Shoeboxed Heads Into Social Shopping

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1. www.carversation.com
   

   November 9th, 2007 at 6:21 pm

   very weird name. why not shirtboxed, i dont like the name
   ~ the man who doesn’t like the name

2. Kevin
   

   November 9th, 2007 at 6:22 pm

   I’m pretty sure it refers to the common practice of storing receipts in an empty shoe box.

   But, anyways, when did odd names in Web 2.0 become notable?

3. Dan Englander
   

   November 9th, 2007 at 6:24 pm

   Thanks Duncan; we’re humbled by the coverage. We’ve had a lot of fun upgrading our site to make it more fun for shoppers. We still have this really great tool for organizing e-mail and paper receipts, and we are happy to make those receipts into something really useful for everybody.

   Check it out. Registration’s free, and I hope you’ll e-mail us with questions and comments at help@team.shoeboxed.com.

   Dan

4. Joe
   

   November 9th, 2007 at 6:25 pm

   gotem

5. Skeptic
   

   November 9th, 2007 at 6:28 pm

   The question is: how do they plan to make money?

   I think someone is looking to sell data.

6. Snyggast
   

   November 9th, 2007 at 8:04 pm

   …the third site I came across this week that does the same.. well, almost. This also reminds me of facebook’s beacon. I guess a lot of people do this. but i throw away my receipts, snap a pic of my new toy and show it.

7. Drew Gallant
   

   November 9th, 2007 at 8:51 pm

   Here is how they can monetize:

   1. sponsored links to retailers
   2. add search functionality and sponsored links
   3. add a portal front page with featured products

8. Jon
   

   November 9th, 2007 at 10:59 pm

   Shoeboxed is awesome! It really is going to be the next online shopping utility… just as Paypal once was. I highly reccommend this FREE service.

9. Rajeev
   

   November 10th, 2007 at 3:25 am

   Better to head where the herd goes. You have the community protection.

   http://tekno-world.blogspot.com

10. eukhost blog
    

    November 10th, 2007 at 4:24 am

    Such system can work nice if the reviews are original from real users and recommendation are based on purely personal experience.
    -Paul

11. Jon
    

    November 10th, 2007 at 6:33 am

    Shoeboxed is an apt name, considering that will be your only friend after broadcasting your excesses to all your friends and family. Social shopping makes as much sense as facebook’ing your life… only benefit to this system I see is that it’s great for advertisers down the road (don’t tell me you didn’t see an ad platform coming up once enough users join up).

    Jon

12. Zaid
    

    November 10th, 2007 at 7:03 am

    Congrats to Dan & team! I love the beautiful UI.

13. meetingflex.com
    

    November 10th, 2007 at 8:22 am

    Cool idea

    http://www.meetingflex.com

14. Bill
    

    November 10th, 2007 at 8:33 am

    I don’t get how this type of service adds value. You can keep track of your online purchases using your online bank statements. With shoeboxed, you have to add another email address. What’s the point?

15. Andrew
    

    November 10th, 2007 at 9:28 am

    great name! storing receipts in a shoebox is an old tradition.

16. hey
    

    November 10th, 2007 at 9:33 am

    i like it just for the item sharing features!

17. Doug
    

    November 10th, 2007 at 10:05 am

    yeah but with a bank account statement you can’t see the specific things you bought. with a receipt you can tho. cool. their registration process is preety sleek too. anyone know who did their design?

18. cdj
    

    November 10th, 2007 at 10:16 am

    I personally think it is worthless. I think people already know what they buy and i could really care less what other people are buying.

19. Stephanie
    

    November 10th, 2007 at 10:25 am

    I agree with cdj…. if you already bought say a book a month ago, why would you need to go back and see the title of that book? All that matters is that the right amount was debited from your bank account. And as far as the reducing spam, yeah you don’t get random emails from travelocity etc, but you have another email address and password to remember!

20. Belinda
    

    November 10th, 2007 at 10:37 am

    Pros: i like the UI. the site is easy to navigate. there is strong branding throughout.
    Cons: i don’t see value in storing my receipts this way and i hate the stereotyping. it just seems, well, MEAN.

21. FaceWeek.com
    

    November 10th, 2007 at 12:51 pm

    This is essentially Facebook’s premise yeah?

22. Zach
    

    November 10th, 2007 at 1:29 pm

    @Doug : The design was by Rob Goodlatte

23. David Berkowitz
    

    November 10th, 2007 at 9:38 pm

    I’m just not seeing why people would want to use this, especially since it will create more privacy hassles in turn. It’s one thing to share your stuff, but doing this based on actual receipts starts crossing the line in terms of consumer comfort.

    I’ll agree with one thing though: great name.

24. Steve Ballmer
    

    November 10th, 2007 at 9:47 pm

    Whenever you see a “relaunched site”, all that means is that it has already failed once and they for some reason think they can come back with the same crap?

    http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

25. Thilo
    

    November 11th, 2007 at 9:58 am

    I like the name, but what sucks is that when you sign up and then click on Terms of Service to read them and you go back after you have finished you have to enter everything again.

26. Mark Suckerberg
    

    November 11th, 2007 at 1:10 pm

    This is a retarded idea bar none. I have a hard time motivating myself to shove receipts into my shoebox and you want me to do what again? Scan them in and store them on the site? This is retarded beyond belief.

27. Mark Suckerberg
    

    November 11th, 2007 at 1:13 pm

    Seriously, deadpool it now and stop wasting bits and bytes, sheesh.

28. Rajesh
    

    November 12th, 2007 at 1:12 am

    Here the consumers are benefit, with low cost.

29. Jim
    

    November 12th, 2007 at 11:17 am

    Like others have already stated, I’m also having difficulty finding the value here. Maybe for the few of us who have nothing better to do, but I can’t see the typical, strapped-for-time Joe Blow using something like this as it seems to do nothing except add a layer of complexity to the already mundane task of finance tracking.

    Good luck with this one.

30. Dan Englander
    

    November 12th, 2007 at 3:48 pm

    Thanks for all your comments everybody. I just want to jump in really quick and respond to some of your questions.

    First off, scanning in receipts isn’t the only way to use Shoeboxed. You get an “@shoeboxed.com” e-mail when you register, and you can have all the stores you shop at online send the receipt to that e-mail address. Then it’s automatically stored in your account. Some brick-and-mortar stores, like Apple, will send you an e-mail receipt when you check out as well. Also, when you need to keep track of your receipts, it is often to share with someone else at a later date (i.e. your boss or the IRS). You end up having to make a copy of those receipts anyway, which is the same amount of work as scanning them in and putting them on Shoeboxed. And you’ll always know where they are, and you’ll always have access to them.

    Having this kind of organization is a small price to pay for remembering one more password!

31. Julia Sullivan
    

    November 12th, 2007 at 3:51 pm

    Oh hey Dan!

    I’ll start off by getting my bias out in the open: I’m sort of affiliated with Shoeboxed; I’m part of this program where Shoeboxed lets you rep the site on college campuses. I’m doing it at Rollins College.

    @Stephanie: Yeah I have a new e-mail address and password, but that’s honestly not that hard to remember. And the payoff is that I basically get no spam in my inbox.

    @Belinda: A lady told me the other day that some of the stereotypes still sting from middle school. ouch. But I think most people are having a GRAND old time with it, and are using it a lot. Anyway, if you think that stereotyping is going to be the only way to share information with other people, you’ve underestimated us! Check out for more features soon.

32. Bobby
    

    November 12th, 2007 at 8:36 pm

    Like Julia, I am affiliated with Shoeboxed, working at Wittenberg University…

    While our site is for everyone, i feel the true benefactors are the avid online shoppers who have to deal with constant spam and organizational problems. Before Shoeboxed, I used to keep separate e-mail accounts for online shopping, so my buisness e-mail would not be plagued with “Special Offers.” However shoeboxed now does all the work for me: stopping spam, organizing my receipts, and forwarding to me important e-mails, such as shipping and return information. Plus its free!

    btw, nice name mark. although the real ‘Zuckberg had his own internet start up dream, and he is soon to be a billionaire.

33. BENJAMIN
    

    November 13th, 2007 at 4:29 pm

    Completely worthless. I can assure everyone that the only people who use the site are those affiliated with shoeboxed.com and no one else, and even then, I doubt they use it. You are seriously asking people to SCAN their receipts and say to them with straight face that its efficient. Also, since when do people want to know what their friends buy. I fuckin buy textbooks online, whoopdeedoo. Oh look Ms. Prada bought a purse, who would’ve guessed it!?

    Lets be honest, you guys want enough members to use the site so you can sell the information to a third rate marketing firm. Well too bad your idea sucks.

34. Roger
    

    November 13th, 2007 at 5:12 pm

    All this site does is add an additonal layer of complexity to the mundane task of organizing your personal finances. It’s redundant because bank statements already organize your purchases for you. I understand that you no longer get annoying emails from Amazon and Travelocity but frankly, I’m registered on those sites and don’t really get that much mail from them. Why would I start a whole new email account to avoid the 3 emails I get from them each month, all for the purpose of listing my purchases which I can already do through my bank’s website?

    I think the site itself is well done and props to the Shoeboxed team for getting your name out in the media. However, you guys can’t seriously believe that you’re going to make money by having Shoeboxed reps tout the benefits of your service on message boards while everyone else (the real consumers!) aren’t buying into the concept. If this idea goes anywhere, it’s going to be from real consumers who actually think it’s a useful service.

    Finally, the whole idea of making purchases based on what other people are buying is not a new one. It’s no secret which books are best sellers, or which clothing items are good values. If I really wanted to know that information, I wouldn’t rely on such a small sample size which is what is on Shoeboxed currently. I can see how it could work but you’d have to achieve a very large critical mass, and I just don’t think the core functionality of your site (organizing online receipts in a separate email account) adds enough value to do so.

    -Roger

35. Mas
    

    November 16th, 2007 at 3:35 pm

    Campus reps make it look like the second coming… so annoying. I’m at Duke, the home base, and the spam is everywhere. You should see their “flaunt it shamelessly” campaign. Pathetic.

    It’s true. They just want to sell market trends to third parties.

    Utterly useless.

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