Social Shopping? Yeah, right.

We have continually brought up the concept of Social Shopping, but have yet to show our readers anything of consequence. We mention fostering conversation and community and still have yet to explain exactly what it is that we mean.

Well, the irony is that it has started already. However, this concept is so new to people that the conversation has hardly been happening. Similar to our impromptu contest which left $50.00 on a webpage for over 6 hours, many people just aren't sure how to react.

Therefore, Openlygeek.com is announcing today that work has begun on a new site for exactly this purpose. The site leverages existing technologies which should greatly reduce development time. The site will initially focus on familiar technologies and interactions such as a forum. Then newer concepts will be introduced offering even greater levels of interaction and participation. The real excitement will be when customers see those conversations actively changing the Openlygeek.com store.

Of course, all of this is free. You won't even have to be a customer to participate.