Back at the Cafepress Connect User Conference in San Francisco (August, 2006), I had posted about the cool Cafepress Live T-shirt Sales Widget Thingy (I think that's the technical term for it) they showed off at the Saturday night cocktail party.In a nutshell, this thing was a live feed showing sales as they happened, on Cafepress. But to make it fun to watch, Justin, the developer from Cafepress, had made it so a photo of the product being purchased would pop up on the monitor, then fade away into the city/state/country it was purchased at. This was projected on a big screen as a backdrop to the party and was met with cheers every few seconds as we'd watch a purchase being made.
Which brings us to this week. Adam, from VoteForTees.com has been busy developing his own widget which I hope he'll share with us eager Cafepress shopkeepers when it's fully ready. He has posted a video preview of his creation at his blog, along with some insight into how he went about developing it. Check it out! It even goes "cha-ching" as a sale is being made. Very clever.
Now that's the kind of motivation us shopkeepers need while we're working away alone in our studios!
Once again, Adam, I'm impressed, but not surprised. I look forward to your next API creation.
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