User talk:Matt.T

StrawberryNET.com

Hi Matt,

It's Mandy again, the writer of the StrawberryNET.com article. Below is my revised version for submission. It is quite objective and have the similar format with the "Sephora", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sephora, which have already been posted in Wikipedia. May you suggest how I can amend it to be posted in Wikipedia? Many thanks.

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[Start===] StrawberryNET is Hong Kong-based online cosmetics company providing a very large range of cosmetic items including make up, skincare and fragrance. The company describes itself as “The Fresh Cosmetic Company”. Background & History Strawberry Limited was founded in 1997 and the StrawberryNET website was launched in 1998. In the 1990’s, when online shopping was in its infancy, StrawberryNET was one of the pioneers in online shopping along with contemporaries such as Amazon and eBay. StrawberryNET currently claims to serve customers from over 200 countries, providing 24-hour customer support in multiple languages and free shipping worldwide for certain items. Overview The StrawberryNET site includes over 20,000 items from over 200 brands, and it is possible to view the website in 11 languages and order in 20 different currencies. Product searches can be made by keyword, by category or by brand. Each item on the website is shown with a picture, description and price. Colour options are also displayed for makeup items. Items are added to the customer’s online shopping cart by pressing the purple “Add to Cart” tab next to the price. Payment can be made by credit card, debit card (for certain countries) and Paypal. Discounts are given for ordering three or more items, and shipping worldwide is free for skincare and makeup items although there are charges for shipping fragrances to certain countries. The online checkout system also remembers a customer’s details for when they order next. StrawberryNET uses Secure Server Software (SSL) which fully encrypts and protects all personal data so that it cannot be read by anyone over the internet. StrawberryNET also claims to provide a 100% satisfaction guarantee on all their products. According to consumer shopping website Bizrate.com, as of 2008, StrawberryNET has been rated since 2000 by over 175,000 customers who have given the site the overall rating as “Outstanding”. StrawberryNET has also been a Bizrate Platinum Award Winner for 2 years in a row and was awarded the 2002 Logistics Partner of the Year by Hong Kong Post. Loyalty programme In 2001, StrawberryNET launched their loyalty programme, which rewards regular customers by providing them with increasing discounts on progressive purchases, ranging from 1% on their second purchase, through to 10% for the 20th. purchase and beyond. Cosmetics Brands Available StrawberryNET sells over 20,000 different items from over 200 brands. Some brands available at StrawberryNET include: Academie Anna Sui Aveda Biotherm Bvlgari Calvin Klein Cellex-C Christion Dior Clinique Darphin Decleor Dermalogica Estee Lauder Giorgio Armani Guerlain Guinot Hugo Boss Kanebo Kiehl’s Kose L’Oreal Lancome Nina Ricci Orlane Prada Shiseido SK II Sofina Valmont Yves Saint Laurent Languages available In order to target more customers from around the world, StrawberryNET launched several websites in languages other than English. Beginning with Japanese and Korean, StrawberryNET developed sites in the following languages: Arabic Chinese (Simplified) Chinese ( Traditional) Czech English Japanese Korean Portuguese (Brazil) Portuguese (Portugal) Russian Spanish Thai Turkish External Links StrawberryNET StrawberryNET Arabic StrawberryNET Australia StrawberryNET Brazil StrawberryNET China StrawberryNET Czech Republic StrawberryNET Hong Kong StrawberryNET Japan StrawberryNET Korea StrawberryNET Poland StrawberryNET Portugal StrawberryNET New Zealand StrawberryNET Russia StrawberryNET Spain StrawberryNET Thailand StrawberryNET Turkey StrawberryNET United Kingdom StrawberryNET USA Bizrate [END===]

Best Wishes, Mandyngan (talk) 01:38, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi Mandyngan and welcome to Wikipedia! If you have any relation to the company you want to create an article on it could be considered a conflict of interest. Here's a couple of links about writing articles on companies: Wikipedia:FAQ/Business and Wikipedia:Spam. I recommend you create a subpage in your user space (something like User:Mandyngan/Sandbox) and work on your article there. Instructions on how to create subpages can be found here. For some guidance about writing good articles, see Writing better articles, Layout, The perfect article, Manual of Style and Article development. After working on your article in your user space you can request some feedback about it here. Good luck with your article. Regards, Matt (Talk) 07:29, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Mandyngan (talk) 08:10, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi Matt,

I did found many third party websites writing articles and talking about StrawberryNET which are searched from Google.au and Yahoo! Hong Kong. Here are a few examples. Also there is a video about saving money in ninemsn.com.

Some websites talk about StrawberryNET

• http://www.discuss.com.hk/viewthread.php?tid=8216834&extra=page=7&filter=0&orderby=dateline&ascdesc=DESC&page=2 [discussion in HK forum in Chinese]
• http://beaut.ie/blog/?p=525
• http://mommasavesmoney.blogspot.com/2008/08/strawberrynet-cosmetics-deals.html
• http://strawberrycosmeticsreview.blogspot.com/2008/09/reviews-of-straberrynet-cosmetics.html
• http://companiesknowledge.com/strawberrynet.html

There is a vidoe from ninemsn.com talking about how to save money in this deteriorating economy.

http://today.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=644008

Actually, there are people want to know about strawberryNET. So shall you suggest what sub topic I should delete in order to comply with the wiki policy? Thanks :)

Best regards,

Mandyngan (talk) 09:48, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi Mandyngan. Do you have any relation to StrawberryNET? Matt (Talk) 23:26, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi Matt,

Yes, I am a staff of StrawberryNET but quite fresh there and have worked for only 2 months in the company.

When I got an interview in StrawberryNET, of course, I got prepared and could search the website, www.strawberryNET.com, and finally found out that it is an online cosmetic operating in HK.

As it was my job interview, I have studied on its website quite awhile and read some other third party websites as well. And gradually, I found out that there are people talking about strawberryNET and “using” StrawberryNET to buy generic brandname cosmetics but did anyone know what StrawberryNET is? I doubted.

Through wikipedia, I would like to share my knowledge about StrawberryNET so others need not study the website for couple of hours as I did before. It does save other people a lot of time! I think it is also the reason of inventing encyclopedia and wikipedia.

I am not representing the company and happy with other people editing or modifying the article. Personally, I think StrawberryNET is quite an interesting company, that unlike eBay and Amazon which are operated in US, is a HK company and eCommerce does not prevail in the region comparing to US. Maybe, I am quite prone to StrawberryNET and make the article rather “advertising”.

Have a nice weekend. Cheers, Mandyngan (talk) 09:02, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Hey Mandyngan. Follow the instructions in this section. Regards, Matt (Talk) 01:11, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi Matt,

Thanks for your advice. I have made a subpage, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mandyngan/draft_of_my_article and found a wikiproject, Retailing which is quite appropriate for me to join. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Retailing However, there is a line that "This WikiProject is believed to be inactive. If you are not currently a member of the project, please consider joining it to help." and I cannot find the link to join to this project. Shall you suggest how I can join this project?

Thanks, Mandyngan (talk) 03:56, 13 October 2008 (UTC)