Shopping inside Facebook to Soar in 2011

Jan. 5, 2011 - PRLog -- “With targeted access to over half a billion people, stores on Facebook will be booming in 2011,” stated Ronen Shlomo, CEO of Zibaba (www.zibaba.com).  He continued “Facebook will become the biggest shopping mall in the world.  Open seven days a week, 24 hours a day, Facebook is already the most popular virtual destination on the Internet.  Using technology developed by Zibaba, store owners can easily upload full catalogs of merchandise to their Facebook storefront.”  Unlike other utilities that offer catalog functionality within Facebook, Zibaba has developed a cashier interface which gives store owners the option to allow shoppers to complete and pay for their transaction, all within the Facebook environment.

Zibaba has been developing applications for Facebook for the past three years and are a Facebook ‘preferred developer’ company.  This places Zibaba in a unique position in the current market place within the world of social media.  In addition to the expertise in application development, Zibaba also provides services that assist with the marketing aspects of their customers’ stores.  “We have the knowledge and experience of running and optimizing advertising campaigns in Facebook.  We also know how to leverage the social networking aspects of advertising on Facebook,” added Ronen Shlomo.

2011 will see the launch of Zibaba’s “social affiliate” program.  Explaining the “social affiliate” program, Ronen explained “affiliate marketing is a huge business.  As the Internet evolves and more businesses take their products online, the world of affiliate marketing is only growing.  Selling other people’s products using SEO, CPC and traditional online advertising, gives many affiliates a seven figure income.  With Zibaba’s “social affiliate” program, affiliates will now have the opportunity to have their own branded store on Facebook and keep it stocked with their choice of merchandise.  They will have the ability to choose from every Zibaba online store.  Potentially, affiliate store fronts could be even bigger than many of the online merchant stores.  It’s like opening a store in Oxford Street or Times Square, with the amount of passing foot traffic, but without the expense.  It’s a win win situation for merchants and affiliates.”

With the imminent launch of the affiliate program, Zibaba will also be launching a full suite of built-in marketing tools which will enable merchants and affiliates alike, to fully promote their online store fronts.

Zibaba is a privately funded company, but have visions of huge growth in 2011.  “We are looking for the right strategic partners that will help us to build on the solid foundation we have already laid and speed our growth in 2011.” Stated Michael Katz, VP Business Development and Investor Relations.  “We have the technology, the experience and the expertise to make Zibaba into a billion dollar company.  2011 will see the implementation of our marketing efforts.  After that, the sky’s the limit.”

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About Zibaba
Founded in 2008 by Ronen Shlomo (CEO) and Arie Fishler (CTO) to offer marketing solutions that tap into the potential of social engagement, Zibaba has made ground breaking developments in the world of social media marketing. Beginning with customized, branded applications for businesses wishing to utilize the engagement and interaction tools of social media marketing, Zibaba is now at the forefront of e-commerce for Facebook. Providing retailers with a solution to run and manage online stores with full payment functionality, all within the Facebook social media environment. Zibaba is a Facebook ‘preferred developer’ company.

For more information, please contact Michael Katz – michael@zibaba.com.