Mpire Wins eBay Star Developer Award
Published June 13th, 2007
Press Release
-Mpire, the popular online meta-shopping service, today was awarded an eBay Star Developer Award at the eBay Developers Conference in Boston for the creation of Shopwave (http://www.mpire.com/shopping/shopwave.html), a Flash-based tool designed to give online buyers the ability to visually and virtually window shop. Awarded for Best User Experience Design, Shopwave uses Mpire’s meta-shopping data and analytics to support visual shopping based on popular searches and within popular categories.
“We are honored to accept this prestigious award,†said Matt Hulett, CEO of Mpire. “Shopwave was the first tool resulting from Mpire Labs, our project-based initiative for building new online shopping technologies, and we are thrilled with the positive response we’ve received from both consumers and the developer community.â€
As a member of the eBay Developers Program and eBay Certified Provider, Mpire leverages eBay’s Web Services Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), which enable third-party developers to create web-based applications used to conduct business with the eBay Platform.
“The eBay Star Developer Awards annually recognize members of the eBay Developers Program for innovation, creativity and commitment to the eBay Community,†said Max Mancini, Senior Director of Platform and Innovation, eBay. “Shopwave gives online consumers a unique visual experience and we are excited to recognize Mpire for Best User Experience Design.â€
The eBay Developer Conference in Boston brings together more than 500 third-party developers, entrepreneurs and affiliates to meet with technologists and business leaders from eBay, PayPal, ProStores, Shopping.com and Skype.
About Mpire
Seattle-based Mpire is a meta-shopping service that brings together on its site thousands of online stores and marketplaces, such as eBay, Amazon, Shopping.com, Target, WalMart and Gap. Mpire’s universal shopping experience combines proprietary pricing analysis for both new and used items, coupons and reviews, as well as distributed shopping features such as the Mpire Plug-in, shopping-trend widgets and Web service APIs. Founded in 2005, Mpire is backed by Ignition Partners and former eBay executive Richard Rock.
Mpire is a trademark of Mpire, Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.
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