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Facebook + Ecommerce = 29 Applications Reviewed

paulinepauline — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:31:20 GMT

We’ve been talking much about social media marketing here at Get Elastic, blogging, podcasts, viral videos and so on. But what about Facebook applications? What kind of things can you build for this platform that relate to ecommerce? Is it worth it? Who’s doing what and are they successful? Today I’m reviewing 29 ecommerce Facebook applications by shopping engines, deals sites, social shopping sites and online retailers.

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DealBurnr

livehackr — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:31:20 GMT

"DealBurnr is an online bargain shopping community It makes deal hunting fun and exciting."

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E-Commerce 2.0: Interview with Salim Ismail, Head of Yahoo! Brickhouse

excitingcommerce — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:31:20 GMT

"If you look at the walled garden of content today, whether its eBay or Monster.com or Overture, etc. They basically create and get a lot of value from the ownership of the data. As we get to the UGC (user-generated content) world where users own their own data, what happens to a Monster.com if anybody can publish a job announcement off the website? It then gets syndicated and anybody can aggregate that. The value that they believe in ownership of the data will disappear and where you will get value as a service to layer on top of them."

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Mymusli gewinnt Investoren

maxxx — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:31:20 GMT

Prominente Verstärkung für das Mymusli Team. Herzlichen Glückwunsch :)

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OurThreads: Fashionistas Showcase and Sell at Social Shopping Site

excitingcommerce — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:31:20 GMT

"Independent designers and fashionistas who want to capitalize on social commerce and are looking for an easy way to increase their online sales now have a new option: OURthreads.com. Launched today, the community site lets members buy, sell or trade items from their customized virtual closets. "There's been big news in the social networking area, we're seeing MySpace and Facebook and other sites attracting a lot of attention, so we decided to create a social networking site for fashion," said co-founder Brian Finn. "We wanted to offer a social networking site for fashion, for people to buy, sell and trade, but also to communicate with each other." OURthreads allows members to connect to others with similar styles across the fashion spectrum from couture to retro through message boards and by showcasing their virtual closet. When you register with OURthreads you will be given a closet where you can post pictures of yourself, your clothes, your accessories and other items that you would like to share with the community. The site attracts anyone from college students l"

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Amazon Launches Web Startup Contest

excitingcommerce — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:31:20 GMT

"Amazon Web Services, Amazon’s service that gives developers access to Amazon’s technology platform with pay-as-you-go pricing, is launching something called the Amazon Web Services Start-Up Challenge - a contest for the best web startup. The winner will receive $50.000 cash and additional $50.000 in Amazon Web Services credits, as well as mentoring sessions from an AWS technical expert, and - last but not least - an investment offer from Amazon. Four second-place winners will receive $5.000 in AWS credits, and everyone that qualifies will receive $25 in AWS credits. "

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Mashup Challenge - Mashable

excitingcommerce — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:31:20 GMT

"Launching on October 1st, and created by MashupAwards.com, mashup enthusiasts have a whole new competition to start on in MashupChallenge.com. There are several angles to keep the competition fresh and exciting. First up is the quarterly nature of the game with everything resetting at the beginning of each quarter. The big twist comes in the form that the developers will receive a random set of 5 APIs from the site’s pool. This should help to ensure some fresh and unique ideas coming out of the competition."

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Sexy Widget: The Four Pillars of a Distributed Web Strategy

excitingcommerce — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:31:20 GMT

"My interest in distributed web businesses – web businesses that don’t reside on a single domain, but instead span across various web sites – stems from necessity. While the long tail of the Web is getting longer, so is the percentage of overall pageviews absorbed by the head of that tail. If your site isn’t one of those elite sites at the head of the curve, you’re most likely losing ground every day. In this environment, you either find ways to put your content / functionality / service in front of people where THEY are, or you wither away into irrelevance. At a macro level, there are four broad strategies that can be undertaken to get"

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gründerszene » Interview mit den Tradoria Gründern Beate Rank und Tobias Kobier

excitingcommerce — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:31:20 GMT

"Zwischen Frühstück und IFA habe ich heute Beate und Tobias von der Social Shopping Platform Tradoria getroffen. Die beiden waren unter anderem in Berlin um sich bei der IFA einen kleinen Preis für ihr Geschäftsmodell abzuholen. Im Rahmen der Social Commerce Analyse auf Gründerszene habe ich den Long Tail Pionier bereits ausführlich vorgestellt."

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Bravisa.com-Earn money with free personal virtual stores

mybalaji — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:31:20 GMT

Bravisa provides free virtual personal stores, called bStores, for everyone to enjoy the benefits of online retailing. People can quickly and easily earn 20-40% profit on sales from their free bStores. In 3 clicks, bStore owners can add Bravisa’s product catalog, set their own price markups, and get tools and widgets to attract buyers. When customers buy products from a bStore, Bravisa takes care of order fulfillment and pays the bStore owner their profits. Since purchases take place inside their bStore, the bStore owners have total visibility to and 100% tracking accuracy on all sales. Detailed Description: Background Today, individuals who want to make money by opening virtual online stores and selling products through their blogs and websites have to live with substantial compromises: Competition from merchants, marginal financial benefits, lack of transparency in tracking earnings, upfront and ongoing fees, and/or a limited set of products. Bravisa changes all of that with the introduction of the bStore, a free virtual online store where the store owner: •Has complete control over their store (products, earnings, customization, marketing tools, and more) •Can markup wholesale prices to set their own retail prices •Has total visibility to sales and has no competition from store providers or merchants How Bravisa Works: 1.Easily create a fully functional online store (bStore) •Add products: Easily add entire catalog, specific categories or individual products •Set product price markups: Globally set markup or choose different markups for different categories or products •Control product data: Edit product content such as description, price and keywords at any time 2.Use Bravisa-provided tools to market bStore •Serve contextual widget to blogs and websites •Embed bStore in other sites •Submit product data feeds to Google Base •Include meta tags to make bStore more friendly to search engines 3.Customers buy from the bStore •Sales take place in the bStore •Bravisa commerce engine takes care of fulfillment, returns and service •bStore owner just sits back and relaxes 4.Earn 20-40%profit on sales from bStore •100% of the markup (difference between wholesale and retail price) for every sale goes to the bStore owner •No investment or out-of-pocket expenses…ever •The bStore owner “owns” the customer with no competition from Bravisa…ever •100% tracking accuracy on sales Bravisa’s offering is complete and unique •Free personal online bStores - bStore owners can set up as many bStores as they like for free and can personalize the look and feel of their stores. bStore owners can create everything from a large, many-product department store to as many focused, niche stores as desired. •Growing list of products - Bravisa currently has a wide variety of distinctive, custom, and mainstream products. The product catalog is growing rapidly and bStore owners can help prioritize the product list. Current products include home decor, gifts, fine foods, leather goods, children's puzzles, toys, green products, handmade artisan goods, ethnic furnishings, kitchen & bath accessories, print-on-demand products, and more. •Reputable manufacturers - Bravisa actively qualifies product manufacturers and suppliers based on analysis of their product quality, performance history, and business practices. Bravisa negotiates wholesale prices with them to allow room to markup the products to retail price. •Complete control over products - bStore owners can add and delete products, set and change price markups, and edit product descriptions at any time. •Promotion tools to help bStore owners attract buyers. Current tools include: contextual product widgets for blogs, ability to embed a bStore in other sites or stores, submission of product data feeds to sites such as Google Base, and meta tags to make bStores search engine friendly. •Market intelligence - Bravisa provides rich data about customers so the bStore owners can better serve them and increase earnings. Bravisa also helps increase bStore earnings by tracking and analyzing a number of important statistics throughout the Bravisa system. This includes manufacturer performance, product prices, and more. Bravisa's analytics help maximize and optimize bStore revenue. •World class shopping experience for customers - Bravisa provides an easy and secure shopping environment for bStore customers. Bravisa also takes care of order fulfillment, warranty, service, and returns related issues thus providing an end-to-end shopping experience. •Bravisa minimizes competition with bStore owners - Bravisa doesn't cross sell bStore customers on products outside of their bStore or entice them to other bStores... the customers “belong” to the bStore where they’re shopping. As a result, everything bought in a given bStore can be authoritatively tracked and credited to that bStore owner. Competition: •Amazon aStore, Zli

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