Introducing Facebook Shops • Hacker News Board

Re: Introducing Facebook Shops

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Post by codecamper » Thu, May 21, 2020, 7:10 PM UTC

CosmicShadow wrote: post #161

As someone with an Etsy shop this got me excited for a second, but unless I missed something, this is just some sort of link from your FB Page to some integrated shop? We use Etsy because we get all these sales from people using it to search for stuff, but I guess if we only have 80 people and spend no money on FB ads or trying to grow our page, this is essentially completely useless as we already have links to our s…

If you make a shop on FB Shops, please know that you do not need Shopify to do that. Shopify provides no benefit and charges you per transaction.

Re: Introducing Facebook Shops

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Post by dorkwood » Fri, May 22, 2020, 9:46 PM UTC

paulryanrogers wrote: post #259

neillyons wrote: post #256

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ad block also gives zero ads on YouTube.

... Without compensating content creators. So unless you want ads baked into videos then premium is the way to go.

Someone should build an ad blocker that still registers that you've watched the ad, so that content creators get paid (someone correct me if this is what's already happening).

Re: Introducing Facebook Shops

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Post by hjek » Sat, May 23, 2020, 1:03 PM UTC

techk wrote: post #197

mv4 wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

3 billion.

World internet population is 4.5 billion and ~1 billion live in China.

Ouch!

Re: Introducing Facebook Shops

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Post by juuyan » Tue, May 26, 2020, 3:24 PM UTC

CivBase wrote: post #247

mrkramer wrote: post #98

Crucial information from Shopify: "Merchants will get control over customization and merchandising for their storefronts inside Facebook and Instagram, while managing their products, inventory, orders, and fulfillment directly from within Shopify." "Consumers will be able to easily find, browse, and buy products through a purpose-built, immersive experience in these apps they use every day. Checkout will be powered b…

> Facebook wants to capture all discovery through FB and Insta directly competing with Amazon and Google Shopping. I don't have a Facebook account. As a result, I cannot "discover" anything on the platform. Facebook continues to become a less popular platform and their name continues to loose value thanks to constant involvement in scandals. I may be a minority, but I suspect I'm part of a growing minority. I can't i…

Yet Facebook Shops would integrate to not only Facebook but also Ins, Whatsapp, isn't it?

Re: Introducing Facebook Shops

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Post by sarfrazarshad » Wed, May 27, 2020, 4:25 PM UTC

Facebook has had the shop option for quite some time now on the Facebook pages. I have used it, it really sucked. What's new here? Checkout option? The Instagram shop is new that's for sure. But I am not sure how that will perform.

Re: Introducing Facebook Shops

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Post by sarfrazarshad » Wed, May 27, 2020, 4:30 PM UTC

sarfrazarshad wrote: post #285

Facebook has had the shop option for quite some time now on the Facebook pages. I have used it, it really sucked. What's new here? Checkout option? The Instagram shop is new that's for sure. But I am not sure how that will perform.

Discovery was a real issue. I hope they have improved it now