Topic: Social commerce
In November Pinterest announced that it didn’t want companies incorporating its name or even the word “pin” into their identities. Around that time Sharad Verma, CEO of Pinterest marketing firm…
Social commerce is typically Facebook’s and maybe Pinterest’s domain. But Twitter doesn’t usually factor into the conversation. American Express began to change that last year when it rolled out the ability…
During Facebook’s earnings call on Wednesday, CFO David Ebersman said the company’s Gifts service contributed a “very small” portion of the company’s $5 million in miscellaneous revenue—and the expectation is…
Facebook Gifts was supposed to be the social network’s entry into the e-commerce game. The thinking was sound: connect credit cards with users’ accounts and get people used to buying products…
You no longer need to wonder what it would look like if Facebook and Pinterest had a baby, with Amazon serving as a surrogate. That's because Amazon is rolling out…
Yesterday New York-based startup Fancy, which takes Pinterest’s social scrapbooking use case and connects it with commerce, posted a regulatory filing showing it nabbed a $26 million funding round. Fancy’s latest…
Remember when giving someone a gift on Facebook was like sending them a really intricate emoticon? Yeah, people stopped doing that, and so did Facebook. But now the social network…
When it comes to developing a shopping app, it’s usually better to launch for tablets first. Studies have shown how valuable tablet shoppers are compared to their smartphone-wielding counterparts. For…
Facebook might be making it easier for brands to utilize “Want” buttons (and may be closer to a killer ad option for retailers), according to an InsideFacebook.com report. The Facebook-dedicated…
Fancy isn't Pinterest. Not even close. But Pinterest may start looking to emulate its business model. A startup Web application that blends bookmarking and shopping, Fancy just recently crossed the million-user…
