WeSaveYouSave.com: group buying with an AI agent

What WeSaveYouSave.com is

Buying together has always meant better prices, but organising it has always been the hard part. WeSaveYouSave.com removes that work. A member tells its agent, Will Barter, what they want to buy. Will finds the right product and the best price, and brings together other members who want the same thing so that the group, and not just the individual, gets the saving. The domain has been held by the group since 2007 and sits in its portfolio of domain names.

Will is not limited to one category. He is built to handle any purchase, from a car to a mobile phone, and to give more considered advice than a single-purpose tool could.

How it works

The journey is short, and it happens inside a messaging conversation, so members do not need to learn another app.

• The member says what they want. Will asks the few questions that matter.
• Will finds the product and the best price available, and checks it.
• Members who want the same thing are brought together into a group.
• The seller supplies at the group price, and the member saves.

Savings that can be checked

The platform only quotes a saving a member can verify. WeSaveYouSave.com introduces buyers and sellers, and the sale itself is between them. Will talks about how much he can save a member, and a member always sees the price they will pay.

Cars first, then everything else

Car buying is the first category and is being tested now. Travel and everyday products follow, and travel connects directly to the group's Visit Travel Group destination network, where people who want the same hotel can share in the saving. The group's driving lesson sites, DrivingLessons.co.uk and DrivingInstructor.co.uk, are intended to introduce first-time car buyers once learners pass their test.

Built on the group's platform engine

WeSaveYouSave.com runs on the same engine as the rest of the group's platforms: an AI agent that answers from facts it can source, journeys that adapt to the person, and automation that waits for a human on anything that matters. The platforms and infrastructure page describes the engine, and Costello Global Technology builds and operates it.

Where it sits in the group

WeSaveYouSave.com is the group's consumer business, and the clearest case of an asset that the group owns being developed into an operating platform. It is part of the wider portfolio and falls within the group's approach to investments and acquisitions.