Commerce by Community^TM

Not Another Social Community!

Let's face it, online social communities are a dime a dozen. Business owners are already having trouble keeping up with their friend's requests. Many of our advertisers don't have time to keep up the social communities they belong to and haven't had the opportunity to learn how to use social networking to their advantage. Our community is provided but not a requirement. They are contacting each other about wholesale and product purchase when needed, but do not have to keep up with commenting and friend requests. We are not trying to be another social community. Our community supports Commerce by Community. If the opportunity is there to support another Girl Shop Spot seller, they will.

We are reinforcing business owners to connect with their customers. Girl Shop Spot provides many opportunities for the buyer to connect with the seller and vice versa.

What is Commerce by Community™ (CBC)?

Commerce by Community™ is simply that, a community buying, selling, exchanging, referring goods and services directly through each other. The community supports their local businesses through Girl Shop Spot and all the other businesses within GSS. Most importantly, the Commerce by Community reinforces smoother and better communications directly between buyer and seller. An important feature that is lacking in the typical e-commerce world. More and more consumers are leaving traditional e-commerce sites for superior one-on-one communications and customer service that GSS's Commerce by Community™ can bring.

What is Girl Shop Spot's Community mission?

The mission of Commerce by Community™ is to support the success of emerging as well as established businesses catering to women by participating in networking, viral marketing, and providing smoother, smarter, and better communications directly between buyer and seller to expedite success.

Girl Shop Spot (GSS) delivers an online one-stop shopping resource for those who want a streamlined connection to local stores, products and services tailored to women - a purchasing powerhouse. By 2010 women will control more than half of private U.S. wealth - about $14 trillion. Girl Shop Spot is becoming a prominent shopping resource for women and the online B2C community for this market.

How does Girl Shop Spot carry out this mission?

For many small businesses it's very costly to add a user control for chatting and connecting with their buyers. Even with contact information, many consumers do not have the time to find the “contact us” page to ask questions. The personalization simply is not available to reinforce a conversation between buyer and seller. Girl Shop Spot reinforces the owners to connect with their customers. We provide many opportunities for the buyer to connect with the seller and vice versa. Girl Shop Spot provides a robust online marketing for e-commerce and brick-and-mortar businesses seeking a direct connection with their customers through many options and opportunities the site provides, at highly affordable rates.

Superior Communications

GSS offers unique opportunities for consumers to come in contact directly with the advertiser. While interacting directly, advertisers have the opportunity to provide the superior service we are all seeking today. Unlike retail or wholesale selling or even other online selling, advertisers can also receive valuable feedback to their products and services. In fact this data becomes invaluable for product/service development, planning/logistics for shipping, competitive and marketplace analysis, as well as relationship building and referrals. It's "virtually" close-loop business analysis in real time.

Shop Talk

Girl Shop Spot's feature, Shop Talk, is not your typical comments section. You won’t find it on other social communities and shopping sites. With Shop Talk you own and manage it. Use it as a forum or micro-blog on your Shop Spot page (see definition of micro-blog below). Create new topics, blog about your business, share exciting news and ideas; be creative with how you use it. Stay connected by adding topics, asking and answering questions. Join in on other Shop Talks.

Anyone who contributes to a specific thread of your micro-blog or forum topic will receive instant messaging that a new post has been made from that thread, so Shop Talk gives you a hand-free way to keep conversations rolling. You can also manage your Shop Talk's discussion threads by deciding which topic threads you want to showcase on your Shop Spot page under Shop Talk Manager.

To bring Shop Talk full circle, shoppers are also able to initiate or choose topics, ask questions, and reply within the community. Shoppers can receive expert advice by the business owners themselves. It's a great spot to speak up and learn from the experts. We want everyone to easily find great advice through GSS!

So share, listen, learn, and prosper through GSS Shop Talk.

Micro-Blog Definition -

"Micro-blogging is a form of blogging that allows users to write brief text updates (usually less than 200 characters) and publish them, either to be viewed by anyone or by a restricted group which can be chosen by the user. These messages can be submitted by a variety of means, including text messaging, instant messaging, email, MP3 or the web. The popular social networking websites Facebook and MySpace also have a micro-blogging feature, called Status Update." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Why is Commerce by Community™ Important to my Business?

GSS's Commerce by Community™ is offering a wealth of opportunities and information that makes both seller and consumer more intelligent...all the while, and just as importantly, making the entire experience enjoyable.