Thank you very much everybody for using the Scan Hero. We could even inspire a CopyCat close to the Silicon Valley to something similar they call Barcode Hero. But we realized that the Check-In just does not really work for products. You simply have more emotional connection to a bar, than to your shampoo.

That’s why the real social elements of the Scan Hero are now integrated directly at the result page of barcoo and you are finally able to have real discussions about products. The Check-In is history but now there’s the ScanTicker. It shows you which product in which category is most scanned one from you. And we open the treasury and show you which products are being scanned or reviewed live!

• Livescans

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• Topscans

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So there’s no reason any more not using barcoo in the subway ;)

A few weeks ago we launched the social shopping module “Scan Hero”. It cought on pretty good but functionality was – to be honest – fairly limited. So we decided to up the ante: Scan Hero will be more interactive, more playful and more social! In detail that means:

• Implementation of a scoring system: Each tick will earn you points. For reasons of fair play the score will be reset at the beginning of each week, but you can see top scorer lists and check out who’s more active and who’s the most active (prizes for the most loyal Scan Heros are an option for the future).
• You can now talk to each other. Many of our users asked to be connected to other users and exchange opinions about products or anything else. Your wish is our command.
• In general you’ll get more notifications when there’s news about your Scan Tick. For example, if there are new comments or anybody else becomes Scan Hero of one of you products.
• Since we’re starting to become satisfied with Scan Hero’s functionalities we decided to move the button to use it from the very bottom right to the top of the result screen!

And this is what it looks like as of today (in the next weeks also in UK & FR):

Plus, because we’re gaining every day almost more new Android users than iPhone users Scan Hero has been released for Android just now :) Happy Tickering!