One Woman's Experience at the Mall vs. VirtualEShopping.com

Why go to the mall when you can shop in your PJ's while the kids are asleep? Meet your friends in the mall and chat, window shop, see special events, collect coupons, people watch and meet new people. All from your desktop!

Let us know what you think by commenting below or contact us at support@virtualEshopping.com.

- virtualEmark

Schedule a Mall Shopping Date!

A new feature we're adding with this release of virtualEshopping.com is the ability to shedule a mall shopping date with your friends. You click the "invite more friends" link in the friends section of your profile page and select the last tab on the right. You schedule your mall shopping date and select the people (who must be registered users) who you want to include in your group.



Our system sends everyone on your list an email and asks them to RSVP. You'll get notices of who is going to attend and who cannot and a reminder email will be sent 24 hours prior to the mall date. You can check the status of who's coming by clicking the "Mall Dates" link next to your persona pic in the upper left of the profile page.

Give it a try and let us know what you think! Comment below or email us at support@virtualeshopping.com.

- virtualEmark

Billboards and Kiosks

Other features you'll see in the virtualEshopping mall include billboards and kiosks.

Billboards are large windows that can contain any of the elements found in the windows of storefronts: fixed images, slideshows (with up to 10 images), audio, video, and coupons. Similar also to the storefront windows, when you click on one of the billboards, you are transported to the webpage of the featured item or to the homepage of the advertiser.

Here are a couple of screenshots of billboards in the mall:

Kiosks are essentially small billboards with the exact same functionality. They are scattered throughout the mall.

Here's a screenshot of a kiosk:

Clicking on billboards and kiosks in the mall are a great way to find new advertisers you've never heard of or connect with those advertisers you love!

Let us know what you think! Comment below or contact us at support@virtualEshopping.com.

- virtualEmark

Collecting Coupons

One of the many cool features in virtualEshopping.com is the presence of coupons. Advertisers can post them in a storefront window or in the window of a mall cart, billboard or kiosk.

In the Gamefly mall cart below, notice the logo hovering above the salesbot's head. Such an image indicates that she is holding a coupon for you. If you hover on the image, you'll see an barcode icon, which appears on hover on any window or salesbot that has a coupon.

When you click on the coupon image, the following window pops up with details of the coupon offer. If you click the add button at the bottom of the window, your coupon is added to your queue.

Select the coupon offers you want to save and click the print button at the bottom to print out your coupon offers. Use any redemption code provided to redeem your coupon on the advertiser's website. It's that simple. Pretty cool, huh?

Let us know what you think. Comment below or contact us at support@virtualeshopping.com.

- virtualEmark

Mall Carts Display Small Items

Mall carts are another feature in the 3D mall. Some refer to them as "kiosks" but we have reserved that term for another feature in our mall.

A mall cart in the virtualEshopping 3D mall is an advertising opportunity for makers of small items like jewelry, cell phones, sunglasses, etc., to feature selected items from their catelog. Each mall cart contains 20 interactive windowsthat can display fixed images, slideshows with up to 10 slides, video or audio clips and coupons.

Salesbots and sales personas (see yesterday's post for storefronts for a full description of these features) can also be seen in a mall cart if an advertiser creates them.

There are four different mall cart designs and several different orientations for the windows.

Here are a few from the mall:

Like with a storefront, when you click on any of the images, you are transported to the webpage of the item on the advertiser's 2D website.

Please let us know if you have questions. Contact us at support@virtualeshopping.com.

- virtualEmark