Social Media Mavens : social commerce

Which Social Network is Best for Merchants?

'Net Features : wm-socialmedia — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:00:00 GMT

For the most part, e-commerce and marketing professionals tend to agree that social media plays an important role in the success of an online retail business. That’s good to know, but one tiny problem remains: With so many social networks and ways...(read more)

Social Commerce Continues to Grow on Ecwid

'Net Features : wm-socialmedia — Fri, 03 May 2013 13:22:00 GMT

The popularity of social commerce hasn’t slowed down, instead, first quarter data from Facebook shopping cart application Ecwid shows that this trend has seen significant year-over-year growth. The data reveals that merchants leveraging the Ecwid...(read more)

Chirpify Brings In-Stream Commerce to Facebook

'Net Features : wm-socialmedia — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:00:00 GMT

For in-stream commerce platform provider Chirpify , it’s time to leave the nest and venture out into the great, big world of social media. That’s right, it’s finally bringing its service to Facebook, so now users can buy products on...(read more)

Twitter Allows AmEx Customers to Buy Products by Tweeting

'Net Features : wm-socialmedia — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:35:00 GMT

Will that be cash, check or…tweet? Yesterday, Twitter announced the kind of shocking news that users will now be able to pay for products by simply tweeting thanks to a new integrated payment system from American Express. This feature is known...(read more)

Customers Buy Into F-Commerce

'Net Features : wm-socialmedia — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:15:00 GMT

More consumers are buying into social commerce, according to recent data from shopping cart application provider Ecwid . The data was aggregated from merchants who are leveraging Ecwid’s Facebook application, and it reveals that in Q3 of 2012, total...(read more)

In-Stream Transactions Come to Instagram

'Net Features : wm-socialmedia — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:21:00 GMT

Social commerce payment system Chirpify is no longer just looking to monetize content on Twitter. In fact, it seems to be banking on the hope that a picture can be worth a thousand dollars, as the company recently expanded its platform to include in-stream...(read more)