Shopkick is better than Foursquare.

Web page Production WEBJX article introduction: Tencent Science and Technology (men) Beijing time August 12 News, according to foreign media reports, there are experts on the automatic check-in application Shopkick and manual check-in location products Foursquare, said Shopkick more in line with user needs. The following are some basic ideas: Shopkick interface (Tencent technology with map) 1. For Foursquare, exposing privacy is not worth the return.

Tencent Science and Technology (men) Beijing time August 12 News, according to foreign media reports, there are experts on the automatic check-in application Shopkick and "manual" Check-in location products Foursquare, said Shopkick more in line with user needs. Here are some basic ideas:

　　

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1. For Foursquare, exposing privacy is not worth the rewards. The local effect is affected by the false attendance and the fierce competition of the merchant;

2. Shopkick can carry out automatic check-in, will not appear false attendance. Businesses can find truly loyal users, scoring and actual feedback can therefore give truly valuable users;

3. Shopkick can be prompted for special products. Points can be used for many online and offline brands, and can be donated as a charitable product;

4. Shopkick do not need to use GPS, even without wifi;

5. Shopkick does not rely on false attendance; By sharing information between users and retailers, retailers can know whether a user is in the shop or not violate too much privacy.

But he also made two suggestions to Shopkick:

1. Only for the iphone;

2. There are not enough participating retailers.