PORTLAND, OR, Apr 30, 2012 – Omaha Steaks and ShopIgniter today announced the new Omaha Steaks Facebook store, where the company’s faithful social media followers will find it easy to shop with Omaha Steaks while enjoying offers exclusive to the company’s Facebook Fans.
Attention Facebook Shoppers
Now that Facebook’s initial public offering is officially on, startups such as ShopIgniter are hoping it will light the fuse for social commerce. ShopIgniter, which launched in 2008 in Portland, Oregon, provides e-commerce tools for an active client list of 40 companies that includes Target, Omaha Steaks, and Beats by Dr. Dre. The company helps [...]
eTail West
Feb 27 — Mar 1
See Alan Wizemann’s keynote on social commerce innovation Thursday, March 1st at 11:50 AM. eTail West. Stop by ShopIgniter’s booth #70 and let us walk you through how enterprise brands and retailers are creating social commerce experiences that drive effective product participation across the social web and deliver real ROI.
Social Commerce Strategies
Jan 24-26, Las Vegas
Jan 25 at 9:25 am
Join us at Social Commerce Strategies on Jan. 25, where ShopIgniter will speak about Using Social Commerce to Drive Participation at each stage of the Product Lifecycle. The event focuses on teaching brands to monetize their social engagement. Check out more information here.
Kevin Tate has joined Portland-based ShopIgniter
GeekWire
Kevin Tate has joined Portland-based ShopIgniter, a Madrona-backed social commerce startup, as chief marketing officer. Tate — who noted that social networks are ”fundamentally changing how products are discovered, bought and shared” — is the former vice president of business development for the Dachis Group and co-founder of StepChange.
ShopIgniter Named a “2011 Innovative Company to Watch” by Leading Analyst Firm
ShopIgniter, a provider of innovative social commerce software, today announced that IDC Research has named ShopIgniter a 2011 Innovative Company to Watch. ShopIgniter was the only company recognized in the Commerce 2.0 category.
ShopIgniter Introduces New Social Ecommerce Solution
The new ecommerce software, which includes first-of-its kind inventory control, will allow merchants to share promotions and deals, complete highly-secure transactions, and manage inventory, all within consumers’ newsfeeds on Facebook. ShopIgniter’s innovative software includes inventory technology that makes it possible for retailers to show how much inventory is left and make recommendations to shoppers when a desired product is sold out. Providing recommendations will help businesses accommodate the excess demand created by social promotions.
ShopIgniter Puts Shopping Into Facebook’s News Feed
Social commerce software provider ShopIgniter is bringing shopping directly into the Facebook news feed. ShopIgniter introduced what it calls “in-stream technology,” saying it allows merchants to promote products and services, offer deals, complete secure transactions (two-sided SSL encryption), and manage inventory, all within the news feed on Facebook.