The internet has changed the way we shop – from the way we research what to buy, to the way we actually purchase. Often, online research will lead to an online purchase, or send you searching for a particular store you need to get to. Despite all the focus on “local” search, there’s still a…
Read MoreNothing sells a product better than customer reviews. But with the deluge of comments and reviews dispersed across the web, it’s hard to know exactly what the verdict is about a certain product. It can be exhausting to go online and find a product you like and then research reviews across multiple sites to determine…
Read MoreBodega, an Ann Arbor, Michigan based startup, offers a virtual goods marketplace enabling anyone to buy and sell their virtual goods in a fun environment. If virtual goods are new to you, they are defined by Wikipedia as: Virtual goods are non-physical objects that are purchased for use in online communities or online games. Virtual…
Read MoreVolusion, a shopping-cart software and service for online merchants, announced the beta release of its new mobile commerce solution at SXSW Interactive. Volusion mCommerce offers Volusion’s entire customer base a free, simple way to optimize their online stores for allowing shopping via smartphones. Mobile commerce is on the verge of unprecedented growth. According to ABI Research,…
Read MoreThere’s a growing wave of local services such as Groupon and LivingSocial that harness the power of their subscriber bases to offer deeply discounted daily deals that you can take advantage of. They cover a wide range of cities and all you have to do is sign up to get their daily email. LivingSocial has done…
Read MoreGoogle announced this week the launch of its new Android app called Google Shopper. In a blog post Google software engineers Daniel Switkin and Farhan Shamsi said: Shopper lets you find product information quickly by using your phone’s camera. It can recognize cover art of books, CDs, DVDs, and video games, along with most barcodes….
Read MoreIn 2009 Facebook users revolted against the Facebook Beacon a Facebook features that lets users share their purchases with their networks. A year later, I have signed up for Blippy which lets users sign up and link their accounts with companies like Visa and Mastercard Credit Cards, iTunes, Amazon, Zappos and even Netflix. They can…
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