Thursday, 9 November 2006
Riya Launches Like.com, Visual Search Shopping Engine |
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Image search company Riya, has applied its matching technology to a new fashion shopping site called Like.com. The idea is that you if you find a fashion item you like—a particular handbag, pair of shoes, watch or jewelry—the search engine will find related products by examining the actual image. Users can keyword search, browse products, or browse items worn by celebrities to get matches.
Like.com's initial release allow users to search and purchase items from retailers such as Amazon, eLUXURY, ICE.com, Lands' End, ShoeBuy, and Zappos. Like.com is adding new inventory at a rate of 30,000+ items a day and will add more shopping categories such as clothing and home décor in the near future. In addition, the first 10,000 Like.com shoppers will receive free shipping on their first purchase from any of the site's featured retailers, claimed the company.
"A picture is worth a thousand words, and it is much easier to shop and search by clicking on pictures than by typing complex search terms," said company CEO and co-founder, Munjal Shah.
According to the company, key features of Like.com include:
- Likeness Search: the ability to search by image instead of text
- Like Detail: it finds items that have a specific feature you like (such as a buckle, straps, bezel and such)
- Like Color: find color variants of the item you desire
- Like Celebrity: find clothing, shoes and accessories similar to those worn by your favorite celebrities
- Like Upload: the ability to upload your own photo of your favorite item and find the same or similar products, coming soon
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