The Social-Web-Pattern
    in E-Commerce




Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
Content

●   What is the Social-Web-Pattern?
●   Social-Web-Pattern in E-Commerce




          Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
The Social Web and its pattern




   Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
The Social-Web-Pattern
●   The Follower-Principle
●   The Stream: Newsfeed, Activity Streams
●   The One-Click-Gesture
●   Share-Connection to other webservices




          Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
The Social-Web-Pattern
●   The Follower-Principle
●   The Stream: Newsfeed, Activity Streams
●   The One-Click-Gesture
●   Share-Connection to other webservices




         Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
The Follower-Principle




Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
The Follower-Principle

●   Asymmetrical connections
●   Personalisation baked in
●   → Two-sided markets/platforms




          Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
The Social-Web-Pattern
●   The Follower-Principle
●   The Stream: Newsfeed, Activity Streams
●   The One-Click-Gesture
●   Share-Connection to other webservices




          Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
The Stream




Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
The Stream

●   Activity Streams, Newsfeed
●   In chronological order
●   Commentable
●   Like Email; the Inbox is still the ultimate stream




          Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
The Stream
In-Stream-Information: Quora, disqus




  Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
The Social-Web-Pattern
●   The Follower-Principle
●   The Stream: Newsfeed, Activity Streams
●   The One-Click-Gesture
●   Share-Connection to other webservices




          Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
The One-Click-Gesture




Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
The One-Click-Gesture
●   A gesture, the smallest unit of active action
    online
Used for:
●   redistribution
●   aggregation
●   'charts'



           Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
The One-Click-Gesture
●   Personalisation: Facebooks Like-data
●   A better data basis for understanding the users
    and their preferences

●   Other examples: foursquare-checkins, flattr




          Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
One-Click-Gesture on Amazon




  Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
The Social-Web-Pattern
●   The Follower-Principle
●   The Stream: Newsfeed, Activity Streams
●   The One-Click-Gesture
●   Share-Connection to other webservices




          Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
Share-Connection to other
                   webservices




Source: http://blog.louisgray.com/2011/03/your-app-is-not-complete-until-you-can.html




                Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
Share-Connection to other
                 webservices
●   Visibility
●   Virality
●   Per-Item-Option
●   etc.




            Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
Share-Connection to other
      webservices




 Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
Social-Web-Pattern in Use
     Mobile photo apps: Instagram




 Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
Social-Web-Pattern in Use
   Newsaggregators: Tracked.com




 Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
Social-Web-Pattern in Use
                Q&A-Sites: Quora




 Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
The Social-Web-Pattern in E-
              Commerce


●   Groupon Stores
●   Etsy




           Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
Groupon Stores




Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
Groupon Stores




Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
Groupon Stores




Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
Groupon Stores

●   Self serve
●   Users can follow stores




          Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
Groupon Stores
Opportunities and challenges:
●   Followers as bargain hunters
●   Redistribution within Groupon with One-Click-
    Gesture
●   Stream/Newsfeed on site




          Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
Groupon Stores
Redistribution through One-Click-Gesture & data:
●   Deals bought by friends
●   (popular) deals from merchants who are being
    followed by friends
●   Local popular deals ('trending deals')
●   Deals bought by similar users (with similar
    followed merchants, with similar buying
    behavior)

          Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
Etsy: Circles and Activity Feed




   Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
Etsy: Circles and Activity Feed
●   „Add to your Circle“ = Follow
●   Followed sellers listing a new item
●   Friends favorites
●   Notification when own item is featured in
    treasury list
●   Sales



            Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
Social-Web-Pattern in E-Commerce

●   Blippy
●   Hollrr
    (soon to be relaunching)
●   The Twitter for shopping?




             Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
What to keep in mind
●   What do you want to accomplish
●   What informations do users want to know
    (how, when)
●   What is the connection between the multiple
    sides of users on your platform
●   Stream front and center
●   ...


          Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
The Social-Web-Pattern
                 Sources

●   http://www.diigo.com/user/marcel/social-web-
    pattern




          Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
Thank You!



Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com

The Social Web Pattern in E-Commerce (by Marcel Weiss)

  • 1.
    The Social-Web-Pattern in E-Commerce Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 2.
    Content ● What is the Social-Web-Pattern? ● Social-Web-Pattern in E-Commerce Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 3.
    The Social Weband its pattern Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 4.
    The Social-Web-Pattern ● The Follower-Principle ● The Stream: Newsfeed, Activity Streams ● The One-Click-Gesture ● Share-Connection to other webservices Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 5.
    The Social-Web-Pattern ● The Follower-Principle ● The Stream: Newsfeed, Activity Streams ● The One-Click-Gesture ● Share-Connection to other webservices Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 6.
    The Follower-Principle Marcel Weiß(Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 7.
    The Follower-Principle ● Asymmetrical connections ● Personalisation baked in ● → Two-sided markets/platforms Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 8.
    The Social-Web-Pattern ● The Follower-Principle ● The Stream: Newsfeed, Activity Streams ● The One-Click-Gesture ● Share-Connection to other webservices Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 9.
    The Stream Marcel Weiß(Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 10.
    The Stream ● Activity Streams, Newsfeed ● In chronological order ● Commentable ● Like Email; the Inbox is still the ultimate stream Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 11.
    The Stream In-Stream-Information: Quora,disqus Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 12.
    The Social-Web-Pattern ● The Follower-Principle ● The Stream: Newsfeed, Activity Streams ● The One-Click-Gesture ● Share-Connection to other webservices Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 13.
    The One-Click-Gesture Marcel Weiß(Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 14.
    The One-Click-Gesture ● A gesture, the smallest unit of active action online Used for: ● redistribution ● aggregation ● 'charts' Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 15.
    The One-Click-Gesture ● Personalisation: Facebooks Like-data ● A better data basis for understanding the users and their preferences ● Other examples: foursquare-checkins, flattr Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 16.
    One-Click-Gesture on Amazon Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 17.
    The Social-Web-Pattern ● The Follower-Principle ● The Stream: Newsfeed, Activity Streams ● The One-Click-Gesture ● Share-Connection to other webservices Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 18.
    Share-Connection to other webservices Source: http://blog.louisgray.com/2011/03/your-app-is-not-complete-until-you-can.html Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 19.
    Share-Connection to other webservices ● Visibility ● Virality ● Per-Item-Option ● etc. Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 20.
    Share-Connection to other webservices Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 21.
    Social-Web-Pattern in Use Mobile photo apps: Instagram Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 22.
    Social-Web-Pattern in Use Newsaggregators: Tracked.com Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 23.
    Social-Web-Pattern in Use Q&A-Sites: Quora Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 24.
    The Social-Web-Pattern inE- Commerce ● Groupon Stores ● Etsy Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 25.
    Groupon Stores Marcel Weiß(Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 26.
    Groupon Stores Marcel Weiß(Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 27.
    Groupon Stores Marcel Weiß(Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 28.
    Groupon Stores ● Self serve ● Users can follow stores Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 29.
    Groupon Stores Opportunities andchallenges: ● Followers as bargain hunters ● Redistribution within Groupon with One-Click- Gesture ● Stream/Newsfeed on site Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 30.
    Groupon Stores Redistribution throughOne-Click-Gesture & data: ● Deals bought by friends ● (popular) deals from merchants who are being followed by friends ● Local popular deals ('trending deals') ● Deals bought by similar users (with similar followed merchants, with similar buying behavior) Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 31.
    Etsy: Circles andActivity Feed Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 32.
    Etsy: Circles andActivity Feed ● „Add to your Circle“ = Follow ● Followed sellers listing a new item ● Friends favorites ● Notification when own item is featured in treasury list ● Sales Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 33.
    Social-Web-Pattern in E-Commerce ● Blippy ● Hollrr (soon to be relaunching) ● The Twitter for shopping? Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 34.
    What to keepin mind ● What do you want to accomplish ● What informations do users want to know (how, when) ● What is the connection between the multiple sides of users on your platform ● Stream front and center ● ... Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 35.
    The Social-Web-Pattern Sources ● http://www.diigo.com/user/marcel/social-web- pattern Marcel Weiß (Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com
  • 36.
    Thank You! Marcel Weiß(Exciting Commerce, neunetz.com) contact: marcel@neunetz.com