Wednesday, 26 January 2011

Network - Microblogging for ecommerce

The network

The network is a new micro-blogging feature integrated within our social marketplace used to promote or request products and services from other users. This feature is added to enhance Buzzmart’s social experience and brings buyers and sellers closer together.


The network is essentially the place where users can instantly interact with each other about their products or services, see the most up to date activity of other Buzzmart members, such as new purchases, newly listed products, feedbacks and more, all in real time! Your personal “Buzzes” are also shown in a tab on your profile page called “My Buzz”.



Networks:

Buzzmart categorizes networks by countries, continents and worldwide. Users are automatically joined into the worldwide network. You can always leave and join different networks at any given point if you wish to see only buzzes from specific countries or continents.

Your activities, buzz updates, product requests or promotions are shown in the networks you are part of. So if you request a product and your selected networks is for example United States and Mexico, only users that are part of those networks, the Worldwide or North America network will see the product request. Be sure to join and post in your preferred network.

Countries by continent:

South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay
North America: United States, Canada, Mexico
Asia: China, Japan, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates
Oceania: Australia, New Zealand
Europe: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Russia, Turkey, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.


Network Types:

1. Buzz network:

This is the main landing page of the network where you can see all the network activity as well as post a new “buzz” in real time for other Buzzmart members to see. You have the option to filter buzzes by network, activity type (bids, new comments and more) and by author.



What is shown in the Buzz network?

1)      Bids on listings
2)      New listings
3)      Recent purchases
4)      New comments on listings
5)      Buzz updates
6)      Feedback given/received
7)      Listing requests
8)      Listing promotions

By default all your activity is shown to everybody. You can always modify and adjust your settings (preferences page) in order to show to other users what you want them to see. Saw a buzz you liked? You can always reply to the buzz with your thoughts and interact!


2. Request a listing network:

This network activity type is mainly used for product or service requests. Buyers can ask for products or services they are looking for. Sellers can reply to those product or service requests and attach their Buzzmart listings to their replies. You can always filter product requests by location. Want something to buy or looking for prospective sellers? This network activity type is the one for you!

3. Promote your listings:

This is the place where sellers show off their goods! Promote your Buzzmart listings or your listings from other marketplaces such as eBay or eBid.


Just click on the Buzzmart logo and your active listings will pop-up in a modal box, simply select the listings you want to promote and you are all set.

Not selling on Buzzmart? No problem, just copy the URL from another marketplace such as eBay or eBid and place it into the URL field provided. We will fetch your listing title and display it in the network.

The Buzz button

Each listing now has a special Buzz button! This button allows you to Buzz (share) the product/service in one of your networks of choice. Just click it and the listing will be Buzzed in the network.



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General FAQ

Q: How do I edit what I show to the network?
A: You can edit your activity that is shown on the network by editing your preferences

Q: How often can I post in the network?
A: You can only post once every 30 seconds

Q: From which marketplaces I can post links from?
A: You can promote your products from eBay, eBid, eCrater, Bonanzle and etsy.

Q: My marketplace is not in the list.
A: Contact support@buzzmart.com and we will get into it asap!

Q: I found a bug!
A: Networks are currently in beta stage. If you find a bug contact support@buzzmart.com and we will fix it asap!

Q: How often I can buzz a product?
A: You are only allowed to Buzz a product once a day.

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