10 Reasons you need to switch to WhaleSlide

1. No tracking. Whatsoever.

You may be aware that some search engines *cough* Google *cough* track you when you shop and search online. It’s creepy, and we don’t like it. Your privacy is completely protected with WhaleSlide which means we don’t track you, monitor you or sell your data to anyone. Ever.

2. We give to charity — on your behalf — for free!

Retailers often give money to search engines when people buy items through them. This is for bringing traffic to their sites and can be as much as 10–15% of the purchase price.

Most search engines keep this as revenue but at WhaleSlide we like to do things a little differently. We share this money with a charity of your choice, which brings me to my next point…

3. You can choose a charity that suits you.

WhaleSlide is partnered with an array of lovely charities — whether it’s bees to books, conservation to kids, or of course — whales! We like to think there’s never too much choice when it comes to donating to charity, so if you’d like to nominate a charity to partner with us then just follow this link.

4. Did we mention we don’t track you online?

Throwback to that time we dreamt big whilst party planning and thought a 10 foot unicorn was an absolute NECESSITY for our magical garden vibe… Turns out at just shy of £150 it was not a necessity. WhaleSlide doesn’t have adverts, which means we’re not constantly reminding you of all the things you could have bought if you’d won the lottery — we don’t know about you but we find it’s nice to avoid that daily dose of disappointment.

5. You can customise & collaborate.

WhaleSlide is fully customisable — you can change the logo, colour scheme and even your chosen charity as often as you like. You can also use collections to collate useful information (helloooooo recipe ideas, holiday plans and reading lists) which you can then share so others can check out your great ideas.

6. We are a UK-registered company and pay all of our taxes!

We think it’s messed up when you have to brag about things you are legally required to do. Yet here we are, letting everyone know. It’s nice to be in a position where other companies have set the bar so low that doing the right thing seems like a big deal. PSA: it’s not a big deal, we’re proud to do it and love that we are properly supporting our economy.

7. No filter bubble.

Because we don’t track you online, we don’t tailor our search results to who you are as a person either. We don’t harvest data showing you have been looking at holidays to Mexico for 2 hours (do some work, Janet), then offer you prices based on your lifestyle. Other search engines build a profile of who you are, where you live, where you shop, what you buy, and offer each person different prices based upon that data (creepy amirite?!?). We. Do not. Do that.

8. We’re familiar.

We get it, change can be scary! But we work hard to give you all the stuff you know and love, plus some innovative new features on top.

9. Google isn’t everything!

People have called us crazy for trying to break into an incredibly dominated market. Google is so ubiquitous that it’s now a verb, and lots of people would never think of using anything else. However, at WhaleSlide we believe that just because something is popular doesn’t mean it’s great (ready salted crisps?! Don’t @ me). We exist because we believe in pushing boundaries and ask ourselves every day “how can we make things better?”

10. We’re called WhaleSlide. ‘Nuff said.

Check us out at whaleslide.com or try our iPhone app!