Today, over 40M internet users in the U.S. shop online using comparison shopping services such as Nextag, Shopzilla or Bizrate, according to Compete.com. Comparison shopping sites relies on computer matching to perform price comparisons. The result of comparison shopping is only average when compared against the best shopping deals found online by real people.

The best deals are not usually found by comparison shopping sites, but by real people. Wishabi will help people find the best value possible through the collective intelligence of the shopping community.

Based in Toronto, Wishabi.com, a crowd-sourced social shopping network, allow consumers to have their own personal shopper, powered by the deal-hunting community. Wishabi’s community driven deals give people shopping leverage in tough economic times.

Wishabi users list the items they want on a personal shopping wish list and Wishabi coordinates with thousands of deal-hunters and online merchants to scour the internet and find the best deals possible. The result is a shopping experience customized exactly for each user with the best deals available on the internet.

Wishabi helps users decide when the right time to purchase through its patent pending deal-rank system. Deal-rank helps users determine how good a deal is through a combination of community feedback and complex algorithms analyzing historical pricing and purchasing trends.

In addition to a personal shopping engine, any user can become a deal hunter and make money by posting deals they find online. Wishabi shares a portion of the revenue it receives from merchants with the deal hunter who posted the deal.

Search from over 3 million items or easily create your own wish for the deal hunting community to shop for. In the near future, Wishabi will be expanding its item coverage and search engine in additional categories such as shoes and clothing.