Description: MyScout is proprietary software that enables a client to
search the top retailers daily, "putting eyes" on the market to look for
certain events, or triggers. The triggers are confidential to each client
and can be set to find answers to questions such as:

   Price:

   New Models:

   Retailer Management:

   Technology Advances:

How It Works:  the client inputs their search criteria, or triggers, into the MyScout search engine by email. After MyScout runs each day to look for the client's search criteria, it sends the client an email notification with the results. This email will inform the client if any triggers matched, and if so, what the results of the match were. The client can change their search criteria at any time to be used the next time the search engine runs. Knowing this information on a daily basis, clients can quickly take action to better manage their business.

MyScout is Best-in-Class:  MyScout search technology is best-in-class because it is the only search engine that tracks every valid listed model, lowest priced, highest priced, middle priced, etc. at the top retailers and makes all of this database information available to clients’ searches. Other search engines may offer to provide a low price of certain models, but “where does this data come from? Are they showing the pricing for just one model that is on special by one retailer, or have they tracked all models? Can they drill down and show all competing products side by side?” PriceG2’s MyScout offers comprehensive searches for professionals who are serious about tracking industry trends in the retail market because retail is their livelihood.

How Do I Get It?  To achieve maximum results and customer satisfaction, PriceG2’s search engine is sold business to business. Contact a representative from PriceG2 and we will get you on your way to setting up your own MyScout to put surveillance on the retail markets you do business in.

Market research reports on the HDD or Flash Memory (including SSD, USB Flash Drives, and Memory Cards) industries and is organized into categories. Here is a description of the HDD MarketVision report.

QuickReport - this section shows the lowest prices found in the most recent week for each of the major form factor products. This section is useful to print out before attending a tactical pricing meeting.

Market Statistics - this section shows general market statistics, graphs for $/GB, and availability charts for Desktop Internal 3.5" HDDs, Enterprise Internal-15K RPM 3.5" HDDs, and Portable Internal 2.5" HDDs. These pages include:

Yearly Price Trend Tables – tracks the lowest prices found¹ for each capacity point and each major form factor throughout the entire year. If you purchased only a single quarters' report, then the yearly price trend table would only show just that one quarter. If you subscribe to PriceG2's weekly MarketVision report service, this table will reflect the lowest prices found throughout the calendar year.

Internal Drive Low Prices – tracks the lowest prices found¹ for each internal hard disk drive capacity point and each major form factor throughout 13 weeks of the quarter. The form factors include: Desktop Internal 3.5", Enterprise Internal 3.5"-15KRPM, Portable Internal 2.5", Portable Internal 1.8", Portable Internal 1.0".

External Drive Low Prices – tracks the lowest prices found¹ for each external hard disk drive capacity point and each major form factor throughout 13 weeks of the quarter. The form factors include: Desktop External 3.5", Portable External 2.5", Portable External 1.8", Portable External 1.0".

Channel Presence – shows a summary of each major retailer and the HDD products that they carry. This is useful to quickly see which suppliers' products the retailers currently carry in their product lineup.

Weekly SKU Changes - this section shows the models that were either added or removed by the retailers each week. This section is useful to determine if a new product enters the market or if a supplier's products are discontinued in whole or in part by a retailer.

Sample Data – this page gives an example of the raw data that PriceG2 tracks. The client can get access to this raw data by upgrading their subscription to HDD MaxVision.

Notes: 1) prices tracked may not include mail-in-rebates, instant or other discounts or manufacturer's incentives. Models advertised with incomplete or erroneous information may not be tracked.

A software program that runs from Excel and allows the client to dynamically search, sort, and compare thousands of raw data records for either HDD or Flash Memory industries. HDD MaxVision comes with 5 worksheets tabs that are used with the software program:

COMPARE_MFG tab – this page allows the client to compare side by side the lowest prices found for up to six HDD suppliers products for 13 weeks of a quarter.

YEAR tab – this page is used by the client to chart the lowest prices found on the client's selected HDD platform for up to an entire year.

AVAIL tab – inventory metrics, measured in number of days wait until a product ships, are tracked using the AVAIL tab. The charts and graphs show the total number of SKUs (hard disk drive models) that are listed with the given number of days wait. When plotted over time, it becomes apparent when product is in short supply if it changes from Same Day shipment availability to "1 to 3 days" to "CALL."

MFG_LKP tab – clients may use this page to look up all of the HDD supplier's records found matching a certain selection criteria. The results include all pricing found, highs and lows, for every model listed. This page is useful to see new model introductions by a supplier and with which retailers. The client may then copy these raw data records into their own Excel spreadsheets or Access databases for further analysis.

DATA_PAGE tab – the client uses this page to load in the weekly, raw data modules from PriceG2. Once the raw data is loaded into this page, the client may easily copy and paste this data into their own Excel spreadsheets or Access databases for further analysis.