Photo by Daniel Iversen.

How many times have you gone out during lunch break, passed by Marks & Spencer and noticed a beautiful dress in the shop window? You know your friend would love it, but you can’t really show it to her.

If you could just quickly share that dress online, it would be a lot easier. Well, online social shopping might be just the thing for you.

Here are 5 interesting websites that allow you to follow the current trends, get the latest deals as well as sharing things you like with others.

They all revolve around the concept of creating your wish list, sharing products the you like and even buy them directly through a friend’s recommendation. To start you just register, add a bookmarklet to your browser to and add things you’d like to buy from anywhere on the net to your feed.

Shops in turn can also register and showcase their products, which can be added to people’s collections and wish lists.


Svpply

Svpply showcases more than 1 million products and over 70,000 shops.
The site has this nifty function where any shop can set up this ‘deal’ where people can add 5 products to their collection/wish list, for example, to get a reward. All of this at no cost for the shopper.


The Fancy

Think of a Facebook where the ‘Like’ feature is the main thing, and rename it to ‘Fancy it’. The site allows you to create your personalised online catalogue and you can even earn cash rewards by getting friends to join.

You can also get direct access to shops that have registered onto the site.


Lyst.com

Focussed on fashion and clothing, you can find the dresses you like, at the size you want and you can see the price straight away.

It’s really easy to see what’s trendy and you can also visit people’s blogs, all to do with fashion of course! This is an easy way to keep on top of designer wear and find prices that might suit you.


Fab

Fab aims at connecting designers to the shoppers, giving them an outlet to showcase their stylish work while providing customers with a trendy product base.

As a customer you can earn cash rewards by getting friends into the network or by promoting the daily deals on sites such as Facebook or Twitter.


Buzzilions

Buzzillions is centred around product reviews. You can actually share them like you would share your status on other social networks, and tell people what works and what doesn’t.

Each product also has a Q&A section where you can ask questions or even answer them. If you need pricing information and background info on a product you saw on online auction sites for example, this site will prove helpful.

Whether you like fashion or gadgets, these sites are both practical and very design oriented. They offer a simple and fun way to make your purchases with style!

Author Bio:
As a freelancer Elise Lévêque has the ability to (mostly)set her working hours any way she wants. Her new found love for social shopping however helps her in busy times when she can’t really go out for shopping. Here she shares a few tips for deal2reveal.