Ajaxo Frequently Asked Questions

Here we have compiled a few topics that we’ve found to be commonly asked and answered (posts will be opened in a new window). If you have a question that isn’t answered here, feel free to contact us directly using the comment/suggestion form.

Search Help:

How do I create my own shopping list?

Why can’t I find what I’m looking for?

What kind of categories can I find (search by aisle)?

How do you narrow your searching area?

General Questions:

How can Ajaxo.com help me?

How much money can I “really” save with Ajaxo.com?

How much money can a single guy/girl save with Ajaxo.com?

What is the $4 Challenge? Why did Ajaxo.com do it?

New Feature: Ajaxo Shopping List!

How to Create a Shopping List:

How to customize/edit a shopping list:

Hello everyone! We’ve told you we’ve been burning the midnight oil to bring you some great new features, and finally we can say the work has paid off.

Introducing.. The Ajaxo create your own shopping list! Now you can save the deals you find and come back anytime to see them! But wait, that’s not all, if you have a shopping list that you are truly proud of and want to share it with the general public so they can benefit from the great deals and bargains you’ve found, you can publish it!

Okay, so now that that announcement is out of the way, let’s get to how it all works.

Ajaxo Shopping List

To create a shopping list, you have to be a member.  Signing up is easy, and we don’t use your information for purposes other than identifying and verifying that you’re human and not a robot.  Usernames are determined using the beginning portion of your email address before the @ (ie. ilovefruit@email.com -> ilovefruit).

1. Sign in by entering your e-mail address and clicking submit.
2. After you click the OK button, you should see it says your username’s shopping list. (ie. “ilovefruit shopping list”) If you click on that, you’ll see your shopping list is empty, so let’s go ahead and add some items.
3. Do a search for some bargains/deals (ie. “fruit” in “95014”).
   Note: The results will vary from week to week, depending on what’s on sale, so what we have listed here will not be the same as what you may see!
4. Scroll down and find some items you like, and then click the check box to the left of each entry that you want.
   
5. Go to the end of the results page (or if you’re at a Store’s header, you can click the “Email someone|Add to shopping list” link).
6. At the bottom, you’ll see you can do one or both of either sending an email, or adding the item to the shopping list.  For our purposes, we only want to add to the shopping list.  Make sure the checkbox “Add checked entries to my shopping list” is checked, and then click “Send email / Update shopping list.”
   
7. You’ll return to the main page.  Now, scroll down and click your “username shopping list.”
8. And there you go! The items you checked are now part of your shopping list. You can repeat the search and add steps to build up your shopping list.
   
   

Removing items from my shopping list

1. While viewing your shopping list, uncheck the check box to the left of the item(s) you want to remove under the “Keep” column.
2. Click the “submit” button.
3. If you now check your shopping list again, the item(s) are gone.
   
   

Publish my shopping list

You can view published shopping lists by clicking the “view published shopping list” link at the bottom of the main page.  Each shopping list is designated by a shopping cart icon to the left and can be made either anonymous or referred to by username.

Usernames are determined using the beginning portion of your email address before the @ (ie. ilovefruit@email.com -> ilovefruit).

Published shopping lists are member’s ways of interacting with other bargain hunters in the community by showcasing the different types of deals they’ve found and bundled together.
Note: You cannot undo the publishing of a shopping list, but you can publish as many times as you like!

1. To publish your shopping list, begin by viewing your shopping list by clicking the “username shopping list” link.
2. At the bottom of the page you should see two checkboxes: “Publish shopping list” and “Publish as anonymous.”
   IMPORTANT: The default setting is “Publish as anonymous” checked, which will only result in the updating of your list (ie. Removing items).  If you want your list anonymous, make sure both check boxes are checked. BUT if you want your username published, make sure only the 1st check box that reads “Publish shopping list” is checked. only update your list.
   
3. Click submit, and if you now look at “view published shopping list,” your list is at the top!
   

Ajaxo Shopping List Hiatus? (UPDATE)

Au contraire!

We originally planned on putting the Ajaxo Shopping List on hiatus this week in favor of a list of invidual hot deals.  But in light of playing around with some drafts - with a savings of 45% - we knew we had to bring it back for this week.

Check it out today guys!  FORTY FIVE PERCENT (45%) IN SAVINGS!

Ajaxo Shopping List hiatus?

going on a temporary hiatus due to the flux of dates. HOWEVER, in it’s stead, we’ll be posting up hot deals that we’ve identified. We’ll point out the 5Ws (who/what/where/when - okay 4. I lied. ‘Why’ doesn’t really apply in this situation).

Check back here, and the ‘Ajaxo Shopping List’ icon for more hits or go HERE to check it out today.  Stay tuned!

UPDATE// If you’ve been checkin out the AJAXO Shopping List, remember a lotta deals expires soon!

One person’s food budget for 2 weeks = $40-ish?

Wowwww. Stunning revelation here on this b-e-autiful December morning.

So I was doing some math the other day (c’est impossible, non? D:) and I realized that the Ajaxo Shopping List doesn’t address single people - well directly anyhow. (Note: Skip to CONCLUSION if you don’t want me to impress you with my sub-par math skills :P)

To briefly re-cap, it contains groceries for 7 meals for a family of four - that’s 4 (actually depending on the meal it can be a lot more) servings a meal…for a grand total of 28 servings.  So what about people feeding one?  That’s simple.  Take the total servings and divide by 2 (lunch and dinner) for 14 days (lunch and dinner covered).

In Conclusion:
That means the list right now can feed a single person for 2 weeks - lunch and dinner.  As I noted in my previous entry, the list this week’s a bit pricier than usual. The week before ‘holidays savings’ arrived was about mid $30s.

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That’s NOT BAD!!! $30-somethin for one person for TWO whole weeks!  I wish I knew about that in college.  I remember going out to Safeway was guaranteed to be at least $10/meal.  Ridiculous. o__O

Can you do better? Check out the list today @ www.Ajaxo.com or direct link here