Cartfly, Buzzing Across the Net….

Cartfly is an e-commerce tool used in social networks.

As its name indicates, it is essentially a “shopping cart”, a usable and installable basket embedded into e-commerce sites. Contrary to other tools, Cartfly presents itself as a widget that can be installed very easily. 

PC World writes:

Here the key word is not only “easily” but also “share”.

Cartfly can be installed on the whole constellation of Web 2.0. applications.

  These include the profile pages of Facebook, MySpace, Hi5, Blogger, TypePad, WordPress, Friendster….

Cartfly is fully engaged in the development of social commerce in opening up new monetization possibilities for the Web 2.0 .  PageMage, Nimbit, and Payvment storefronts are  also some of these new social commerce tools. 

They all bet on a rapid growth in their points of sale. This is where social networks come into play.

Cartfly counts on its widget becoming widespread and buzz on the net.

It also is betting on its business model, free download and installation, and a commission starting from 3% on all sales, in order to soon become a “must have” tool, and additionally, in its original and übersimple format are boutiques created with this widget. Cartfly assures that there already exist thousands ….

EBay, With a Little Help From My Friends (The Page Mage Solution)

EBay to my friends, the Page Mage solution

 
Talk about Social Commerce to your friends and they will give the name Ebay.  And rightly so, since the auction site is the referent of social shopping.

However, Ebay, in its own turn, is impacted by the rapid expansion of social networks and their user friendly quality.  Doesn’t auction selling on Ebay run the risk of giving way to social networks where internet users are increasingly spending the majority of their time?

This is where Page Mage can be helpful.  A platform for designing Ebay auction templates, which helps improve ones selling page using videos, slideshows or even pop ups.

Page Mage is even taking it one step further by incorporating a “share” function that enables to post a page on Blogger, Facebook, MySpace or LiveJournal.

As indicated by Eric Scifres, CEO of Page Mage,

“By sharing the listing where people are congregating, a listing’s visibility grows exponentially.”

For example, on Facebook, your Ebay offers will appear on your “wall”, allowing your friends to leave comments or to share, in turn, your offer with other friends.

If the transaction is still done on Ebay the solution proposed by Page Mage takes the opposite direction of Facebook Connect by releasing the offers into the social network.

Is this a new trend?