Stylehive is an online shopping junction that is meant for shopaholics. Users can seek out trendsetters for inspiration with their own styles. It helps people discover the next big fashion trend. Users can share their finds in fashion, home goods and many more cool items with the Stylehive community. Part online community, part style aggregator, Stylehive offers its users recommendations and a platform for them to promote their own faves. Style finds can also be shared with like-minded shoppers through this online community. Stylehive was founded by Michael Carrier (CEO) on March 8, 2006 in San Francisco. In 2010, ThisNext purchased Stylehive and created a new parent company called Curatemedia who continues to operate and maintain the two site separately. Stylehive is dedicated to finding the world's most interesting products, trends and designs. It caters to higher-end products and expensive brands. Stylehive houses a massive amount of content. When starting to use the application, users may feel overwhelmed by the choices. However, for those who are looking for guidance or have an idea of something in particular that they need, they will fin the site relatively easy to navigate. Pages loaded quickly. There are advertisements throughout the site, which is a bit unappealing since it clutters with all of the other products and links features on the site. Stylehive doesn't require its users to join in order to enjoy some of their features. Casual readers can just browse, search or subscribe to Stylehive via RSS. Through this, users can view finds through tags, browse others' "hives" or follow Styehive's blog which lists what is trending the most each day. Stylhive requires a user to submit an email, username, password, name, gender and year of birth in order to register. Users then are provided their homepage and from there they can explore new fashions, trends and products. It is free web service. Its main source of revenue generation is advertisements. Sylehive is a great resource for those who want to follow the latest in high-end fashions. For anyone who is looking for inspiration for the hottest trends or just want to spruce up their wardrobe with some quality pieces, Stylehive is a great app.

• Source of information of latest styles and fashions for the users.
• Market for various retailers to introduce their products on a large scale.
• Great place for artists to introduce their wares of latest styles and designs across the globe and securing attention of thousands of people.
• RSS feed facility is provided to publish updated content like blog entries and news headlines, etc.
• upload personal photos on the online photo editor to show-off his/her personal photo online to obtain followers and to join the community.
• Feedback facility is available.
• Online forums to send messages to other peoples.

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