Is Direct Selling The Next Driver Of Startup Commerce Companies? | TechCrunch

I think the rise of Direct Selling is coming, not sure if its going to take off like the direct selling of old like Avon and Tupperware or even the new Scentsy.  I think it maybe more integrated into affiliate programs via Facebook and Twitter were our recommendations of products that you own make [...]

April 14th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: eCommerce | Leave a comment

Facebook e-commerce: the next big thing? – The Economic Times

I think this will be a home run since everyone wants to keep up with the Jones’.  If your friends can see what you have and or bought or going to buy, I think this psychological push will persuade your friends they need one too.  Look how customer reviews as referrals has driven Amazon [...]

April 8th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: eCommerce, Social Networking | Leave a comment

M-commerce is the new e-commerce – Fort Worth Business Press – Fort Worth, TX

Would be interesting to see breakdown of product categories bought on m-commerce.  Is this mostly apps, music and videos?

M-commerce is the new kid on the block, and it’s not going away. Amazon’s report of more than $1 billion in mobile sales this year is proof that mobile shopping is here to stay.

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April 8th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: eCommerce | Leave a comment

Report: Pinterest is third most-visited social site – CNN.com

I love Pinterest.  If you are a big affiliate marketer or ecommerce business with products that take great pictures, then Pinterest is a perfect way to market your products.

Think back six months. You probably never had heard of a little website called Pinterest.

Now it’s the third most-visited social-networking site in the United [...]

April 6th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Social Networking | Leave a comment

BlueFly – Social eCommerce

I’ve always loved BlueFly.com.  I have bought several dresses for my wife at BlueFly and she looks great in them.  The one in the pic is from BlueFly.  It was her Easter dress several years ago.  Anyway, they have come up with a very cool social networking site, Closet Confessions.  I love the [...]

April 12th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: eCommerce, Social Networking | Leave a comment

Retailers Using Twitter – Social Networking

Ok, so I keep talking about Twitter use to my colleagues. I recently cam across this site, Retailer Twitter Aggregation, that aggregates some of the larger retailers’ tweets.  This looks interesting.

I keep wondering how Twitter is making money and how it will survive beyond a Google [...]

April 12th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Social Networking | Leave a comment

Social Selling through distributed eCommerce

In my last post I spoke about distributed ecommerce, and coincidentally Internet Retailer’s April 2010 magazine issue has an article by Zak Stambor, Social Selling, that summarizes a few forerunner companies testing  Social Selling on Facebook.  Personally, I’ve always thought that Facebook needed an eCommerce revenue model to make legitimate profits outside of advertising.  [...]

April 12th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: eCommerce | Leave a comment