Five shopping sites that can change the way people consume

Now the internet shopping is more and more relaxed and comfortable, the net purchase, may have changed the way of people shopping forever. The U.S. E-commerce market grew 15% in 2011, with double-digit growth of 7 consecutive quarters, according to comscore, a data-research firm. 42% of the sellers are mailing postage free, which is a key factor driving consumer shopping.

It is speculated that by 2015, the U.S. online shopping market will reach 300 billion U.S. dollars. As more and more consumers begin to buy online, more and more companies are changing the way they sell their products and changing the way consumers shop. The following five shopping websites may change the way people consume:

Storenvy

Storenvy was founded in 2008, Storenvy to help a variety of sellers shop to sell goods, they have some hobbies, some large super business. In the Storenvy can be simple and quick to open the shop, independent operation, the store can be personalized settings. Storenvy will be placed together as a market, bringing consumers a new shopping experience.

Storenvy's shopping model is evolving into a social networking era template-style store platform that breaks down sellers ' store-opening restrictions and gives consumers a different social shopping experience. 2011, the Storenvy turnover increased 4 times times, the total occupancy 18,000 stores, attracted millions of shoppers. The platform is free to use and premium features are charged.

Augment

Many online shopping sites have quietly changed the way we consume through innovative browsing and shopping experiences, yet none of them has been able to reinvent the line-buying technology as augment.

The French enterprise uses augmented reality technology, where users can see the real sound, video and pictures of the product on the screen. The reality enhancement technology is not augment creation, augment only uses this technology to use the 3D view reality on the computer or the handset, brings the user all not to have the shopping experience. Compared to the current plane photo display mode, the reality of enhanced display technology to consumers to bring a more intuitive, more authentic shopping experience.

Threadflip

Threadflip is a "fresh-baked" website, which was just online this April, focusing on the social arena of online shopping. In Threadflip, users can buy and sell female fashion items, including clothing and accessories. Threadflip's idea is: many women wear clothes after a few times to discard, in fact, these are "discarded" clothes have a lot of value, they are not interested, but others may be interested.

In just 4 months, Threadflip has won a 8.1 million dollar venture capital fund and recently developed a mobile app. In addition to buying and selling second-hand shopping ideas, Threadflip also care about users, users can use the Threadflip "white gloves Service", eliminating the input of commodity information, pricing, express trouble. Threadflip is changing the traditional shopping philosophy in the social sphere.

Knot Standard

Knot Standard is a clothing customization business, users can be on the site list, and then according to their favorite color, cloth, building materials to customize their own clothes. At present, the main customers are male, mostly from the United States, Dubai, New Zealand, belong to the more high-end custom-made clothing. Now can be global purchase, free postage.

Knot Standard offers a 360-degree 3D photo display feature that allows users to view garments from any angle. In addition, customer service staff 7x24 considerate services to help users solve any problems in the customization process. Through this customization process, Knot standard is quietly changing the habits of people online shopping, from buying simple garments to customizing complex garments.

The Fancy

On the fancy, users can write their own wishes list, can see other people to share the beautiful objects, can also be in the merchants to buy their own items. There have been rumors that Apple is buying the Fancy. The fancy has a daily turnover of only about 10,000 dollars, but its valuation has exceeded 100 million dollars. If Apple's takeover succeeds, the fancy is bound to change the way people shop.

The source of the article; Mashable

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