More Buyers Turning to Social Shopping

The other day, I posted about social shopping sites and why you should consider them when promoting your craft business (i.e. selling crafts online). Today, I got further confirmation of the importance of using social shopping and review sites from an article on eMarketer.

The latest statistics are showing people are turning to social networks in larger numbers to find out what people are looking for and to look for special deals.

Recent stats on social media shopping from eMarketer:

27% of shoppers online will look to social networks for gift ideas.

45% will “use social networks to research items, compare prices and look for offers.”

17% of consumers will be using social media in some way this holiday shopping season according to another report from Deloitte.

More than half of shoppers will research gift ideas and check out friends’ and family members’ wish lists.

Check out these social shopping review sites for listing your handmade crafts:

Epinions.com — Epinions provides a platform for people to share their experiences about all kinds of consumer products and services, both good and bad. Contains millions of reviews.

Thisnext.com — ThisNext is a shopcasting network where visitors discover products based on members’ recommendations. When visitors want more info about an item or they are ready to buy it, they can click to the retailer where users originally found it.

Buzzillions.com — Buzzillions is a social site with shopping reviews. Reviews (good and bad) are collected from the companies who make the products; a retailer must have a consumer product reviews solution installed on its Web site.

These are a few more of the list of 50 social shopping and shopping blog sites included in the book, Sell Your Crafts Online, More Than 500 Free and Low-Cost Ideas to Reach More Buyers of Handmade Crafts.

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