SubscribeBuykee Enters Dead Pool
Buykee, a Hangzhou based social shopping service for consumer electronics, has quietly closed the door. We profiled Buykee at the end of last year when it formally launched. The service only lasted for four months or so.
The reason of the shutting down is not widely known yet. Based on my observation, running out of cash [...]
Buykee unveils social shopping for consumer electronics
Christmas has almost gone, but Chinese shopping season just started. Shopping activity is not single anymore. Lots of companies has been exploring social shopping ideas. Buykee, the latest player in this market, launched a third-party consumer electronics feedback community in Christmas. They said the service will formally launch in Jan 2007.
Buykee was founded early this [...]
Douban Launched Blog Recommendation
Today social review service Douban launched blog recommendation. Formerly Douban has provided book, music, movie and travel reviews. This new feature has been mentioned by Yang Bo, founder of Douban, in his speech on Chinese Blogger Conference. According to a rumor, Douban is going to remove travel review feature so as to be more focused.
Currently [...]
Maayee looking into social review market
Maayee is a new social review community just launched on Oct. 20, several days before 2nd Chinese Blogger Conference, then got a promotion on the conference. Founder of Maayee is Maitian, a famous Chinese blogger.
We have got social review services like Dianping, focused on review of restuarant and shop (see our profile of Dianping), and [...]