Pentaxyl Anti-Wrinkle Cream and Motives (Cosmetics) Makeup Party

Over the weekend I was invited to a Motives (makeup) party by my Korean language classmate. It was held at one of the rental apartments and organized by her Taiwanese partners/friends. They are part of the shop.com group and mainly work with/sell Motives (makeup) and skincare products.

A portion of the products displayed that day

According to Wikipedia, “America/SHOP.com is an internet marketing and product brokerage company that utilizes the internet (including social media platforms) and one-to-one marketing to distribute a variety of products across numerous markets. The company was founded in 1992 by JR and Loren Ridinger.”

After goggling for a bit and reading more about the company, I guess simply put, shop.com can be likened to something like Qoo10.sg, EBay, and Amazon etc... The only difference is that instead of (online) shops selling their own products and doing their own thing (using Qoo10.sg, EBay, and Amazon etc... as platforms to sell their products independent of the site per se), sellers on shop.com can actually be part of the company by being a partner and ordering products to sell on their own. Akin to something of being an affiliate, but the difference is the investments and returns are usually higher; partners act like independent distributors of the brand they are the representatives of... Read more >>