Thursday, May 22, 2008

Whew, one week has flown by...

Big thanks for all you super early adopters that have given top3Clicks a try!!!

Based on your really great feedback, we have made some pretty cool changes to make the notification experience much more useful.

1. We added a 'New Items' column to the item list - As new items become available on Amazon.com, top3Clicks updates your item list with the number of new items that have become available.

Here is a top3Clicks screenshot of what we added:


2. Emails - When we launched, we were sending quite a bit email listings. The email provided all the items on your list that had new items available. When you clicked on the item you were sent back to top3Clicks to look at the items.

We are now delivering one daily email in the morning detailed listing of all new items. If you click on any specific item, will take you right to Amazon.com for more details, etc. about that item.

Here is what the email looks like:


3. Notifications - We started sending 4 or so notifications a day, providing a list of each new item on your list that had something new become available.

We are now delivering one notification to you daily in the afternoon. The notification is a simple reminder that there are new items. When you click on this notification you will be sent to the top3Clicks app in Facebook where you will be able to see what items are new (number 1 above)you list that have new items.


Thanks again for all the feedback. If you find top3Clicks to be useful, please pass it along to your friends. We love the feedback.

-- the BaconMarathon team

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

When the Bay Area (San Francisco) hits 100 degrees it is time for the BaconMarathon team...

...to announce something really sizzlin...

The BaconMarathon team has been working feverishly on a project called top3Clicks.

The project consists of marrying the social network and notfication power of Facebook with the ecommerce power of Amazon.com.


top3Clicks is 'Social Commerce'.

To get started...

1. You will need to have a Facebook account. Go to:
http://www.facebook.com/ and create an account. You may be the last one of your friends to not have one!

2. Once you have an account, simply go to
http://apps.facebook.com/topthreeclicks, you will be taken to the top3Clicks Add Application screen.

3. When top3Clicks is added as an application, interests listed in your Facebook profile are placed in a top3Clicks item list. Item suggestions (from Amazon.com) will appear based on these interests. You can easily add and remove items, as well as notify friends about items.


4. If there is a item that your are interested in purchasing, simply click on the item and you will be taken to Amazon.com to complete the order.

So give it whirl...! Tell us what you think, we love the feedback.

-- BaconMarathon team