Friday, July 13, 2012

Find Out When Items ‘Liked’ Are on Sale


The search-based shopping site TheFind introduced the Glimpse app which is a system that automatically notifies users when items they Like go on sale. There are over 5.6 million products ‘Liked’ across the Web, and 70% of ecommerce sites offering the Facebook like button at the product level. The like button is now a universal tool for bookmarking merchandise that people are interested in or considering, even if they’re not in a position to buy it today. The startup is similar to the London-based startup Lyst which was introduced specifically for Pinterest to receive notifications every time a pinned product goes on sale.

The major difference between these two sites, apart from the focus on Facebook / Pinterest is that Lyst notifies you when the product goes on sale at different retailer’s website whereas Glimpse only notifies you for the specific retailer that you have liked. These types of features create motivation for users to Like / Pin an item’s product page.

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