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Y Combinator Company Swapbox Launches And Aims To Pick Up Where Bufferbox Left Off. You know the drill, you order something from your favorite site and you can’t wait to get the package. Like a blogger normal person, you go to work and hope that the package is there when you get home. That hope slowly turns into worry as you picture your valuable freight sitting outside of your home, while people walk by it and wonder what it is.

There are a few companies providing solutions for this problem, setting up physical locations for you to have your packages shipped to, such as commerce juggernaut Amazon. A few months ago, Google picked up a Canada-based company called Bufferbox, a YC-alum, which left the space wide open for a startup to jump in and fill the void. Currently, there are two Swapbox locations, one at Stanford, where the co-founders Nitin Shantharam and Neel Murthy attended school, and the other in Glen Park. I sat down with the team and discussed their plans, which are pretty lofty and impressive. TC: Tell us about your team. Are you where your customers are? New data from Europe. 10 Open Source Shopping Carts to Run Your Ecommerce Business CIO.

CIO — More and more companies have turned to the Web to transact business. And, of course, if you are going to sell on the Web, the right shopping cart can mean the difference between red and black ink. When shopping for your own ecommerce shopping cart software the most important aspect to consider is how well the cart software meets your business objectives.

An ecommerce shopping cart has to be customizable to fit your business needs and branding, be flexible enough to scale as your business grows, be secure and support industry standards and provide solid integrate with payment gateways. Tips: 10 Holiday Shopping Changes to Make Right Now to Your Ecommerce Site How-To: 7 Email Marketing Tips to Boost Holiday Sales Open source shopping cart software is an attractive option. Storeowners who decide to use open source shopping cart software can always pay for additional support and service through qualified third parties if they find the community-based support is not enough. 1. 2. E-commerce, una storia e qualche considerazione per farlo funzionare (davvero) Bodymetrics Uses AR to Solve the Online Shopping Dilemma, Virtually Try on Clothing. Online shoppers may be able to buy clothes in their pajamas, but they never know just how well those purchases will actually fit.

That problem may soon be history — thanks to a breakthrough piece of augmented reality technology from Bodymetrics. The company has partnered with PrimeSense on a 3D body-mapping product to be revealed this week at CES 2012. The product uses PrimeSense 3D sensors, much like those used for Microsoft Kinect, to scan a user's height and waist size, as well as the other shapes and curves that make a body unique.

After creating an account, users will be able to virtually try on clothes from partner retailers to get a true sense of how potential purchases fit. The 3D body-mapping will be available for preview at CES, but Bodymetrics is still fine-tuning its business model — including its final price, which the company said will be approximately $150. However, Bodymetrics believes its 3D figure-reader built on PrimeSense technology is the game-changer. Social Commerce Psychology of Shopping [INFOGRAPHIC] Why is e-commerce such a hot area in venture capital now.

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