Ecommerce Industry News
Facebook is turning into an online swap-meet in Australia, according to the Sydney Morning Herald – and it’s become a magnet for eBay buyers and sellers. “As more than 9 million Australians flock to Facebook every day, […]
Last summer, Facebook began testing Buy buttons, announcing that with the feature, users could click the Buy button on ads and Page posts to purchase a product directly from a business, without leaving Facebook. This […]
In March, we told you about the new “payments service” from Facebook. On Wednesday, the company told EcommerceBytes it has begun rolling out the feature to users in the New York City area and has […]
Facebook is welcoming online merchants to its Messenger chat platform, the mobile app that is its answer to texting. But there’s no “Buy button” in this announcement. The company previewed the new “Businesses on Messenger” […]
Facebook’s brand new payment service has several things going for it that might sound appealing to online sellers – first of all, it’s free. Secondly, there’s no risk of chargebacks since senders cannot use credit […]
Sellers are losing yet another source of free traffic thanks to Facebook’s acquisition of TheFind. The ecommerce search engine, which provided a source of free and low-cost traffic to online merchants, will go offline in […]
Plenty of warm paeans from the New York Times and elsewhere complimented Facebook’s moves to cut down on unpaid ads appearing in the news feeds of its userbase. And while Facebook users may rejoice, it means fewer […]
A tweet from developer and Stanford student Andrew Aude caught the attention of TechCrunch and others when he posted, “@Facebook Messenger has P2P payments coming. @SquareCash style.” Facebook gave away its intentions when it hired David Marcus […]
New initiatives by social media tentpoles Facebook and Twitter seek to enhance the ecommerce capabilities of both sites. Neither site has become the online sales juggernaut their owners and investors would like to see in […]
Facebook invited Braintree as its sole payments provider powering the FbStart program. PayPal acquired Braintree last fall – it helps third-party companies including Fab and Uber add mobile payment capabilities to their services. Established companies […]