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Quote:Cartfly is aiming to use a distributed e-commerce model to enable retail sales to be brought into social networks, allowing retailers to establish a point of presence right inside profile pages and other sites...

Cartfly is currently targeting small businesses, and believes it offers an alternative to the tech-heavy approach that many other e-commerce widgets use to get to the same result, Manley added.

"We did about two years of due diligence because we wanted to know what's new and what's really going to work with merchants," he said. "Distribution and presence is key. If you're not on the first page of search results as a small merchant, you're getting lost. We wanted to look at what are the different ways to market and drive products out there. By embedding the store, you can take it everywhere you want it to go." ...

full article: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/Cart...63028.html

From the CartFly FAQ:
Quote:What is Cartfly?

Cartfly is the newest way to sell your products online. No setup fees. No annual fees. No listing fees. This simple e-commerce tool allows anyone with a valid PayPal email address and a product to start selling! It’s FREE. It’s EASY. It’s SIMPLE. Customize the look of your new store and start selling items across the web. Cartfly gives you the code to embed your store into your favorite social networks, blogs, personal web sites, etc. Why limit your store to one location when you can have hundreds? Friends and supporters can also embed your store to boost visibility. Every sale made at any location comes directly back to you!
FAQ: http://www.cartfly.com/faq
CartFly: http://www.cartfly.com
Does anyone recommend Cartfly or not recommend?  Thanks.
It might be worth doing if you have a lot of friends who are willing to add your store widget to their MySpace/Facebook page or blog.  If you don't, then it's probably not worth the effort.
True.  I was thinking about soical groups like Ning groups.