Thursday, August 4, 2016

Facebook moving into ecommerce

Facebook moving into ecommerce.


http://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-emergingmarkets-idUSKCN10E1HT
Facebook Inc is to let small businesses in emerging markets sell to customers for free through their Facebook pages, the social media company said on Wednesday, marking a new effort to build up potential advertisers in its fastest-growing regions.
The move is Facebook's latest foray onto online commerce in emerging markets. The company launched a service last year allowing some merchants to sell items through paid ads on Facebook's app. The latest service will instead be free, and users can view products through merchants' own Facebook pages.