Just read Social Guy’s post on CheapTweet and wanted to fill you in on a new shopping service that launched this week called IMshopping. It’s a Twitter-based shopping service that brings a human touch to online shopping. For those who are deal-hungry, but unable to sift through thousands of products, IMShopping allows the users to simply pose a question to the ether and wait for a reply. Within the hour users recieve answers from the IMShopping team of experts (real people!) with recommendations and links to the good deals.

You discussed CheapTweet in terms of the unique, the social, and the deals. Frankly, I think that IMShopping trumps CheapTweet on all three fronts:

Unique : IMshopping is a human-powered shopping site where consumers can ask any question from experts, just like going into a Best Buy. Just send any shopping question as an @IMshopping within Twitter (i.e. @IMshopping Where can I find an authentic Larry Bird jersey for under $100? OR @IMshopping Where can I find a LG stainless steel, bottom-freezer refrigerator for under $1000?)

Social : IMShopping brings you into the social space by allowing the users themselves to also contribute their own opinion on products, or take a shot at answering each other’s questions. If you choose to use the Twitter element alone, you can read the list of other’s questions and the feedback they recieved. Comment, critique, shop! Do it all.

Deals : Quality over quantity. The responses recieved are a direct answer to your consumer query. They also usually include a range of prices for the product, allowing you to fine tune which model you would want and what your price options are like.

The service comes from e-commerce vet Prashant Nedungadi. Prashant founded the largest third-party e-commerce tool company Andale and is back with what he believes in the answer to traditionally declining e-commerce conversion rates.