Introducing the Microsoft Store

This is something I think is pretty exciting – especially if you’re looking to score some Microsoft product. We are announcing the Microsoft Store – the first online store where you can purchase Microsoft products straight from the source!

We’re selling all of our products at a one-stop-shop: www.MicrosoftStore.com

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The Microsoft Store offers the largest selection of Microsoft software, devices and hardware in one place.  You will find many reasons to visit the store:

  • Immediate software download option with the largest download catalog of Microsoft titles.
  • Most up-to-date selection of and information on everyone’s favorite Microsoft products including Windows, Office, Xbox, Zune and more!
  • Simple and secure purchases with full Microsoft support both before and after purchase.

We’re not just launching the Microsoft Store for US customers. In addition to the US Microsoft Store, there are also online stores for customers in the UK, Germany and Korea.  Japan, France, Spain and the Netherlands are coming soon.  More countries will be coming onboard throughout the year.

I’ll be picking myself up one of the new Microsoft LifeCam Show webcams from the Microsoft Store as I had been looking to pick one up for a while now.


Comments

  1. Posted on: November 13, 2008 at 6:50PM  

    Cool!

    Not to put down, but this is again (currently) only for US :(

    Any time frame when it would be International?

  2. Posted on: November 13, 2008 at 6:58PM  

    Ah..my mistake! The post does say this:

    "We’re not just launching the Microsoft Store for US customers. In addition to the US Microsoft Store, there are also online stores for customers in the UK, Germany and Korea.  Japan, France, Spain and the Netherlands are coming soon.  More countries will be coming onboard throughout the year."

    Great! Looking forward here in NZ ;)

  3. Posted on: November 13, 2008 at 6:59PM  

    As mentioned above in the blog post - the Microsoft Store is also available to folks in the UK, Germany, and Korea. So it's already going International. We also mentioned stores for Japan, France, Spain and the Netherlands should be coming online soon and more in the future.

    Stay tuned.

  4. Posted on: November 13, 2008 at 10:08PM  

    Canada, how could you forget about your neighbour to the north, we buy Microsoft products to. :-)  Great to see this though, and please hurry up with Canada.

  5. Posted on: November 14, 2008 at 12:44AM  

    Pls in Italy!!!!!!

  6. Posted on: November 14, 2008 at 1:06AM  

    I think this was an idea which was long overdue. Will be great when it goes international and is available everywhere. Allowing purchases in local curriencies will really be of convinience to customers.

    Including it some way in Micrososft Affiliate Program, which right now anyway, just offers the Live toolbar & OneCare would be a great idea, if possible.

  7. Posted on: November 14, 2008 at 1:06AM  

    Any BlackFriday / CyberMonday Deals comming up!

  8. Posted on: November 14, 2008 at 1:59AM  
  9. Posted on: November 14, 2008 at 2:28AM  

    Does through the year mean "by end of 2008" or "sooner or later"?

    How many essentially identical English language stores are you going to provide, or will the effort trickle out after a couple of countries just like every other MS store attempt?

    It sounds much more difficult than going to Amazon where I can buy from ANYWHERE in the world - in fact much more like Apple's iTunes store where Apple sends out press releases and forgets that it hasn't made product X available in your country.

  10. Posted on: November 14, 2008 at 2:30AM  

    Forgot to ask. What if I'm travelling overseas (which is pretty common) and I want to purchase/upgrade? Is there going to be a hamfisted attempt to match up my ISP du jour's IP address (which may not match the actual country you're in when in Europe or some parts of Asia) with my bank address?

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