Your actions have spoken and were listening! Based on what our community has been requesting, we’re adding a ton of new features and a brand new look for Shopit! Also, in an effort to simplify the site, we’ll be doing away with some features that are not frequently used by our community. So we have removed the option to list items for ‘trade’ on Shopit. You can simply list them for sale or accept offers on them.

We thank you again for your continued feedback to help us improve Shopit. We’re working hard to ensure we give attention to all of your requests. Keep em’ coming!

When Shopit first launched in August 2007, there were three things we told ourselves, “Listen to our users, listen to our users, listen to our users.” We initially launched the site with PayPal being our only electronic form of payment accepted, but quickly added Google Checkout to satisfy other users requests. Our most recent addition has been the integration and partnership with Revolution Money Exchange to help give our sellers a completely free commerce experience. Now Amazon is jumping into the game with their own portable payment system and we want your opinion. Would you use this service? Make sure to let us know if you are a buyer or a seller. If we get enough of a response we will take a deeper dive into what it will take to bring this service to Shopit.
To learn more about Amazon’s new payment service click here to see what they are saying about it or read what Brad Stone of the NY Times had to say on the topic.

We try to offer our users as many options as possible without cluttering the site (hence the mention of a redesign recently). Expect to see more payment options geared towards our larger sellers with integration to larger payment gateways and processors – coming soon.

Thanks for the continued feedback and patience.

-Rhett

Brad Stone of the New York Times recently published an article about the deal between Buy.com and eBay. This seems to signal eBay’s move to become more of a retail listing house than a true peer-to-peer commerce platform. Stone writes, “Since eBay’s search listings favor larger sellers who can add perks like free shipping, which improve their feedback ratings, Buy.com’s presence has hurt many smaller sellers that compete in those product categories.” Because of our ability to allow users to sell on their very own blogs and social network profiles, we believe we offer a true peer-to-peer experience which allows for users to effectively communicate before, during and after the purchase of an item. This user experience will cut down on some of the problems and favoritism that eBay is facing today.

We wanted to remind our current and potential users about our one-click eBay import which allows users to easily port their catalog to Shopit. Sellers can decide whether to list those items solely on Shopit or connect them to Shopit’s network of Applications on Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and AIM.

In the coming months Shopit will be furthering it’s push to be more open and portable by integrating into multiple communities and platforms. Make sure to check the blog or subscribe to our RSS to stay up to date with our latest progress.

I’m delighted to see that our users are as eager as we are to adopt this new free payment option! We’ve had a great response from you guys so far, and would love to hear more about what you think of MoneyExchange. We’re excited to provide many more tools to help you better transact free online. Thats what we’re here for

If you haven’t checked out MoneyExchange yet, nows the time. Here’s all the info to get you started.


-Stephanie

With online networks and a plethora of desktop applications connecting people across the world, there’s no reason why online store can’t be better integrated into all of these platforms. That’s what Shopit thinks, at least. Given the freedom for communication that the web has allowed, the ability to build on such freedom has allowed for the growth of web-based banking, dating, and shopping. It’s expected for these forms of communication and commerce to want to go where the people are. It’s the nature of the beast, and a catalyst for the ideal meeting of supply and demand.[ Read More ]

Written on May 27th 2008 Author by Kathleen of Adotas

ADOTAS – Creepy stalkers rejoice: Hayden Panettiere is selling off items in her wardrobe for charity. The star on NBC’s Heroes, has announced a partnership with social computing site Zude and peer-to-peer social commerce marketplace Shopit to sell some of her favorite clothes in a bid to raise money and awareness for the “Save The Whales Again!” foundation.

Panettiere joins a star-studded board of spokespeople – including Pierce Brosnan, Isabel Lucas and Keely Shaye Smith – created to draw attention to the industrial killing of whales and dolphins.

Some of her wardrobe items on the block: a Dooney & Bourke handbag and an Alice + Olivia pleated black and white dress that she wore to the premiere of It’s a Mall World.

The items can be found here.

Panettiere joined Zude earlier this year to launch Fanbase – a feature that allows Zude users to build fan sites and gives them exclusive access to images, videos and music. Zude users who are members of her Fanbase can visit her home page and click on the Panettiere Closet storefront widget to embed it in their sites.

Shopit marries commerce and social networking; users can build widgets, upload items and list them for sale.

Heroes’ Hayden Panettiere Saves Whales With eBay Promotion

Hayden Panettiere, star of NBC’s Heroes and whale lover, has signed an endorsement deal with social site Zude and Shopit to sell clothes and raise money for Save the Whales Again, a Whaleman Foundation and Animal Welfare Institute campaign to “create awareness about the industrial slaughter of whales and dolphins.”

The effort is getting added awareness with promotional placement on the homepage of eBay which points to a branded eBay page for Save the Whales Again.

As part of the promotion, an auction is being held to raise money with the winning bid (bidder plus five friends) getting tickets to a celebrity fundraiser held at Eva Longoria’s Beso restaurant and a whale watching tour with Hayden in the Channel Islands.

Your products come in all kinds of shapes and forms and now you can let your customers know it right from the Shopit Social Applications.  That’s right, we’ve added Colors and Sizes to our apps, that lets you create the right options for all your products.

How it Works

1. Click on the “Add Colors and Sizes” link when you’re adding a product.
2. Add as many colors and sizes as you want by entering the quantity, size, and color for your product.

• Tip:  You can add either a size, a color, or both!

Go Whale Watching with Hayden Panettiere

Hayden Panettiere – the Heroes star and outspoken activist for the Save the Whales Again! campaign – is auctioning off the chance to join her on an ocean voyage.

The auction – now open on eBay and running through May 30th – includes dinner and drinks for six at Eva Longoria’s Beso restaurant during a celebrity fund-raiser in Hollywood on August 10.

In the next few days, the winner and five guests will spend a morning with Panettiere, 18, on a private whale watching tour off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif. (They’ll also receive a $1,000 American Express gift card.) After just one day, bidding had already reached $4,180. Proceeds will got to the Save the Whales Again! campaign. As Panettiere – who recently won an award for her work with the charity – says on eBay, “You can make a huge difference for these wonderful animals.”

Check it out - We partnered with Zude to launch the Hayden Panettiere’s Closet at shopit.com/hayden. So far we’ve had close to $1000 in sales go through the store for Hayden’s save the whales again cause – not a bad start for a store we just launched! In addition to all of this, there is a promotion for people to go to Hayden’s homepage, click on her Fanbase and register for a Zude account; users will automatically be placed in a raffle for a bunch of autographed items from Hayden and The Whaleman Foundation. It’s a good cause!