Comments on: Alice.com Is Your Housekeeper And Personal Shopper Rolled Into One

By: depannage mac paris

depannage mac paris — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:18:15 +0000

agree…. that’s obvious

By: Wikinomics» Blog Archive » Alice.com: can selling online (through a new intermediary) work for CPGs?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:53:53 +0000

[...] new start-up that might represent a step in that direction. Originally profiled in June by TechCrunch, the company is hoping to do to “home essentials” shopping what the likes of Amazon (et [...]

By: Alice.com Sweeps In $6 Million For Household Goods E-Commerce Platform

Alice.com Sweeps In $6 Million For Household Goods E-Commerce Platform — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:57:05 +0000

[...] Launched in June, Alice.com is an retail platform for consumer packaged goods manufacturers, like Procter & Gamble, to sell directly to consumers instead of going through retail channels like Target or Wal-Mart. On the consumer side, Alice.com lets users create a profile of their household (i.e. how many adults, kids, babies) and then the site will keep track of items and reminds users with emails when they are running low and need to reorder. Each shipment is bundled together in a single ‘Alice’ box, delivered directly to the consumer’s door, with no shipping costs. [...]

By: mutuelle

mutuelle — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:41:32 +0000

very funny comment.. i loved the “being named after a toilet”

By: defiscalisation

defiscalisation — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:39:07 +0000

Michelle, it’s obvious: men don’t do such things! they don’t do much acctually! )

By: rachat de credit

rachat de credit — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:37:36 +0000

it may be true fishelk!

By: mutuelle

mutuelle — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:06:34 +0000

Very interesting post. Thanks !!!

By: fishelk

fishelk — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:46:44 +0000

I think Alice is trying to get rid of local jobs. Ig you order online, your local grocery stores and drugstores will close down and leave people without jobs. If this happens the people that lost there jobs won’t be able to get groceries from Alice. Will alice be there for them when they groceries?

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:39:18 +0000

I was encouraged by a friend to go on the Alice.com website. After doing so and hearing about the convenience of getting products mailed directly to my home sounds very appealing. I notice that most of the comments are from men. How many of you men actually do the shopping??? How many of you have children in tow while trying to do the shopping??? My guess is very few. Whether you are a stay at home mom or a woman working outside the home and trying to raise a family many will give Alice.com a try. Convenience and price will win over many consumers.

By: Syra

Syra — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:01:53 +0000

I do. I live in a city and do not own a car. I have to carry home everything I buy from the grocery store. If I need bulky items like toilet paper, paper towels, and dishwasher detergent, that’s about all I can carry home. So I have to make extra trips or come home with no food because I had to carry these big items. The type of service and items Alice offers should be very conventient and valuable to people like me. Not everyone has the same exact lifestyle as you.

By: How to decide if you have a good job « Daily News

How to decide if you have a good job « Daily News — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:11:41 +0000

[...] run into his office, “Tech Crunch just published their post!” The rest of the sentence, that they published an hour early, an hour before they were supposed [...]

By: whoneedsTP

whoneedsTP — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:28:25 +0000

Wife: were out of TP?
Techsavvy Hubby: well Alice should be delivering it any day now. . .

Alice: need a divorce?

DEADPOOL

By: How to decide if you have a good job | Bizzy Women

How to decide if you have a good job | Bizzy Women — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:02:54 +0000

[...] run into his office, “Tech Crunch just published their post!” The rest of the sentence, that they published an hour early, an hour before they were supposed [...]

By: Jaime Guerrero

Jaime Guerrero — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:53:00 +0000

If this succeeds, it will be another nail in the coffin of your local retailer, particularly the independents. While I don’t care if Safeway or Whole Foods lose a few million and shut down a store in your neighborhood, the quality of life on the street and your property values will certainly be affected.

Also, relying on shipping companies to transport goods from far away is a very NON-GREEN way to live, and encourages suburban sprawl which is a poor use of land and contributes to excessive private auto use. Buy local. Perhaps Alice could capture the local merchant market, like OpenTable.com, rather than try to compete with it.

By: How to decide if you have a good job | Modite

How to decide if you have a good job | Modite — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:12:58 +0000

[...] run into his office, “Tech Crunch just published their post!” The rest of the sentence, that they published an hour early, an hour before they were supposed [...]

By: mutuelle

mutuelle — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:57:41 +0000

thank you for your post

By: Andy Moyer

Andy Moyer — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:37:40 +0000

I can’t ever get on to Alice.com. It never loads and it times out. What’s the deal with this website? Does anyone else have trouble getting onto this site?

By: NegociosEmpresa

NegociosEmpresa — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:13:25 +0000

Instead of buying the goods from manufacturers, marking up the price to make a profit, and then selling them—the traditional retail model—Alice makes no money on the sale of the good?.
What´s the business model?

By: Alice.com：新鲜出炉的”日用品网购管家” | 营销与人生

Alice.com：新鲜出炉的”日用品网购管家” | 营销与人生 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:42:19 +0000

[...] （取材于TechCrunch.com 6月22日报道“Alice.com Is Your Housekeeper And Personal Shopper Rolled Into One”、Mr.6博客“Alice.com卖日用品直接送府，一口气卡两个位子、一卡三十年”） [...]

By: Alice.com賣日用品直接送府，一口氣卡兩個位子、一卡三十年 | 紙上談兵

Alice.com賣日用品直接送府，一口氣卡兩個位子、一卡三十年 | 紙上談兵 — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:26:51 +0000

[...] Alice.com是由兩位連續創業家(serial entrepreneuers)所創辦的，他們之前曾經創辦Jellyfish和另外兩個網站，三個全部都成功的賣掉了，其中Jellyfish去年才剛剛賣給微軟。這次他們再出手，自然萬眾囑目！他們只花了不到一年，就籌資、建立、推出了這個「Alice.com」，不只域名取得要人好奇，也因為點子很簡單、很直接、且馬上就可以用，得到許多矽谷人的注意（其它文章見這裡、這裡、這裡）。到底Alice.com是怎麼改善日用品的生意呢？ [...]

By: alice.com — award tour

alice.com — award tour — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:43:10 +0000

[...] includes free shipping. Seems some products have large discounts though there are minimum orders (according to techcrunch. Amazon is going to have to get on [...]

By: Guy Blissett

Guy Blissett — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:29:30 +0000

This is but the latest in a long line of initiatives by CP manufacturers to disintermediate the retailers and claw back some of the relationship with the end consumer. My M&Ms, Ocado, theEssentials and J&J’s BabyCenter are but a few. As they look to compete with rapidly expanding, sophisticated private label offerings the CP companies will have to experiment with more such “sell direct” models.

By: Alice.com: CPG E-Commerce Revolution? « i C P G

Alice.com: CPG E-Commerce Revolution? « i C P G — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:46:48 +0000

[...] TechCrunch On Alice.com [...]

By: Alice.com: Would You Like a Cause With Your Toilet Paper? :: Elites TV

Alice.com: Would You Like a Cause With Your Toilet Paper? :: Elites TV — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:31:03 +0000

[...] of other consumer packaged good items that are always a hassle to run out to the store for. From Tech Crunch to Mashable to Venture Beat, and just about every other blog in my Google Reader, the new Alice.com [...]

By: DD

DD — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:56:36 +0000

I live in Nevada where certain household foods and goods are Sales Tax Exempt. Before making my first purchase through Alice.com I noticed Sales Tax was being assesed on all items, even the Tax Exempt items. I notified Alice.com’s Customer Service department and received this response:

“We currently charge tax on all items but are investigating a way to make the system smarter on specific food related tax laws by jurisdiction.”

Kind regards,
Alice Support Team”

Until Alice.com can calculate Sales Tax properly and not over collect, I will not be using their service.