Comments on: Social Shopping – a multi billion dollar future industry? http://blog.crowdstorm.co.uk/social-shopping-a-multi-billion-dollar-future-industry/95 eCommerce, Researching Products, Entrepreneurship Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:59:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Exciting Commerce » Blog Archive » Social Commerce - the misjudged billion dollar market? http://blog.crowdstorm.co.uk/social-shopping-a-multi-billion-dollar-future-industry/95/comment-page-1#comment-443 Exciting Commerce » Blog Archive » Social Commerce - the misjudged billion dollar market? Tue, 26 Dec 2006 12:16:00 +0000 http://blog.crowdstorm.com/?p=95#comment-443 [...] Of course, such statements are simply grist in mills of advocates of Social Shopping. Not only does Crowdstorm ask: “Social Shopping - a multi billion dollar future industry?”, but provide the answer right away: [...] [...] Of course, such statements are simply grist in mills of advocates of Social Shopping. Not only does Crowdstorm ask: “Social Shopping – a multi billion dollar future industry?”, but provide the answer right away: [...]

]]> By: Javier http://blog.crowdstorm.co.uk/social-shopping-a-multi-billion-dollar-future-industry/95/comment-page-1#comment-296 Javier Sat, 02 Dec 2006 10:58:26 +0000 http://blog.crowdstorm.com/?p=95#comment-296 Hi Philip, Respect to the survey, I think that the mosts users on the Internet are always searching for good prices and big discounts. I mean, when we go to a physical shop, we're ready to pay the price we see at the label. When we surf on the internet, a lot of people think that the Online shopping will give them the best prices. The conclusion is that we have to have real online discounts shops and these 'real discounts shop' can only be built by the users who will pay this price. That's why crowstorm is an excellent way to gain this critic mass of clients/users. I'm sorry for my english ;-) Regards! Javi Hi Philip,

Respect to the survey, I think that the mosts users on the Internet are always searching for good prices and big discounts. I mean, when we go to a physical shop, we’re ready to pay the price we see at the label. When we surf on the internet, a lot of people think that the Online shopping will give them the best prices.
The conclusion is that we have to have real online discounts shops and these ‘real discounts shop’ can only be built by the users who will pay this price.
That’s why crowstorm is an excellent way to gain this critic mass of clients/users.

I’m sorry for my english ;-)

Regards!

Javi

]]> By: TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » Bebo creates a new “discovery” homepage. http://blog.crowdstorm.co.uk/social-shopping-a-multi-billion-dollar-future-industry/95/comment-page-1#comment-278 TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » Bebo creates a new “discovery” homepage. Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:26:39 +0000 http://blog.crowdstorm.com/?p=95#comment-278 [...] By coincidence or not, over the weekend a story appeared on USA Today about social shopping and how people would like to see this as part of their social network. Imagine if Bebo enabled people to rate/recommend products or places within their own profile and that this information then appeared on their friends aggregated home page i.e social shopping meets social networking. Philip Wilkinson’s [CEO CrowdStrom] blogged about this over the weekend. What it goes to show is that shopping can, and indeed is, a social activity both on and offline, and that it can be one of the most powerful word of mouth marketing activities due to the “trust factor”. As the article says, a lot of the big social networks would benefit immensely from integrating a social shopping element and they will know that this is not an easy task to do organically. Thinking back to my old price comparison days, ask any of the big players what happened to their own efforts at creating a price comparison engine and then ask why they gave up and partnered with a specialised player… [...] [...] By coincidence or not, over the weekend a story appeared on USA Today about social shopping and how people would like to see this as part of their social network. Imagine if Bebo enabled people to rate/recommend products or places within their own profile and that this information then appeared on their friends aggregated home page i.e social shopping meets social networking. Philip Wilkinson’s [CEO CrowdStrom] blogged about this over the weekend. What it goes to show is that shopping can, and indeed is, a social activity both on and offline, and that it can be one of the most powerful word of mouth marketing activities due to the “trust factor”. As the article says, a lot of the big social networks would benefit immensely from integrating a social shopping element and they will know that this is not an easy task to do organically. Thinking back to my old price comparison days, ask any of the big players what happened to their own efforts at creating a price comparison engine and then ask why they gave up and partnered with a specialised player… [...]

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