Membees is your cross-website online shopping assistant

Latest Version

Version
0.1.7
Update
December 12, 2014
Size
728KiB
Developer
Category
Users
19
Rating
5 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
Tabs
Http://*/
Https://*/
Storage
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membees Extension

membees is a shopping assistant focused on simplifying your online shopping experiences.

It helps you keep track and organize all your online shopping activities and provides recommendations for the best places to find what you are looking for.

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== Using membees ==
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= Sessions: define a “shopping session” for each activity you want to perform, e.g.: planning “Holiday trip to Barcelona”, \"Buy the christmas gifts for your kids\", \"Buy your new computer\", \"Buy tickets for the theater\", etc. Inside each shopping session you will store everything relevant for that session.

= Tasks: to specify what needs to be done in a session you define “tasks”. One session can have multiple tasks. For example, when planning your trip to Barcelona, you can have a task to buy the plane ticket, another to book the hotel, etc.

= Recommendations: once you are actively shopping in a session (on a specific task) membees will immediately provide you a list of “popular recommendations” for services that can give you good deals for what you are looking for. For example, most popular services for booking flights to your holiday in Barcelona. These recommendations are based on “community collective intelligence”, e.g.: i.e., how the membees community shops for what you are looking for, how it rates the different services, etc. Such knowledge will enable users to help each other in finding the best deals for what they are looking for, which is one of the core goals of membees. This will also help users on dealing with the overwhelming number of shopping services available, and the uncertainty of never being completely sure they are making a good deal.

= Watchlist: when you are shopping and find something interesting you can click on membees icon and add the offer to your shopping session’s “watchlist”. The “watchlist” allows you to store all the interesting offers come across in all your searching process in one single place.

= Buy: once you are sure you have enough information about the different options around you can click on the offer you intend to buy and membees will guide you to the website where you can perform your purchase.

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== Advantages of using membees ==
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= Easily keep track of all you shopping activities in one place.

= Get highly relevant shopping recommendations (based on concrete usage statistics, not brute force marketing/advertisements).

= Keep an eye on all your online shopping expenses.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "membees", "description": "membees is your cross-website online shopping assistant", "version": "0.1.7", "icons" : { "19": "images/icon_19.png", "48": "images/icon_48.png", "128": "images/icon_128.png" }, "browser_action": { "default_icon": "images/icon_19.png", "default_popup": "membees.html", "default_title": "membees shopping assistant" }, "background": { "page": "membees.html" }, "permissions": [ "tabs", "http://*/", "https://*/", "storage" ], "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["http://*/*", "https://*/*"], "run_at": "document_end", "css": ["css/jquery.qtip.min.css","css/cscript.css"], "js": ["js/jquery-1.10.2.js","js/noty/packaged/jquery.noty.packaged.min.js","js/noty/themes/default.js","js/cscript.js"] } ], "web_accessible_resources" : ["images/icon_19_off.png","images/icon_19.png"]}
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How to download and manually install membees extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install membees extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install membees extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install membees extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download membees extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a membees extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the membees Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the membees extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the membees extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for membees extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the membees extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download membees extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install membees extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the membees extension file

Select and download the membees extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the membees extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your membees extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the membees extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install membees extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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