Comments on: Skimbit tries to crack the social shopping model

By: AJ

AJ — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:04:51 +0000

myfavz.com could be of interest to you. It is a new startup launched on sept 8th at the techcrunch50 in california. It is a social shopping portal with a unique patent pending feature called pKaboo!
pKaboo! enables gift givers to anonymously find out the recipient’s current interests, hobbies or perfect gift ideas. The giver’s identity is disclosed to the recipient by myfavz on the day of the event, thus maintaning the element of surprise which is so crucial to the ritual of gifting.
Let me know your views on myfavz

AJ
Founder / CEO
http://www.myfavz.com

By: dave

dave — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:39:07 +0000

uh, mypicklist appears to be dead…

By: Kain

Kain — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:56:10 +0000

Congrats Alicia on making the home page of TC!

and yes, like everyone else in this thread, the redesign looks great. The offering is much easier to understand with the samples on the home page.

keep on rocking in the free world grrrl

By: Ciaran Rooney

Ciaran Rooney — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:10:00 +0000

@mj Thanks, delighted you like the site. Facebook integration is coming in the near future both with Facebook connect and and an a Facebook app.

@everyone else, Thank you very much, delighted you all like the new design, we have been working very hard on it.

By: Sam Mathews

Sam Mathews — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:07:23 +0000

Congratulations Alicia! It looks great.

By: Dave Rooney

Dave Rooney — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:52:22 +0000

Absolutely fantastic idea,

loving the new design too – well done guys

By: mj

mj — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:40:09 +0000

It’s cool how Skimbit focuses on decision making rather than a random assortment of products and comments.

Wish they had some facebook application, I hate having to create new account after new account.

Another social shopping site that seems to be making inroads to Facebook is ThisNext, I think they are on the right path focusing on leveraging their assets in the FB arena.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:19:41 +0000

Way to go Alicia.

Go all the way.

Regards
Kevin

By: Fantasy 5

Fantasy 5 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:30:54 +0000

It is great to see site that have imagination like Skimbit get funding.

By: EmyB

EmyB — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:10:29 +0000

I just had a look at Skimbit and it looks great…

By: Shaun Lawless

Shaun Lawless — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:08:39 +0000

Wow really liking the new design on Skimbit.com, haven’t used it in ages must check it out again.

By: DH

DH — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:59:25 +0000

Great news, thanks!

By: Adult Social Networking

Adult Social Networking — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:56:40 +0000

that is good we should add that kind feature to where people can shop after they join in social networking

By: Brad07

Brad07 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:56:36 +0000

Love the new design!!!

By: John

John — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:53:15 +0000

Skimbit is a great a service I used last month to help me buy a Monitor. It’s great to see all your options laid out in one place.

By: Alicia Navarro

Alicia Navarro — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:48:58 +0000

Thanks for the post, Mike!

An addendum – Skimbit is useful for non-purchase related decisions too. We have users use it to collaborate on designs for logos, to get ideas on where to go for a stag weekend, to collect research on online services. We like to think of ourselves as the way to research and make decisions online