Social Commerce Is Commerce With A Social Layer. I've thought this for a long time but never really articulated it publicly until the Q&A session at ad:tech last week.
There are a ton of social services that sit on top of the world of e-commerce and allow users to curate items they like and may want to buy in the future. These experiences can be highly social. And there are services that allow for transacting and payment inside of large social platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest. They bring commerce to social platforms. This entire category of services is called Social Commerce. I have not been particularly bullish on these services because I think social commerce is most naturally e-commerce with a well implemented social layer built natively into the commerce platform. Conversion rates are critical. When a retailer or e-commerce service implements a highly social layer into their service with hooks into the major social platforms, the conversion rates can be significant. Shopping Cart Software - Shopify Canada. ShopLocket. Affiliate Programs - LinkShare.
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Facebook Collections Lets Retailers Augment Posts With “Want/Collect” Buttons That Save Products To Pinteresque Profile Sections. Facebook has just begun testing “Collections” — a new feature it says is “unrelated” to Pinterest but could be a competitor.
It allows retailers to add “Want” or “Collect” buttons to news feed posts about products. These save and share products to a “Wishlist” on user profiles that host a “Buy” button that can be clicked through to make purchases offsite. Seven retail partners including Pottery Barn and Fab can now share Collections posts to their fans. Collections could help retailers score viral click-throughs to their product pages by making things their fans are interested in more discoverable to friends. Facebook isn’t earning affiliate fees on Collections click throughs, but it could get brands to buy ads to get more fans. To try out Collections, Like the Pottery Barn Page then visit this link to its first Collections post. Facebook told us this about the product: “We’ve seen that businesses often use Pages to share information about their products through photo albums. Unique Gifts for Every Occasion at RedEnvelope. 2011 Holiday Shopping. Gift Receipts More Popular Than Ever Among Holiday Shoppers, According to NRF Survey.
Amazon.com Investor Relations: Quarterly Results. Market Research Reports - Market Research - Research guides at University of Toronto. List of mergers and acquisitions by Facebook. Facebook is a social networking company.
Each acquisition is for the respective company in its entirety, unless otherwise specified. The acquisition date listed is the date of the agreement between Facebook and the subject of the acquisition. The value of each acquisition is listed in US dollars because Facebook's headquarters is in the United States. If the Facebook service that is derived from the acquired company is known, then it is also listed here. Facebook has acquired more than 40 companies with its largest acquisition being the purchase of WhatsApp, paying more than $40 per WhatsApp user. Most of Facebook's acquisitions have been 'talent acquisitions' and acquired products are often shut-down. As of January 2014, Facebook had 1.31 billion users and a market capitalization of US$177.78 billion, in other words approximately $136 per Facebook user. Acquisitions[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]