Do you have an online shopping problem? If so, don’t read any farther. ShopWiki is a New York City based startup that aims to make online shopping easier. It’s a comparison shopping engine, but it’s supposed to be better because it combines the abilities of search engine type crawlers with user generated content to provide relevant products and reviews. A search for “fly rods” just returned typical listings that I’d expect on any comparison shopping site, but a look at their MP3 Players buying guide shows how valuable a shopping wiki can be. It gives a complete overview of all of the options that you have for buying an MP3 player (yes, there are options other than iPods). Considering that ShopWiki received $6.2 million in venture capital in 2006, there has to be some serious selling potential behind the idea of a shopping wiki.
Although ShopWiki’s Jobs page doesn’t show any internship listings, the AlleyCorp Jobs page shows a few. AlleyCorp is a network of businesses that are separately owned, but share resources like the recruiting function – that’s why AlleyCorp’s site has the scoop on internships at ShopWiki. Other AlleyCorp members include Gilt Groupe and 10gen.
If you can wait until the spring, ShopWiki has a pretty good looking Communications internship available for college students. It looks to be a social media heavy position, so you’ll have to be pretty web savvy to apply. Speaking of web savvy, you will have to be extremely web/tech savvy if can’t wait until the spring and want to get one of ShopWiki’s Fall internships – they’re in Software Engineering and Quality Assurance Engineering. You can find in-depth descriptions of each internship on the ShopWiki Jobs page on AlleyCorp’s site. ShopWiki is based out of New York City, and accepts cover letters and resumes at intern@alleycorp.com.
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Tags: communications, e-commerce, engineering, Internships, New York, quality assurance, social media, software development
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