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Is it just me or is this the first time that anyone has even heard of stores on Facebook? I haven't heard of a promotion or anyone encouraging me to go to a sto
by zitterbewegung 15y ago
Is it just me or is this the first time that anyone has even heard of stores on Facebook? I haven't heard of a promotion or anyone encouraging me to go to a store on facebook. I use Facebook pretty regularly also.
- marshray 15y agoI don't use Facebook, but keep up with web stuff and hear a lot about it otherwise. I had no idea that they had e-commerce ambitions. Sounds more and more like one of those Yahoo!/Netscape/AOL portal projects every day.
- jordhy 15y agoStores on Facebook have been around for a while (e.g. http://www.facebook.com/YouBrandInc?v=app_135607783795 http://www.facebook.com/YouBrandInc?v=app_135607783795). Typically you create them with a third-party app. I guess the best case study of this was the Gap Store on Facebook (one of the coolest FB pages I've seen but no longer online). While FB has time to get its e-commerce strategy right, this news represent a huge blow.
- ticks 15y agoIt seems counter intuitive to point customers to Facebook and effectively lock yourself into their environment. I am betting their trials were low profile.