Update: Pinterest just announced its true buy button with Buyable PIns. There have been rumors of a Pinterest buy button for quite a while, but they really started to heat up earlier this year. We’ve already seen buy button announcements…
ShareThis Study Looks At Pinterest And Purchases
ShareThis has a new report out combining third-party purchase data and its own social data to examine the value of a pin on Pinterest. “Pinterest’s recent valuation at $11 billion and growing international user base further solidify it as a…
Will Pinterest’s Buy Button Change The Face Of Ecommerce?
Last month, reports emerged that Pinterest is readying a “buy” button, which is expected to launch in the coming months. Pinterest has yet to confirm the button officially, but the industry seems pretty sold on it. It’s widely expected to…
Is Social Media Very Good For Ecommerce Conversions?
Social media might not be all that great for ecommerce. At least not yet. Sure, it’s wonderful for branding and general marketing, but as far as getting actual conversions, the channel is severely lacking, according to some sources. Do you…
Tumblr Gets A Buy Button, Partners With Etsy, Artsy, Kickstarter, DoSomething
Tumblr is the latest social media platform to add a buy button enabling users to purchase items from posts. As you may know, such a feature is currently being tested by both Facebook and Twitter. Tumblr has partnered with Etsy,…
Here’s Twitter’s Buy Button In Action
A couple months ago, Twitter officially announced its Buy button to enable users to make purchases directly from tweets. It didn’t make it immediately available to all businesses, however. Twitter said in September that it was beginning to test it…
Twitter’s Buy Button Reportedly Launching Early 2015
Twitter’s looking to become a bigger ecommerce presence, and a major step in that quest is to allow users to make purchases without every leaving Twitter’s walls. This past summer, users spotted a ‘Buy’ button inside some tweets. From that,…
Facebook Buy Button Is Powered By Stripe
Facebook unveiled its Buy button in July. While still in the testing phase, the feature enables businesses to sell goods and services directly from Page posts and ads. Users can simply click and buy right from a Facebook update. Re/code…
With The New Buy Button, Will Twitter Become An Effective E-Commerce Tool?
Everyone is trying to figure out mobile commerce, and the big news is that Twitter just unveiled its role in that – a new Buy button, which will enable users to buy goods and services right from tweets. Twitter joins…
Twitter To Launch Buy Button This Year [Report]
It’s no secret that Twitter and e-commerce have been flirting with one another for quite some time. Soon, they’re expected to take their relationship to the next level. Earlier this year, Re/code reported that Twitter was in the final stages…