Monday, July 20, 2009

Shopping for $1,000 Shoes? There’s an App for That - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

Sign of the times

Today, some cellphone users buy virtual goods to use in mobile games or e-books to read on their phones. A new application from Pizza Hut even lets iPhone users order pizza.

But so far, people have not shown much willingness to buy physical goods — especially expensive ones — from their cellphones. This is similar to what happened when e-commerce first appeared — high-end goods were the last to be sold online.

But Net-a-Porter.com, which went live in 2000 and now has 1.8 million visitors a month, succeeded in getting people to buy $4,000 gowns and $1,000 stilettos on the Web. Now it hopes to work its magic on the iPhone.

Shopping for $1,000 Shoes? There’s an App for That - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

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