Online Store
Now, For Something Completely Different…
What: The Something Store. The concept is simple: Pay 10 bucks and you’ll receive an item in the mail. Whether it’s a gadget, a necklace, knives, jeans, it’s a mystery until you open the box. Shipping is free, making it all the more tempting to surprise yourself.
What We Say: Novelty is the spice of life, we say, and this website is the most novel we’ve heard of in a long time. Treat yourself or someone else, and there’s even a chance that the item you get is worth way more than 10 bucks. It’s fun and entertaining, and a huge departure from the usual experience of shopping online. And hey, if you don’t like it, you can always sell it and get cash for something you do really want.
Would you take the risk?
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Site I Like: Endless.com - New Shoe Store by the folks at Amazon
Free shipping? Check
Free UPS Overnight Shipping? I am in love
Endless.com is the new online shoe store site recently developed by the wonderful folks at Amazon.com and set to blow our friend Zappos.com
and traditional shoes stores right out of the water.
How?
1. Endless.com offers FREE overnight shipping on all purchases- order the shoes on Monday and get them by Tuesday. Plus they offer FREE returns and you have up to a YEAR to return the shoes.
2. Endless.com has REAL sales, I’m talking 40 to 60% off the listed price. (Note to Zappos: 12% off isn’t a sale). I bought a pair of designer FarylRobin shoes for $69.89 down from $153.95 (a savings of 54%).
3. The Navigation system is very web 2.0, allowing you to select the color, style, brand, width (from 4A to 4E) and a price range (on a brilliant sliding scale) all without leaving the page. It’s like the Amazon of shoes.
The bad: Their bag collection could use some help and they need to come up with a constant system for describing their shoes (some of the descriptions are missing shoe information). Also, it would be great if you could link it to your Amazon account.
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