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By: Bulk

Bulk — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:16:34 +0000

I’m surprised MakeupAlley isn’t on that list yet.

By: canvas prints

canvas prints — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:09:59 +0000

@website optimisation:
“research shows that almost 60% of people change their product choice after conducting a research in the internet. so comparison reviews have great prospects”
A fascinating statistic, thanks for sharing.

By: website optimisation

website optimisation — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:56:41 +0000

research shows that almost 60% of people change their product choice after conducting a research in the internet. so comparison reviews have great prospects

By: Aj

Aj — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:57:09 +0000

myfavz.com could be of interest to you. It is a new startup launched on sept 8th at the techcrunch50 in california. It is a social shopping portal with a unique patent pending feature called pKaboo!
pKaboo! enables gift givers to anonymously find out the recipient’s current interests, hobbies or perfect gift ideas. The giver’s identity is disclosed to the recipient by myfavz on the day of the event, thus maintaning the element of surprise which is so crucial to the ritual of gifting.
Let me know your views on myfavz

AJ
Founder / CEO

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:28:59 +0000

I like the roundup but you’ve left out one of the largest social shopping experiences, Polyvore.com. Polyvore.com is a fashion community site that lets people mix and match products from any online store, to create outfits and inspiration boards (we call them ‘sets’). It’s a virtual closet, styling tool, and user-generated fashion magazine, powered by a community of fashionistas, trendsetters and tastemakers. Polyvore has attracted 1.8 million unique (Quantcast), highly engaged monthly users in less than eighteen months since launch with no marketing.

Unlike sites like Kaboodle or ThisNext which do a great job of providing a platform for any shopping or product list, Polyvore is focused on fashion & home furnishes, and the users generate visually appealing content for users to shop.

Full disclosure – I work at Polyvore but have spent the past 10 years in eCommerce/lead generation companies and can honestly say that Polyvore is very unique and providing a value proposition that users are enjoying.

By: Seneschall

Seneschall — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:08:26 +0000

@John Definitely, since personal recommendations gain more and more weight with the abundance of products available.

By: John

John — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:59:28 +0000

Nice post! I think there is a big future social comparison shopping…the next couple years should be interesting!

By: George

George — Tue, 27 May 2008 08:38:21 +0000

social networking and comparison shopping in a blender. A bunch of flavors of social shopping websites have popped up as of late, creating a great opportunity for online retailers to engage in some low-cost word-of-mouth marketing.