It is weird to see that we are already in mid-August - time flies when you are having fun. After our start in May a lot of things have happened and we are quite happy with the outcome. Obviously, our to-do list is still way too long, but that is the beauty of running a startup - you always have things to do.

Shoppero is becoming a better a better product with every little release, it is kind of like watching a toddler learning new tricks like sitting up for the first time. This also means, that the internals are getting more complex and we need more people to work for us. We are currently looking for experienced PHP coders, a Template wizard who knows AJAX back and forth and also some Smarty, the PHP template engine that we use. We also need a Designer who has good experience with Flash. If you are interested, send me an email.

We are currently working on more language versions of Shoppero, simply because we believe an international approach makes sense for a social shopping platform. So expect to see more languages to be released soon. We also work on getting the usability of the product even better and do a better job of explaining why somebody should join Shoppero and start writing reviews. Speaking of reviews, one big issue currently on our to-do list is improving the way new reviews get into the system, basically making it easier for a user to find the product to write about. We still hope for some magic “watchamacallit” brain-to-shoppero transfer, but until that issue is solved, we need to improve our product search and do a better job in suggesting products the user would like to write about.

Our aim is to get Shoppero in shape by the end of summer, surely to be ready for the shorter days in fall and winter - but also of course for the big shopping season starting sometime in November. It is a lot of fun to shape the product, but also means lots of heard work, setbacks, wonderful coincedences and meeting great people along the way. That said, hopefully this explains why we don’t blog too much lately. We simply have too many things to do and it will stay that way.

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