Next Web Conference 2008

I will be attending the Next Web Conference 2008 in Amsterdam next friday. I will try to give you an impression of this conference afterwards. I also hope to run into some interesting people

See you there!

What’s up with Rebelio?

UPDATE (28-03): I received some info that Rebelio is on the verge of bankruptcy. Currently they are just selling off their inventory. Probably they already ran out of stock in Great Brittain, where they are trying to squeeze out every penny by referring to other webshops… For consumers and the trust in webshops this is not a very great showcase. If you are almost bankrupt, just close the store and cut your losses.

It is strange to see that Rebelio in Continental Europe (Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Italy, Spain and Turkey) is a total different website then the ones in Great Britain (UK and Ireland). In Great Britain Rebelio has a different design (strongly resembling Pricegrabber!) and offers webshops the possibility to get listed on their website. This looks like the PixPlace strategy that Pixmania recently launched. However, at Rebelio it becomes quite confusing as they use the same name for both concepts. In all other countries Rebelio is still just a webshop selling products.

Rebelio as a webshop (rebelio.nl):

Rebelio acting as an aggregator of webshops (rebelio.co.uk):

I am not really sure where this will lead… I also know that the chat of Rebelio.nl has been offline for quite some time. As this is the only means of contacting Rebelio one might begin to wonder what is happening.

If anyone knows more, let me know

UPDATE (27-06): Rebelio websites are down. They have closed their business at least in The Netherlands, perhaps also in all other countries. Read more

As a webshop you can go to far…

Some webshops are really pushing the boundaries of usability… but you can go to far. I finally bought a Wii console and I must admit that I am totally hooked on it. But after playing Wii Sports and Wii Play for several weeks, you want more. So, I recently wanted to order a new game for my Wii console and I was confronted with the following message:

As it is in Dutch, I will translate this a little. Basically I am asked if I am 3 years and older (or not)… Although I understand the reason why this message is presented (the game is for 3 years and older), I do not understand them presenting it in this way (or at all). I cannot see how a 3-year old is able to run through the whole ordering process

Just picture a little girl ordering a new Wii game, that is pretty funny.  I couldn’t resist the urge to post this on my blog. By the way, the webshop is Dynabyte.