A couple of months ago Facebook launched a new version of their site. To keep up with the changes, we updated our Facebook Shopit Application. Since then, many of our users have been a tiny bit confused about how things work with the new Facebook. So here are a couple tips for all of you to hopefully get a better grip on what you can do with Shopit on the new Facebook.

The Facebook Publisher enables you to publish content— such as photos, links, and videos—directly to your Wall. In Shopit terms, the newest items you’re selling on Shopit, latest sales, new product commercials, and so on. You can add content to your own profile or to a friends’!

The Tabbed Profile is the new display of your profile. Now you’re in control of the information you want your friends to see. You can add your Shopit store to the new Boxes, Info, and Wall Tabs.
The Boxes Tab is where the majority of the applications you add to your Facebook will show up. Initially, this is where your Shopit store will display once added.
The Info Tab shows information about you that doesn’t change frequently. Include your Shopit store directly to your Info Tab, so it will always display on your profile.
The Wall Tab displays information both by you (that you publish) and about you (that others publish). Add your Shopit store to display your products for all your potential buyers to see. Keep your wall updated with your hottest items and best deals.

If your Shopit Store isn’t showing up on your profile, there’s an easy answer. Under your application settings, click “edit” next to the Shopit Application. A small dialog box will appear with three tabs. Click the “Profile” tab and make sure it says “Box: Added”. If it says “Box: Available” then be sure to click “Add” so that your Shopit store appears on your profile.  That’s it!

One more tip: Once you’ve added the application to your profile, it doesn’t automatically show up on your Wall Tab. Where it does show up? In your Boxes Tab. If you go there, and click on the little pencil looking icon you will see a menu pop up, giving you the option to move it to your Wall Tab.

We hope this helps! Please message us if you have any more questions.

-Guy

The Shopit Intern

That’s right…Shopit ranks as the #2 Application with the Most Active Users in the Classified category on Facebook. Shopit also ranks #4 in the Business category. With over 100,000 active users per month, Shopit is helping users get their products right in front of buyers and make money right from their profiles!

Shopit has proven to be the best solution for people looking to make money by uploading their products and installing the application within their social network sites. Here is a quote from one of our users:

“I love Shopit because I did not have to pay for a web designer and they make it easy for you to upload products. It’s also the best way to market to several hundred people within my Facebook profile!” ~MonaeCouture Store

The next time you are logged into Facebook, MySpace, or Bebo…search for our app!

~Brooke

If you haven’t already heard, there’s a new Facebook! To keep up with the recent changes, we’ve updated the Shopit Facebook application. So here’s what you can do now with your Shopit Store on the new Facebook.

-The Publisher enables you to publish content— such as the newest items you’re selling on Shopit, latest sales, new product commercials, and so on—directly to your Wall. You can add content to your own profile or to a friends’!

-The Tabbed Profile is the new display of your profile. Now you’re in control of the information you want your friends to see. You can add your Shopit store to the new Info and Wall Tabs.

-The Info Tab shows information about you that doesn’t change frequently. Include your Shopit store directly to your Info Tab, so it will always display on your profile.

-The Wall Tab displays information both by you (that you publish) and about you (that others publish). Add your Shopit store to display your products for all your potential buyers to see. Keep your wall updated with your hottest items and best deals.

We hope these new features will allow you to gain maximum visibility for your store and help you make some money! In addition to these small changes, we’re currently working on a complete overhaul of our Shopit Facebook application. Besides a great design, the new Shopit application will have a ton of new functionality for selling and buying on facebook! We think we’re doing quite a thorough job, but we’re not perfect, so if you have any ideas and suggestions we’d love to hear them!

-Stephanie

Rhett McNulty, Shopit COO, and I flew up to Frisco for the day to attend the Socialmedia OpenThread meetup.  The flight was delayed, the train ride was sweet, and the beer was tasty.

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Eddie Smith and the rest of the team from Socialmedia put together a very nice meetup atmosphere with a little financial help from SUN.  There was lots of guac, salsa, chips, cheese, fresh fruit, nuts, and beer, OH MY!

We also received some sweet tee’s that said “Flex your apps” from Socialmedia (I wore mine today with my TOMS shoes).

My favorite presenter would have to be Paul from hi5 (Google was good too :-)) because of the tutorials (thanks!) and the fact that they are changing their page time-out interval just for us (thanks again!).

It was also nice chattin’ it up with one of the engineers from facebook (Luke Shephard). Cool guy.  He and I were discussing some issues they were having with their new east coast data center (ECDC) and memcache (hehe).

David King of (Lil) Green Patch was also there giving pointers.  It was great to meet and talk to him at the end of the presentations to get some dos and don’ts when it comes to the success of social applications.

After drinking some Blue Moon, and then finishing up with a little Pacifico… I think Pacifico was the better of the two but left me with a headache for me to enjoy on the flight home.

Because we couldn’t find a taxi near the Socialmedia offices at Pier 38 we had to take a Lincoln Continental, how awesome is that?

All in all, I had a good time.  Met cool people, learned some things, got a few questions answered, and even met a few app developers (Nimit Maru) of some of my favorite apps like Typing Tutor.

Until next time,

–Troy (apps honcho)

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.

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!