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GetPrice is a web application for comparing household appliance prices across retail stores in Georgia. It brings product offers, recorded prices, observation dates, and source links into one interface, reducing the need to search multiple websites manually. The current demo includes offers from Alta, Elite Electronics, Kontakt, and Megatechnica. Users can search the catalogue, browse appliance categories, view product details, and explore available price history. Personal Care products are presented separately to keep household appliance coverage consistent. The project’s main challenge is identifying the same product across different stores. Retailers often use different languages, abbreviations, and incomplete model names. GetPrice separates confirmed comparisons from possible matches, so similar titles are not automatically treated as identical products. Product pages display the selected offer alongside relevant offers from other retailers. Each comparison includes recorded prices in Georgian lari, observation times, source links, and the current matching status. Unverified candidates are clearly labelled. The current dataset contains possible matches; confirmed comparison groups remain empty until sufficient evidence is available. Price transparency is equally important. Every displayed price represents a recorded observation, rather than a guarantee of the retailer’s current offer. Users can see when the information was collected and follow the original link to verify it. Product identity, price quality, and availability are assessed independently. The application is built with Laravel and PHP, with Python components supporting data collection. Its architecture separates collection, stored observations, matching research, review, and catalogue presentation. This structure supports future improvements without losing the evidence behind existing records. The English-language interface works on desktop and mobile devices. The demo provides read-only access to prepared data: browsing does not trigger collection jobs or modify records. Automated tests cover catalogue behaviour, comparison rules, interface language, and read-only access. GetPrice aims to make appliance research faster and more reliable. Its next steps include expanding verified coverage, improving model identification, and reviewing candidate matches. The focus is on trustworthy comparisons: showing what the data supports, making uncertainty visible, and helping users make informed purchasing decisions.