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| Whatsbuzzing is your one-stop destination site for browsing and shopping online. |
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What is Whatsbuzzing?
Whatsbuzzing is your window into online shopping across a wide variety
of stores. Before you go shopping, you often want to see what's on sale
at your favorite stores, check out what's the latest buzz around brands
and even want to know what other shoppers like you find interesting.
You can now do all this at one site. The Whatsbuzzing service collects
the latest storefront information from hundreds of stores and brands.
It then organizes the information and makes it easy for a consumer to
browse across categories, find stores, and search for items, all on one
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Is this similar to a shopping comparison or search site?
No. You go to a shopping comparison site when you have narrowed down
what you want to buy and are comparing prices and features. But what if
you want to first browse around trying to decide what you want.
Visiting the Whatsbuzzing site is the online equivalent of window
shopping in a mall or browsing your Sunday newspaper's shopping
section. You often want to see what's there, what's hot and what's on
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Where is the store information coming from?
Whatsbuzzing is collecting and organizing marketing and storefront
information that stores and brands send to their registered customers
through e-mail and RSS. In addition, stores also send custom
storefronts that include special deals and previews just for
Whatsbuzzing visitors. Just like in a mall directory, the stores are
organized by category (e.g. Apparel & accessories, Electronics
& Office, Health & beauty etc.) and by sub-category (e.g.
Women's Apparel, Computers, Personal care etc.). You can also search
for individual stores by name. |
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Why is this better for me?
As a consumer, there is too much information on the internet and too
much information coming at you. It is hard to find the shopping
information that you need in a general purpose search site. A
comparison shopping site is good for research but not useful if you
want to browse across stores. If you subscribe to marketing emails from
various stores or brands, your email Inbox soon gets cluttered up,
impossible to manage and you can never find what you need. The
Whatsbuzzing site offers a one stop solution, where you can browse
across a wide variety of stores and check out the latest and relevant
promotions and store items. In addition, you can network with other
shoppers and find out what they think is hot. |
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What is this about networking with other shoppers?
Whatsbuzzing allows consumers to tag the storefronts with descriptive
words that other consumers may find useful, e.g. spring fashions,
organic makeup, holiday sale, teen gifts, iPod accessory etc. You can
also add your own tags to storefronts. Consumers can then search for
storefronts based on tags. You can also look at the most popular tags
and search for storefronts based on popularity. |
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| My Account |
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How do I create an account?
Click on the Sign In link which will bring up a pop-up and then click
on the 'New User Sign Up' link. This will display the Sign Up
pop-up. All we need is your first and last name (so we can address you
properly and respectfully) and a contact email address that we use to
send the sign up confirmation and contact you with any service related
information (no spam, see our privacy policy).
You need to select a user name that you will use to Sign in to the
service and a password so we know it is you. You will then get an email
with a confirmation link. Click on the link and your account is
activated and you are then on your way to shopping. |
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Why do I need to create an account?
You can still use Whatsbuzzing without creating an account. But then
you cannot add tags and network with other consumers because we will
not know who you are. If you have an account, you can also set up your
list of favorite stores so and browse through them selectively.
Finally, you can also receive personalized marketing email from any of
our stores using Whatsbuzzing. Your email address is just:
Your_user_name@whatsbuzzing.com |
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Is this free?
Yes,
Whatsbuzzing is a free service to all consumers. The revenue for the
company comes from stores who sign up with Whatsbuzzing and want a
trusted channel to reach consumers. You do want someone to pay the
bills so we can keep offering and improving the service, don't you? |
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How do I use my account?
You can access your account at the Whatsbuzzing.com website, where you
can sign in with your user name and password. You can also have the
service remember your identity and automatically sign in when you
access the website. This requires that you allow a cookie to be stored
in your computer, which will only be used for this automatic sign in. |
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| Who is Kriyari.net |
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Who is Kriyari.net?
The Whatsbuzzing site is powered by the Kriyari network. The Kriyari
network is the underlying technology that collects, organizes and
displays all the storefronts. The Whatsbuzzing site selects the stores
that are of value to the site's visitors. The selection of stores will
change over time. The Kriyari network has a much broader selection of
stores. |
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Are there other websites also powered by Kriyari.net?
Stay tuned. |
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| Whatsbuzzing - how to use the service? |
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What is the storefront view?
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Storefront view is the collection of storefronts that you see first
when you land on the Whatsbuzzing site. Each storefront has a tab that
displays the name of the store. You can click on any of the displayed
tabs to display the corresponding storefront. You can use the Right and
Left arrows to navigate across tabs as well as tabs that are previous
or next to the tabs currently displayed. The "1 of 450" indicates the
position of the current tab.
By default, the storefront view
organizes the tabs in the order of the latest content first.. |
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How can I selectively view only some storefronts?
You can use the Browse function to select stores by category, by
subcategory, by specific store name. Click on the Browse button to
display the BROWSE pop-up. By default, the Categories tab is selected.
You can now select any category or subcategory to display storefronts
that only match that selection.
Click on the Stores tab in BROWSE and the list of all stores will
display. Using the pull down menus, you can see select stores within a
category, subcategory, or alphabet range. Click on a store to select it
and then only storefronts from that store will display in the
storefront view.
The string just above the storefront tabs will display the category or
subcategory or store that you have selected, e.g. All > Apparel and accessories > Women's Apparel Click on a link in the string to bring up the BROWSE pop-up to change your selection.
At any time, clicking on the All link will refresh the storefronts.
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How can I Search for an Item?
Enter
the item that you are searching for in the Find text box and then click
on the Find button. The system will search all the storefronts and find
the storefronts that match your search. The storefronts will be ordered
with the most relevant showing first. The string above the storefront
tabs will display your search term, e.g. All: Finding cashmere [x]
Click on the [x] to dismiss the search term and show all storefronts.. |
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How can I search for storefronts tagged by other users?
Click
on the Browse button to display the BROWSE pop-up. Now click on the
Tags tab in the pop-up. The pop-up will display all the tags used by
other users of the system. You can sort tags by popularity or
alphabetically. Click on a tag and all storefronts that have been
tagged with that tag will be displayed. Alternatively, you can click on
the Tags menu item and the SELECT TAG pop-up will display. The pop-up
shows all the tags that have been associated with the currently
displayed storefront. Click on any tag and all storefronts with the
same tag will be displayed. |
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What is the Show All view?
Click on the Show All link and the SHOW ALL pop-up will display. This
shows all the selected storefronts in a list view, grouped by time. You
can scroll down the entire list, then click on a storefront description
to display that storefront in the tabbed storefront view. |
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What can I do with tags?
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lot. Tags become a very useful way for you to keep lists of storefronts
of interest, find storefronts that other consumers find interesting,
share lists with other consumers and so on. Tags can define a list
because you can search for all items that match a tag. You can add a
tag to any storefront. These tags are visible to other consumers also.
Other consumers can use the same tag to add more storefronts to the
list. This way a community of users can share storefronts of interest.
The service makes it easy for you to find tags that others are using,
the tags that are popular, tags associated with a specific message etc.
You need to be signed in to add a tag to a storefront. You can then
click on the More menu and then select the Add Tags menu item. This
displays the ADD TAGS pop-up. You can add a new tag or select from one
of the existing tags that you have used and add the tag to the
currently displayed storefront. |
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How can I refine my search?
When you enter a search term and click on Find, the search string shows - All: Finding search term [x]
Now if you click on the search term link, the BROWSE pop-up displays.
You can refine your search by selecting a category or subcategory (Tab
- Categories), a specific store (Tab - Stores), or a tag (Tab - Tags).
The search term will display in the Advanced text box within the Browse
pop-up. You can also change or add a search term in the Advanced text
box, then click on the Find button next to it. |
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How do I add a store to my Favorite list?
You
can do it either of two ways. However you need to be signed in first.
If you hover over the store name of the currently displayed tab, a
temporary pop-up displays the description and date of the storefront.
Click on the Add to Favorites link on this pop-up to add this store to
your favorites list. You can the view storefronts from your list of
favorite stores by clicking on the Browse Favorites menu item (More
menu).
You can also add a store to your Favorite list by
clicking on the Add to Favorites menu item (More menu) to add the
currently displayed store.
You can also add and delete stores from your list of favorites by
clicking on the Manage Favorites menu item (More menu) which will
display the MANAGE FAVORITES pop-up. This shows a list of all the
stores in the system. The checkbox indicates whether the store is on
your favorite list. Click on the checkbox to add a store to our
favorite list, click on an already checked box to remove the store from
your list. Click on the Add button to save your changes. |
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Can I receive email using my Whatsbuzzing email address?
Yes.
After you have signed up with Whatsbuzzing, you get an email address of
the form user_name@whatsbuzzing.com. You can now use this address to
sign up with any of the hundreds of Whatsbuzzing stores to receive
personalized marketing email. Email sent to you from any Whatsbuzzing
authorized merchant is automatically identified and organized by
category/subcategory. You can view your marketing email by selecting
the Browse Favorites menu item (from the More menu) and clicking on a
category, subcategory or store. The selected marketing emails are
displayed in the tabbed storefront view. However, Whatsbuzzing is not
an email Inbox for general purpose email but a specialized Marketing
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Can I save a storefront?
Yes, you can do it in one of 3 ways.
You can add a tag to a storefront and retrieve it later using the tag
word.
You can forward a copy of the storefront to your email address. Click
on the Forward menu item (More menu) and the FORWARD THIS STOREFRONT
pop-up displays. By default, your contact email address is displayed in
the email address field. Change the address if you prefer, then click
on the Forward button. You will then receive a copy of the storefront
in your email. You can also use Forward to send a storefront to anyone
else.
You can print a storefront by clicking on the Print menu item. |
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