Metails Bucks the Online Advertising Trend- Trends Among Friends Show You Whats Hot and Whats Not

Online network, Metails.com, launches innovative rewards program that pays out to individuals for their influence on the purchasing choices of their peers.

(PRWEB) July 16, 2004 -- Metails.com (pronounced Me-Tails") has just released its Peer-Rewards" program. Founded by Harvard graduates, the fast-growing online community aims to provide something the web has lacked -- a banner free environment that lets users find out about the hottest trends, best products, and coolest gear through their friends and peers. The new Peer-Rewards" program, launched after the July 4th holiday, strengthens this goal by rewarding users when their recommendations influence the purchases of other users.

Metailing", which allows members to incorporate products and trends they feel passionate about into their online profiles, has drawn more than 10,000 users to the network and resulted in more than 50,000 products and trends being added to user profiles during a test phase in June.

According to the companys CEO and founder, Jared Morgenstern, We share our passions with friends and strangers everyday -- the clothes we wear, the music we listen to, the tv shows we watch. These choices make their way into our conversations because they are part of our identities. On Metails, we make these choices central to your profile and we reward you for the implicit marketing your identity generates. Its not just a novel concept for users - its a wake up call to retailers to start partnering with their best advertisers - their customers."

The new Peer-Rewards" program is simple: when someone clicks on a product in your profile and then purchases it at a Metails affiliate retailer (of which, Amazon.com, Buy.com, Karmaloop.com are just a few), you receive a reward typically valued at between 3% and 10% of the purchase price. On Metails.com, new users can browse and meet people, research and buy products, and discover burgeoning trends. As users adopt the system, they can build profiles themselves -- contributing to the word of mouth that sustains the network.

The Peer-Rewards" system and the word of mouth sharing service that Metails provides to its users is unparalleled. The Metails patent pending concept and technology enable all users to have immediate access to people who rave about overlapping products, places, and services.