Sunday, February 2, 2014

Twitter may launch e-commerce service - Info Online

Twitter on mobile: images show how you can purchase through a tweet

Twitter may be associated with an e-commerce to enable e-commerce within the microblog itself.

Documents leaked on the Internet, obtained by technology blog Re / Code, show possible plans as e-commerce within the Twitter could work in partnership with Fancy.com site.

pictures as the platform of e-commerce work within the Twitter microblogging and app were not certified either by Twitter or by Fancy.

According to Re / Code, the documents were part of a program called Twitter Commerce.

But a source with knowledge of the plans of e-commerce to the Twitter blog said that the documents were only simulations, made by Fancy.com to Twitter submit to a version of how your product for e-commerce work.

yet according to Re / Code, this source also said that Twitter is in contact with the Fancy.com other similar sites because of its plans to e-commerce.

Fancy is an online product catalog, some announced by users and by other sellers. According to Re / Code, one of the founders of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, is a member of the board of Fancy.

According to the blog, Twitter declined to comment, and no one has been found for the Fancy talk.

How is the service described in the documents -. Images available in documents obtained by Re / Code show that commercial tweets appear in users’ streams

Some of them also appear in the Discover section where you can see the activities of users who follow. This would include, for example, products that these people have already bought.

expand the tweet, the user would see pictures and a description of the product, as well as a section of related products.

From there, the user may enter their name, address and credit card information to complete the purchase.

According to the blog, apparently would also be possible to track shipping information product on a map and receive updates on your location.

“This functionality, however, should be strictly for those who sell through Fancy,” says the blog.

Re / Code reminds us that there is still no clarity on when the e-commerce service Twitter will be released, how will partners or percentage that Twitter should take the contract.

See also

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    • 18/11/2013 – Brazil is the eighth country with more potential in e-commerce

    • 31/01/2014 – Twitter purchase 900 patents from IBM and puts an end to litigation

tags

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  • Ecommerce
  • Internet
  • Twitter

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