organise their purchases through lists.
2. How do we get on the platform?
Answer: Through computer we visit posokanei.gov.gr. At the same time, Android and iOS applications are available so that users can access mobile devices.
3. How many products does the platform include today?
Answer: The first version of the platform includes approximately 10,000 product codes. The database is constantly updated and will be enriched with new codes and product categories.
4. How are the products organized?
Answer: The products have been classified into six main categories and individual subcategories. The categorisation is based on the information provided by Circana.
5. What supermarket do the prices come from?
Answer: The platform gathers prices from the chain of Galaxia, Sklavnitis, Chalkiadakis, COKA, Masoutis, My Market, AB Vasilopoulos, Cretan, Market in and Lidl.
6. How are prices collected?
Answer: Prices are collected in two ways:
• Direct data supply from the Galaxy, COKA, Masuti, AB Vasilopoulos, Market in and Lidl chains.
• Automated collection of data (crawling) from the electronic stores of Sklavnitis, Chalkiadakis, My Market and Cretan through SCU products.
Prices are updated daily.
7. When are prices updated?
Answer: Prices are updated on a daily basis either from the data provided by chains themselves or through automated data collection mechanisms.
8. Can we see how the price of a product evolved?
Answer: Yes. Through the historical price the user can track the product price progress over time.
9. How can a user find a product?
Answer: The search can be done either with the product title or with its barcode.
10. Is a cell phone barcode scan supported?
Answer: Yes. Through the application the user can scan the barcode of a product and transfer directly to the search results of the specific password.
11. What do we see when we choose a product?
Answer: Chains available to the product and their respective sales prices are displayed so that the user can compare available options.
12. Is there a possibility of comparison with external prices?
Answer: Yes. When the same product is identified in European retail chains, the corresponding external prices appear. The countries covered today are mainly Italy, France, Belgium, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Spain.
13. What if someone knows a foreign store that doesn't exist on the platform?
Answer: It can propose the associated link through the platform. The proposal shall be assessed and, if it meets the criteria, added to the data sources.
14. Can we organize our markets?
Answer: Yes. The user can create product lists and see the total cost of the products he has chosen in the stores that have them.
15. Is this an electronic shopping cart?
Answer: No. The lists have an informative and comparative nature and are not purchased through the platform.
16. How many lists can we create?
Answer: Each user can create up to five lists, with up to fifty products on each list.
17. Can we put in quantities?
Answer: Yes. The user may determine the quantities needed for each product to calculate the actual total cost of his purchases.
18. What is "Search Me Cheaper" function?
Answer: This function suggests cheaper product options within the same category, helping the user reduce the total cost of his list.
19. Is the comparison based on product characteristics?
Answer: No. The comparison is made mainly at product group level rather than on the basis of full matching of technical or quality characteristics.
20. How can a user contact the platform team?
Answer: There is a special form of communication through which users can ask questions, comments or suggestions.
21. Is there any help for new users?
Answer: Yes. The platform has a detailed help guide explaining all its basic functions.
22. How will the platform evolve in the future?
Answer: The project is dynamic and will continue to evolve. New product codes, new categories and additional data sources will be added so that the platform provides an increasingly full market image for citizens.
PosoKanei: Differences with e-Katanalotis
The new platform introduces innovative control and transparency tools, turning simple information into a real power of choice for the consumer.
The following is a complete analysis of the structural, functional and technological differences between the earlier application "e-Katanalotis" and the new platform "PosoKanei".
