improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . july 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message pikaba.com type corporation industry social commerce social shopping founded 2008 headquarters bellevue washington united states key people dmitry balin chief executive officer irena balin vp r & d & coo products pikaba social shopping platform website pikaba.com pikaba.com is a us consumer oriented social shopping community that harnesses the power of social networking to bring sellers and buyers together . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 reverse auction 1.2 lead generation for merchants 2 references 3 external links history edit pikaba.com was founded in 2008 by former microsoft ex sql marketing director dmitry balin and irena balin former microsoft development manager in sql server product group . in 2008 pikaba won mashable s open web awards in the social shopping category . 2 in october 2011 pikaba made it to the finals of x.commerce conference . 3 in june 2012 dmitry balin pikaba s ceo was invited as finalists to introduce pikaba.com at launch silicon valley 2012 organized by svforum the leading non profit organization for technologists and entrepreneurs in silicon valley . 4 since december 2012 pikaba has been ranked on the geekwire 200 startup list . 5 reverse auction edit in a reverse auction buyers and sellers switch places compared to a usual auction . 6 pikaba is a great way to normalize prices of some goods that creep up too high . throw out a price you think is reasonable and see if you get any bites from those hungry slimy merchant fish . 7 lead generation for merchants edit while connecting buyers and sellers via web and mobile pikaba comes with a set of tools specially designed to help merchants generate more leads with social commerce merchants receive email or sms notifications about new relevant shopping requests ; 8 references edit nicole kristen . pikaba startup review by kristen nicole at mashable.com . the list of 2008 open web awards winners . general session keynote 3 hd . svforum announces launch silicon valley lineup of hot emerging startups to publicly launch their innovations to silicon valley s most influential vc and angel investors . geekwire 200 seattle s startup leaderboard . qiao yu helsinki university of technology . study of social networks and e commerce pdf . skelley patrick . pikaba lets you buy on your terms . pikaba announces e mail and sms notification of incoming leads . external links edit pikaba.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pikaba.com & oldid 733946401 categories social networking servicese commerceinternet companies of the united stateshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from july 2013all articles with a promotional tonearticles needing additional references from july 2013all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 august 2016 at 03 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view