Shopping +Social Networking = I'm in.
ThisNext Launches Social Shopping
ThisNext.com is a "a shopcasting network where you can discover,
recommend and share things you love. Everything on ThisNext was recommended
by real people."
Now, what is shopcasting might you ask? (since, I was kinda like um..?)
Shopcasting - "a way for a person to tell a bunch of people about things they love. “Shopcast” is a mashed up word that combines shopping and broadcasting. What “podcasting” did for MP3s is what we’re doing for shopping: bringing to your computer information about things in which you, the shopper, are interested. The information here is the product of a tremendous collaborative effort by tons of people you don’t personally know who have interesting opinions they want to share. Where a “podcast” might be a playlist featuring songs, a shopcast is a product playlist."
I was always wondering when this would start but I'm glad it did. As a total confessed shop-a-holic, I think that a lot of the features are good. This will not help me wasting my time shopping online (which is surprisingly low, though when I do get a chance I do it shamelessly)
However, I think that there will be some difficulty in getting people to join the site where this is the only real draw but for someone like me and some of my friends it is definitely useful. I think it's only a matter of time before another social networking site with an established number of members adds this feature to their options which will swallow up this website but for now, I'm a member. :)
My ThisNext Account
Now, what is shopcasting might you ask? (since, I was kinda like um..?)
Shopcasting - "a way for a person to tell a bunch of people about things they love. “Shopcast” is a mashed up word that combines shopping and broadcasting. What “podcasting” did for MP3s is what we’re doing for shopping: bringing to your computer information about things in which you, the shopper, are interested. The information here is the product of a tremendous collaborative effort by tons of people you don’t personally know who have interesting opinions they want to share. Where a “podcast” might be a playlist featuring songs, a shopcast is a product playlist."
I was always wondering when this would start but I'm glad it did. As a total confessed shop-a-holic, I think that a lot of the features are good. This will not help me wasting my time shopping online (which is surprisingly low, though when I do get a chance I do it shamelessly)
However, I think that there will be some difficulty in getting people to join the site where this is the only real draw but for someone like me and some of my friends it is definitely useful. I think it's only a matter of time before another social networking site with an established number of members adds this feature to their options which will swallow up this website but for now, I'm a member. :)
My ThisNext Account
