Archive for the ‘Fun Stuff’ Category
We here at Shopit got a little misty-eyed watching the inaugural ceremony today and it sent us on a hunt to find ways to publicly display our patriotism. We found a pretty great array of items for sale by Shopit users and want to share some with you! It’s obvious that our users share our…
Tags: barack, barack obama, biden, build a store, buy, Dooni Designs, ecommerce, ecommerce tools, fun, inauguration, me commerce, Michelle Obama, obama, Obamicon, Paste Magazine, peer to peer commerce, Pets Vote, Pink House, Poster, sell, Shepard Fairey, Shopit, Shopit PRO, social commerce, Social Networking, social shopping, Sweet Deals, T-shirts, Tell Yo Mama
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Your holiday shopping days are quickly winding down… And the gift scramble is on! We’ve done the leg work for you and selected some awesome gifts priced under $25! Check out our team’s picks to make your holiday shopping easy and affordable. Finish crossing off your shopping list!
Tags: build a store, buy, ecommerce, ecommerce tools, me commerce, peer to peer commerce, sell, Shopit, social commerce, Social Networking
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Congratulations to Matt Bordey our lead web designer here at Shopit, and his wife Daisy, on their new baby boy! Born on November 14th, please welcome… Noah Nicolai Bordey.
Tags: build a store, buy, congratulations, ecommerce, ecommerce tools, matt bordey, me commerce, new baby, peer to peer commerce, sell, Shopit, social commerce, Social Networking, web designer
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We’re up for nomination in Mashable’s Open Web Awards; an open, international contest for the best websites and services. Our category of course is ‘Favorite Social Shopping Site.’ We’d be honored to have your nomination! You can enter your submission below. Thanks for all your continued feedback and support this past year. We couldn’t be…
Tags: build a store, buy, ecommerce, ecommerce tools, favorite social shopping site, international contest, mashable, me commerce, nomination, open web awards, partnerup, peer to peer commerce, sell, Shopit, social commerce, Social Networking, social shopping
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The Shopit application that has become so popular with Facebook and MySpace is now available on the hi5 networks. I am a computer science student at the University of California, Los Angeles interning at Shopit and have been working over the past several weeks to bring this application to a true OpenSocial environment. OpenSocial initially…
Tags: build a store, buy, ecommerce, ecommerce tools, hi5, hi5 API, hi5 applications, me commerce, OpenSocial v 0.8, peer to peer commerce, PHP client library, sell, Shopit, social commerce, Social Networking
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Ghosts and ghouls and all things scary have just a couple weeks left to perfect their costumes, pimp their graveyards, and craft their brews. So make sure you’ve got all your spooky garb, sweet stuff and eerie furnishings listed on Shopit. Get creative! You never know who’ll want to wear your homemade hamburger costume this…
Tags: build a store, buy, costumes, ecommerce, ecommerce tools, ghosts, halloween, holiday sales, holiday shopping, me commerce, peer to peer commerce, sell, Shopit, social commerce, Social Networking
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We were so inspired by Rhett’s new attention grabbing look this week, we all decided to try it on for size. Worked for some… not so much for others. But the surprise of mustaches peaking over cubicles, hanging around the break room, and parading around the office was priceless.
Tags: build a store, buy, ecommerce, ecommerce tools, me commerce, mustache, peer to peer commerce, rhett, sell, Shopit, shopit fun, social commerce, Social Networking
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Shopit was originally supposed to go up to San Francisco solely for the PorC conference (see post below), but then, we were invited to attend Yahoo’s Openhack08 conference! Sweet!
We hopped on a train and headed to Yahoo’s main campus in Sunnyvale, CA. We got there, registered, and attended the crash courses. Some of the topics covered…
Tags: Blueprint, build a store, buy, cafe.com, ecommerce, ecommerce tools, Flickr, Girl Talk, hack, iPhone, Kent Brewster, me commerce, OAuth, Openhack08, OpenSocial, peer to peer commerce, PHP, PorC, Portable Contacts, Rasmus Lerdorf, sell, Shopit, social commerce, Social Networking, Yahoo, YAP, YOS
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Wednesday I had the pleasure of flying up to San Francisco, CA along with Rhett McNulty, Shopit COO, for a PorC (Portable Contacts) hackathon hosted by Six Apart. The plane ride was sick! We flew Virgin America. I watched TV, I played DOOM, and I even tried to chat with strangers via the Chat feature. Sadly nobody wanted…
Tags: build a store, buy, David Recordon, DOOM, ecommerce, ecommerce tools, hCard, hi5, John McCrea, Joseph Smarr, Kevin Marks, mashups, me commerce, OAuth, Open Hack Day, Paul Lindner, peer to peer commerce, Plaxo, PorC, Portable Contacts, Rhett McNulty, San Francisco, sell, Shopit, Six Apart, social commerce, Social Network, Social Networking, Technorati, Troy Payne, vCard, Virgin America, Yahoo
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Tags: Big Ecommerce Conference, Black and Light Co, build a store, buy, eBay For Dummies Series, ecommerce, ecommerce tools, Expo, Get Elastic, Holly Eve Suttman, Kathy Ireland, Marsha Collier, me commerce, Moscone Center, Online Market World, peer to peer commerce, sell, Shopit, social commerce, Social Networking, Tony Hsieh, Zappos
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