About Me

Hi world! My name is Jennifer and I'd like to tell you a couple of words about myself. If you look at my screen name, you may guess that I'm somehow connected with social shopping%u2026 In what way? I simply love it! But I'm not just a fan spreading word of mouth.

First of all I'm a critical thinker and have an inquisitive mind. I love writing for the purpose of delivering some message (which, I truly believe, may be useful for someone), not just meditating about what's on my mind. I'm interested in plenty of things and all I write about appeals to me in some way or another.

Why do I have a particular interest in social shopping? That's a comparatively new phenomenon in our society and an excellent chance to bring in something to that, to make a voice that will be heard. An engaged reader of my stuff is the best reward for me. Hope you are one of them! :)

PS2 or PS3 for my nephew?

It's usually harder for me to pick up presents for men (whether it's my boyfriend, my dad, uncle or someone much younger) than for women. It's not a big problem to choose something for a lady, even if you have no idea what she actually wants. There a...

Group buying phenomenon overview

What's the big idea? The omniscient Wikipedia says that group buying (Tuangou) is a recently developed shopping strategy that originally came from China. A number of people (strangers or not) connect over the internet and agree to buy a specific prod...

iPhone – changing your mobile reality

How helpful is your mobile phone to you? Do you still simply use it just to make calls? Maybe you still sleep but the technology doesn't. A cell phone has already gone far beyond the voice connector between two people. It became your personal mobile...

Should I buy a new or a used car?

I was on my way back home from work. Just an ordinary evening, I'm completely wrapped up in my thoughts after another hard-working day. I'm taking a walk because I was sitting the whole day in the office in front of my computer, just need to stretch...

Will social shopping revolutionize our shopping experience?

Social shopping has recently become an extremely popular way of online shopping. People simply discovered the benefits they get combining two favorite online activities: shopping and social networking. Who benefits from consumer-centric shopping? I c...

Fun shopping = shopping for fun

If you try to Google for 'fun shopping', you'll hardly find any articles, news items or passages related to the topic. Why? A lot of social shopping sites claim to be fun shopping resources but nobody explains what that actually is and in what way it...

Group Buying: a closer look

So these are my humble thoughts of successful group buying: Imagine the situation: you have been planning a serious purchase this month. A very serious one. Say, you want to buy a new Honda Civic. I think that the price would be one of the biggest co...

How to make shopping fun

Whether you get fun from shopping or not, it's all the matter of your attitude and the aim of the shopping process for you personally. My thoughts below are for those who don't really like shopping of any kind (traditional, fun online shopping or soc...