Our designer Alessandro, is a new daddy! Congratulations to Alessandro and his wife Jennifer on their first baby boy.

Name: Tiberuis Alexander Fard
Born: August 13th, 2008
Size: 7 LBS 14 oz
Height: 20 in
Mood: Hungry, Sleepy, Poopy

… The comps and specs will wait. Enjoy your new little miracle.

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

That’s right, your favorite social commerce site is changing it up…only this time with style (bling bling)

Style. We all have it. You’re style, his style, my style, her style. Sounds like a “Cat-in-the-Hat” book gone wrong. But it’s true. And when it comes to style, we try to keep up with the times. Of course, in our case, were not talking about fashion. Were talking about the big old “WWW”, the matrix, the spider confection we call the Internet in all it’s web page glory. On the Internet, styles tend to change dramatically, and as such web companies need to stay on top of upcoming trends, semantic technology, and user wish lists.

That’s where you come in. The user. The Site. The Magic. We want your ideas for design.

So don’t be shy. Send ‘em over. We need them, we crave them, we want them. Because once we know what you want, we can do something great. No matter how large or small, your ideas for this web site are what make it tick. Have an idea for your profile? Share the love. Want to see a new feature for the site? Pass it on. Something not working they way you think it should? We can dig it.

You are the citizens of Shopit, and we are your public servants. So let us serve you what you crave by dishing out a sizzling redesign that puts the It in Shopit. BOOM!

-Alessandro
‘the’ designer