Twitter Working With Payments Startup Stripe on Shopping Button

Rumours about shopping functionality coming to Twitter have been circulating for quite some time now. In July a “buy now” button was seen in the wild by some users of Twitter’s mobile app, and earlier this month a payment and shipping option appeared on the Twitter Android app for a select few.

Now, things are really heating up, as reports suggest that Twitter is having serious talks with payments startup Stripe about implementing e-commerce features on the platform, which could launch later this year.

Whether this will come via the aforementioned “buy now” button or something else remains to be seen, but insiders expect that the update will allow shoppers to make purchases on Twitter and enter their payment and shipping information without ever leaving the site.

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