What it is not

• a special jewelry that gives off mystic shopping powers while shopping
• an e-commerce or shopping cart system
• a program to save you money, while shopping
• the next online buzz term to make you popular among your friends
• a program to automagically make you chic
• a program to make you filthy rich

In another words, it isn't what you thought it was :)

What it is

• a program for online communities, intense bloggers, and really smart but lazy webmasters / site owners
• a simple and easy to implement shopping comparison solution
• an extension or addition to your sites
• a mashup of services, platforms, programming languages - I guess that makes it Web 2.0
• a product data crankin' machine, courtesy of Shopping.com, Drupal (very powerful CMS), and some really creative and smart people
• oh, and a very generous revenue program

Why use it

• revenue: the reason why most will use it. To leverage their site traffic
• value: product reviews merchant data, all will add value for your site users, creating user stickiness
• creates site stickiness. become popular, famous or even become a mover & shaker - or just site stickiness is cool too.
• very generous revenue program. Did I say that already :)
• mash as you grow: provide fresh and new ways to mashup shopping power as you see fit while keeping your site community / platform intact.
• SEO (search engine optimization): I can see your wheels a-turnin'

When will it be available

• my goal is to have the service available by December 2008
• why so long? I have to feed my family first. That means "paid" projects and clients get first dibs on my time. Surprisingly, that leads me to... :)
• sponsorships: I am accepting sponsorships to escalate this service. You are cordially invited to become a sponsor :)
• bonus for sponsors: since you would be are willing to sponsor this effort, I am willing to issue credits to you for using the shopping power service.

How it works

• once you have Shopping Power installed on your community / site, users will begin interacting with product data. Each time a user visits a merchant offer or review you will earn revenue for your community / site.
• at the end of the month we will send you a check or paypal your earnings
• depending on the service option you choose, you will...

Usage Examples

• Examples in the form of recipes, videos, and snippets will be available once Shopping Power launches.

Get Shopping Power

• create a shopping power account, add your domain, choose a service plan, and agree to the TOS
• download Drupal 5.x (if you aren't using it already)
• download the Shopping Power module
• then follow the documentation and decide which setup option is best for you
• shout it out (the marketing plan), tell your community about your new service. From here your success is up to you. and give your community shopping power