Gloople, UK’s 1st “Social Sharing” e-commerce platform, has been the social shopping success
for Cheeky Beach by helping them achieve a 18% sales increase in less than 3 months.
Gloople has been shortlisted for the E-commerce Innovation Awards with Social Commerce.
Social shopping success for luxury beachwear SME – thanks to the Glooplerevolution
Luxury large cup beachwear online retailer Cheekybeach.com are reaping therewards of their partnership with Gloople, the UK’s first social shopping ecommerceplatform that helps small and medium sized business harness the power of socialmedia in the online shopping arena.
Cheekybeach.com enjoyed a whopping 18% increase in their sales in the first threemonths of adopting the innovative social shopping platform and launching their fullyintegrated Facebook store. And they are now enjoying increased SEO in the Googlerankings and a stronger presence on Facebook and Twitter, thanks to Gloople’sintegrated social marketing tools.
Shortlisted for the 2010 Econsultancy Innovation in E-commerce Award,Gloople ‘makes shopping social’, is specifically designed to give small to mediumsize retailers like Cheekybeach.com the impact of a big brand. Gloople enablesSMEs who use social networks, to connect with target audience and their onlinecommunities of family, friends and colleagues, all driving traffic to their online store.
Cheekybeach.com have been making full use of the myriad of integrated socialmarketing tools available on Gloople, including ‘Refer a Friend’ to promote theirproducts through recommendations, and ‘Ratings and Review’ to generate a peer-to-peer ‘buzz’ around their brand.
‘Gloople is cost-effective, easy to use – and it gets results,’ said Andrea Littlefair,creator of Cheekybeach.com. ‘Our customers love the social share discount featurethat allows them to benefit from exclusive discounts and sales – just by sharing theirpurchases with their friends. ‘And the Facebook and Twitter message features means we can schedule targetedmessages to our followers – never miss a chance to connect with our customers,wherever they are in the world.’
Can be customised, with three tiered packages and a wide range of fully integratedtools, including group-buy apps, wholesale, portable storefronts and mobileplatforms, Gloople allows retailers to create their own customised package of add-on features to suit their business and their customers. Retailers can even turn theircustomers into online sales people, giving them the tools they need to promoteproducts and services in return for commission.
Social commerce, is about helping people connect where they buy and buy wherethey connect, as Paul Marsden from Social Commerce Today writes about Gloople,in his article with ASOS and Best Buy, with Internet Retailer hailing 2011 as theyear of social commerce in the UK, Cheekybeach.com is at the forefront of theecommerce revolution. Are you?
