eCommerce on Twitter
Twitter is a bird of many colors. I’ve seen it used in many creative ways:
- Job vacancies are posted that I doubt ever hit traditional boards
- requests for sightseeing & restaurant recommendations
- tweet-ups (people meet at a certain place when attending an event)
Recently I had won an iPhone. AT&T doesn’t offer service in my area so I blogged about it & posted a link on Twitter. My readers came up with a number of ideas & offered empathy. It seems that the iTouch better suited my needs . I really didn’t want to test AT&T to see if they would notice an out of range account & disconnect me.
I called Apple & they were willing to return it, but the credit would go to the original purchaser which was the Wetpaint Wiki company. Then they would have had to order a new one & it just seemed like an unfair hassle for them. Apple had free shipping on Friday, so I posted my Twitter ad.
need an iPhone? at $299? I won one, I can’t get service & an iTouch is better – Apple has free shipping today… DM me if you’re interested
In 5 minutes I had 2 responses. In an hour the third one came in that actually purchased it. We used Paypal to transfer the funds. Ebay has taught me how easy Paypal is to use.
My iPhone has a home where it can be used for more than a paperweight! YAY! And my iTouch will be delivered by Friday. (I won’t be home so it’ll be a week before I can play with my new toy.). My sister-in-law is taking delivery.
What creative ways do you see Twitter being used?
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Dave Barger says:
Just yesterday on Twitter:
1. I watched a two hour movie online that Jeremiah tweeted about.
2. I don’t watch the “ball games”, but it was interesting to see other people tweet about the game in realtime as if though they were all in the same living room.
Lewis Green says:
Connie,
I primarily use Tweeter to learn who is posting what on their blogs. It saves me a lot of time as by sharing the headline and a short link, I can visit a blog easily, knowing something is there that I want to read.
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