French Zlio lets anyone set up an online shop in 5 minutes. Shop owners don't actually need to have anything to sell. They don't have to worry about stock or shipping, either, since orders are fulfilled by large online retailers like Amazon.com, eBay and Buy.com. This leaves Zlio shopkeepers free to focus on curation (selecting an appealing array of products) and promotion.
Zlio was founded in France in November 2005 as a recommendation service, letting users recommend favourite products to their friends and family in exchange for small commissions. Which is comparable to other social affiliate schemes like FavoriteThingz and MyPickList.com, which were featured in trendwatching.com's briefing on Generation Cash.
In September 2006, Zlio switched gears and moved to its current model, which makes opening an online shop as easy as setting up a blog. How it works: a user signs up, picks a shop name and design template, and then selects the products he or she would like to sell. Users can currently choose from 75 merchants in France and 25 in the US. Since that includes giants like Amazon.com, users have millions of products to choose from. The business model is simple: when customers buy products from a Zlio shop, commission is split between Zlio and the shopkeeper. French shopkeepers are also rewarded for clicks through to merchants, with the US to follow.
Zlio facilitates micro-shops for every niche interest imaginable, catering to consumers interested in subjects as diverse as Woody Allen, above ground swimming pools, Dora the Explorer, sudoku, sushi making and Isaac Asimov. (Related consumer trend: nouveau niche.) While Zlio shops are easily integrated with a minipreneur's own website or blog, some of the most popular shops don't have any other type of web presence and are promoted solely by word of mouth or Google AdWords. Keyword marketing is of course a natural fit, since it can be targeted as narrowly as Zlio shops.
Following the September 2006 relaunch, over 35,000 shops have been created in France alone. Since Zlio just launched in the US last week and will be adding the UK soon, now's the time for English-speaking minipreneurs to seize the best shop names and get started.
Website: www.zlio.com
Contact: help.zlio.com
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Hi,
Thanks for the post. Zlio does seem like a cool company. You may also want to try Bravisa- http://www.bravisa.com. Bravisa is a new online tool for anyone to earn money by selling a wide range of products without ever having to buy, stock, ship, or service those products.
Thanks!
-Balaji.
I also created my own shop and in 3 weeks i earned 60 euros! And it's just a beginning! my e-shops?
http://boutique-du-cuir.zlio.com
http://meuble-discount.zlio.com
Come, see, create yours and start to make money with us!
Greg
I also created my shops 2 months ago and it works very well (if you work hard of course!) You can create 10 different shops!
http://frigo.zlio.com
http://achat-radio-reveil.zlio.com
http://nuisette.zlio.com
http://boucle-d-oreille.zlio.com
Come and tell me what you think about it!
I´m from Spain. Is it possible for me to create a shop? Or it is just for French and US people?
Is this option also available for the Netherlands?
I would presume that you can create a shop anywhere, since they use paypal as the payment source. Don't quote me on that. I especially like stores with local appeal. I started http://philadelphiaeagles.zliostore.com and have had a lot of success promoting it locally. The only thing that is annoying is the referral spam that a few vocal folks keep spewing on all the blogs.
Has anyone actually made any money (other than 60 euros) off the zlio site? thanks
emai if you want
Thanks for me, I'm the french minipreneur of the web site Dora the Explorer, the url for thr US is http://doratheexplorer.shopmaking.com
Zlio is a good solution for the minipreneur.
I have an other web site : http://digital.shopmarking.com
bye
Christine | March 1, 2007 8:11 AM