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

Utterly useless.

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

Good luck with this one.

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