In the beginning...

zlert started with an itch. I had just watched the movie "Infernal Affairs". It's a Hong Kong thriller, which Martin Scorsese's "The Departed" was based on. I thought, I wouldn't mind owning that, if it was the right price. In other words, what was it worth to me?

Now, things like DVDs, once they are no longer "hot", tend to fall in price. I had just watched it, I was in no rush, I'd wait. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a site where I could enter the price I wanted to pay and it would alert me when the item was that price? At the time, there weren't really many places where I could do that. So, I decided to write my own. The result is zlert.

As I started to code it, I realized that there was really a whole range of useful product alerts that you could create. So, now we have not just price alerts, but search alerts, accessory alerts, top seller alerts etc. zlert specializes in product alerts. If you can think of a generally useful alert that we are not covering, let us know. You can use the comments below or our Feedback page.

I do want to emphasize that this is your site, not mine. It's here to provide a useful service. Period. We can only do that if we hear from you.

One other point I want to make is about privacy. Your privacy. We respect it. Of course, we will never rent or sell any information you provide. Nor will we send alerts or emails that you did not subscribe to. When you sign up for zlert, all we ask is your email address (so we can send you alerts) and a password. We will not ask for your zip or postal code, not even your name. Only the very minimum amount of information we need.

I hope to use this blog to give tips, tricks and general info about using zlert. Stay tuned.