[Zappos.com] is one of those companies people love to write about. They make headlines for their use of new media and their CEO (Tony Hsieh) is as .com legendary as one gets.. (he sold LinkExchange in 1998 for $265 million and under him zappos went from $1.6 million in sales (2000) to $840 million in sales (2007)). He recently gave a talk at the [Web 2.0 conference]. He talks about how they invest in the customer experience, free shipping bouquets, and suprise shipping upgrades to get customers products delivered before they expect it.. This is all cool, and im sure people love them for it, but then he goes on to mention their number 1 priority as a company..