Mpire lets online shoppers price compare across retailers

For those looking to avoid the hustle and bustle of the holiday shopping season, online shopping service Mpire Inc. has just made life easier.

The company launched Mpire Plugin and Mpire Holiday Gift Guide, featuring gift-list suggestions analyzed for trends, pricing and availability.

The free Mpire Plugin offers a pricing research tool that covers and supports thousands of the world's most popular online shopping sites. Shoppers can use the Mpire Plugin to browse, price-analyze and make purchases from Amazon, eBay, Craigslist, Target, Newegg, Staples, Office Depot, Toys-R-Us, Walmart, Ice.com, Blue Nile, GAP, Old Navy, Apple, Yahoo, Overstock and others.

The plug-in also features Mpire's price estimator, which offers an estimate of what shoppers should be paying for any of the millions of products online.

The Mpire Plugin integrates Smart Coupons from other merchants that relate to a shopper's search while shopping. It provides easy access to Mpire's universal shopping engine of more than 80 million new and auction products for quick product comparison.

The Mpire Holiday Shopping Guide lists researched gift suggestions for his, hers, and kids categories. It details popular gift items, suggested pricing and availability.