Huddled around a handful of computer screens at their downtown Ottawa office, the five staff members of Jaded Pixel are busy working to update their online shopping software, Shopify.
Their goal: to take on giant Internet auction house EBay.
It's an audacious plan, but the software that allows anyone to set up an online store for free in minutes has already met with surprising success.
Even though it has been available at shopify.com for only eight months and has not been advertised, more than 2,500 people have already signed up to create stores.
The Indianapolis Star used Shopify to set up a store to sell Super Bowl memorabilia after the Indianapolis Colts' win last weekend.
Read more http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=c6a209df-be83-4ed4-8f10-a4b38cc85757&k=20527
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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