Alice.com is a website that focuses on making sure that typical household consumers do not run out of supply. According to an SEC filing, Alice.com raised $4 million in funding. Users fill out what they typically buy on Alice.com and then the website recommends deals to look into and links consumers directly to manufacturers. Alice.com was founded by Mark McGuire and Brian Wiegand.

Wiegand and McGuire previously founded and sold Jellyfish.com to Microsoft. Jellyfish was used by Microsoft to create the Cashback program. This allows people that search for merchandise on Bing.com to find deals. Alice.com previously raised $4.3 million in funding from DaneVest Tech Fund and Kegonsa Capital Partners.

“Search engines are great for finding information, but we think you also need a search engine that is perfect for when you want to buy something online.”
-Jellyfish’s homepage.

Not too long ago Yahoo! announced a redesign for their search engine and now I discovered that Microsoft acquired Jellyfish, a search engine that encourages consumerism. Jellyfish is based in Madison, Wisconsin. Jellyfish will most likely be integrated into the e-commerce features of Windows Live Search.

There’s also a social networking component of Jellyfish. The homepage displays a list of other shoppers that are online. And over 1,000 stores are accounted for under Jellyfish’s search results including Circuit City, Target, Home Depot and Barnes & Noble.