SoftCity is Canada's first social commerce website for software enthusiasts

Montreal-based SoftCity claims it's the "first social commerce website dedicated to software enthusiasts." The website merges a social media community with an online shopping marketplace to purchase software.

SoftCity developers, users and experts interact in a community via the SoftCity Café that provides knowledge, expertise, and resources as well as a chance to earn SoftDollars, a virtual currency, to use in the SoftCity Marketplace. The Marketplace provides users the chance to try and buy software while earning more SoftDollars for each purchase. For the first time, software users have one online community for all their software needs. Visit us and become part of the first community for software enthusiasts.

SoftCity is sponsored mainly by Avantquest, which interestingly has headquarters in France, and while it has a strong U.S. presence, is virtually non-existant in Canada, where SoftCity is based. The fact that SoftCity HQ are in the French-Canadian capital might explain ties to France (or it could just be coincidence).

In July, SoftyCity mobilized its online experience by releasing a free iPhone app.