# Try1Second

> Try1Second is an independent metasearch engine that compares live prices in one second across flights, hotels, bus tickets, online shopping, 10-minute grocery, food delivery, movie tickets, cabs, loans, insurance, credit cards and bank accounts in India. No bookings are taken here: every price links out to the seller it came from.

## How to use this site

- Every page is public and needs no login. Read the HTML, or ask for `text/markdown` in the Accept header.
- A plain-text index lives at https://www.try1second.com/llms.txt and a fuller one at https://www.try1second.com/llms-full.txt
- The sitemap is https://www.try1second.com/sitemap.xml; crawling rules are in https://www.try1second.com/robots.txt
- Agent tools (search live prices) are described by the MCP Server Card at /.well-known/mcp/server-card.json and served over JSON-RPC at /mcp
- Try1Second does not sell goods. It compares prices and links out to the seller, so a purchase always happens on the seller site.

## Key pages

- [Home](https://www.try1second.com/): search box, all ten verticals, live price feed
- [About Try1Second](https://www.try1second.com/about): who runs the site and how the comparison works
- [Contact](https://www.try1second.com/contact): email info@try1second.com
- [Privacy policy](https://www.try1second.com/privacy-policy): what we store and why
- [Terms of use](https://www.try1second.com/terms): the rules of using the site
- [Affiliate disclosure](https://www.try1second.com/affiliate-disclosure): how Try1Second earns money
- [How Try1Second Compares Live Prices (And What It Cannot See)](https://www.try1second.com/guides/how-try1second-compares-prices): How the scan works, why the same seat or room has a different price on every seller, what our ranking means, and the limits you should know before you book.
- [Flight Fare Checklist: The Fees That Change Your Real Ticket Price](https://www.try1second.com/guides/flight-fare-checklist-india): A practical checklist for comparing Indian domestic flight fares: baggage, cancellation rules, convenience fees, seat and meal charges, date-change cost and the bank offers that actually apply.
- [Hotel Booking Fees Explained: What the Nightly Rate Leaves Out](https://www.try1second.com/guides/hotel-booking-fees-guide): How hotel quotes differ across sellers: taxes and service charges, pay-at-hotel versus prepaid, cancellation windows, resort fees, extra-guest charges and why two sellers quote the same room differently.
- [Cab Fare Reality Check: Surge, Waiting Charges and the Fare Nobody Quotes](https://www.try1second.com/guides/cab-fare-surge-guide): How ride-hailing quotes are built: base fare, distance and time slabs, surge multipliers, waiting and cancellation fees, tolls and parking, plus why a quote can change the moment you open the app.
- [Quick Commerce: Why Your Grocery Cart Costs More Than the Item Prices](https://www.try1second.com/guides/quick-commerce-price-guide): Delivery fees, handling charges, small-cart fees, rain and peak surcharges, pack-size tricks, member pricing and MRP versus discounted price - the full cost of a ten-minute grocery order.
- [Food Delivery Charges Explained: Delivery, Packaging, Surge and Menu Mark-up](https://www.try1second.com/guides/food-delivery-fee-guide): Why the same biryani costs more in an app than at the restaurant: menu mark-up, packaging charges, delivery fees by distance, surge, coupon conditions and the minimum order value.
- [Movie Tickets: Convenience Fees, Seat Classes and Where the Money Goes](https://www.try1second.com/guides/movie-ticket-fees-guide): How cinema ticket totals are built: base ticket, seat class, convenience fee per ticket, food and beverage rules, cancellation windows and why the same show costs different amounts on different apps.

## Verticals

- [Flights](https://www.try1second.com/flights): airline and OTA fares with dates, stops and duration
- [Hotels](https://www.try1second.com/hotels): nightly rates across OTAs for a city and date
- [Bus](https://www.try1second.com/bus): intercity bus seats and fares
- [Cabs](https://www.try1second.com/cab): point-to-point cab estimates
- [Shopping](https://www.try1second.com/ecommerce): product prices across marketplaces
- [Grocery](https://www.try1second.com/grocery): 10-minute delivery baskets
- [Food delivery](https://www.try1second.com/food): menu prices and delivery fees
- [Movies](https://www.try1second.com/movies): showtimes and ticket prices
- [Loans](https://www.try1second.com/loans), [Insurance](https://www.try1second.com/insurance), [Credit cards](https://www.try1second.com/credit-cards), [Accounts](https://www.try1second.com/accounts): published rates and fees

## Contact

- Email: info@try1second.com