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He will. He has the users and the platform. 5 years or so from now will be using a flavor of Facebook's chat programs to buy and order stuff. He's a guy that ca
by WheelsAtLarge 8y ago
He will. He has the users and the platform. 5 years or so from now will be using a flavor of Facebook's chat programs to buy and order stuff. He's a guy that can do it.
- wlesieutre 8y agoThey already did this in 2016: https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/05/shopify-in-facebook-messenger/ https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/05/shopify-in-facebook-mess... Next step is getting anyone to care, which probably means providing a more useful shopping UI instead of trying to shoehorn it into a chatbot.
- bduerst 8y agoThe users are acquired at this point (Instagram, Whatsapp), while their new products tend peter out (Home/Phone, Slingshot, Portal). If anything, the social media market has proven you can build it but there's no guarantee that the users will come.