Monday, June 15, 2015

Facebook Introduces Online Selling Update


The American social network has recently introduced a new selling feature.

The American social network, Facebook, has recently introduced a new selling feature. Facebook news reported that sellers would soon be able to be benefit from the company’s ‘Buy’ button. After testing the function with a few selected test merchants, the company has test-launched it on Shopify’s ecommerce network.
A larger number of retailers would now be able to benefit from the update. Experts presented their view that the introduction of the recent update would not only improve sale conversion rates for selling shops but also speed up the process of purchasing goods.
Facebook news today informed that the said update would help the networking organization battle against seller-friendly organizations, Google and Pinterest. The users of the network would soon find the said button in the platform’s Page Posts and Promoted Posts Advertisements launched by Shopify merchants. The latest initiative of the company would reduce online buyer’s dependence on the websites of retailers, as it would initiate a checkout link within the Newsfeed.
Facebook Breaking news affirmed that this update would permit online shoppers to buy instantly. To benefit from the new feature, buyers would need to file their payment details with the platform. It is expected that the launch would help the platform’s management comprehend the means by which this function can drive sales for various types of merchants. It has been revealed that the launched technology would let merchants track Facebook sales.
It is expected that Shopify would help the company to benefit from a standardized online selling backend, which necessitates the development of the feature. Electronic selling networks are not new for the company, as it has previously tested its payment detail auto-fill update on Ecwid.
Company sources have highlighted that Facebook has struggled several times to discover the means by which it could successfully dominate the field of online selling. Initially, it operated its gifts store, where social network users could purchase products from the platform and send them to friends. Unfortunately, the store failed.
Industry experts believe that if the new feature succeeds in addressing the concerns of the sellers and buyers, then it would help to improve the reputation of the company in the highly competitive world. Media sources stated that ‘buy’ button is not the only seller-friendly update launched by the digital network, as beacon has recently been introduced to ease the difficulties of the retailers as well.
Facebook should now plan to share its feature with the largest number of sellers available on the selling networks, so that it could benefit from the necessary feedback.


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