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Re: Facebook Pay

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Post by can16358p »

mdonahoe wrote: post #98

I've been waiting for this for 3 years. After using Instagram a bunch, I found the targeted ads got pretty good: most were for things I was interested in, such as tech gadgets or crafts for my kids. However, clicking on an ad and buying something was so much higher friction than the rest of the mobile Instagram experience that I often just gave up. Since then, I assumed FB must be working on some sort of payment serv…

This.

I've actually bought a lot of stuff from IG ads (and there's no other platform that I've ever clicked an ad let alone buying), but I agree with the purchase (which is off-IG anyway) to be of more friction. This can solve this problem by integrating payment into IG.

Re: Facebook Pay

#162

Post by sid-ant »

Interestingly India is not on the list. While one can use UPI to make payments via WA, their market share is less than a percentage.

Having said that,I hope this takes off. All of my friends prefer Instagram as our primary messaging app since it takes a username and not a phone number to text someone. It would be helpful, if we could makes payments there.

Re: Facebook Pay

#163

Post by Gortal278 »

The "I would never trust fb with my purchases" crowd are not included in the target audience. Hearing them say they wouldn't use it is redundant.

This is a killer product, it is just 3 years too late. I have no idea why this took so long. It has potential, but will it succeed? Hard to tell, they have lots of competition

Re: Facebook Pay

#164

Post by failedartifact »

Under the UK varient of the Facebook Pay site, the Instagram advert has the incorrect decimal separater: using the comma used with Euro's and not the dot/period.

£16,50

UK uses commas, but only to separate by thousounds. This makes £16,50 seem like it was going to be £16,500 instead.

Re: Facebook Pay

#165

Post by carstenhag »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #109
darknavi wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree. The terrible thing is is that it's the easiest solution for me and my friend group to send money via Messenger. The US has _really_ dropped the ball on any sort of easy-to-use, standardized money transfer. Zelle is the closest thing and it is a joke for every day usability.

US instant payments drop in 2023. Definitely sucks it took this long, but it’ll be ubiquitous and replaces ACH. https://www.frbservices.org/financial-services/fednow/about....

If it's anything like in the EU (more specific: SEPA-Zone) then in 2027 you can meaningfully use it.

Re: Facebook Pay

#166

Post by prox »

openknot wrote: post #93
anderspitman wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm confident the UI for their customers works great. Problem is you're not the customer.

It’s really not. I’ve managed Facebook and Instagram ads for a non-profit educational group, sending Meta thousands of dollars for ad campaigns, and the UI for purchasing ads is poor, by the metric of whether the software “just works.” There are separate webpages for creating a Facebook ad campaign (Ads Manager is one, plus there is a separate option with less features; I believe this is the Boosted posts function).…

Not only that, but the amount of platforms they launched. First it was from your page, then they made a business page, then it became some ad manager, then it became facebook for business on a completely different URL. Not too mention the retooling and breaking what worked. Everytime I coached my client to work with FB ads, the system had changed again.

And that’s with the typical docs not reflecting the current state.

Re: Facebook Pay

#167

Post by CTDOCodebases »

sniperjzp wrote: post #122
darknavi wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree. The terrible thing is is that it's the easiest solution for me and my friend group to send money via Messenger. The US has _really_ dropped the ball on any sort of easy-to-use, standardized money transfer. Zelle is the closest thing and it is a joke for every day usability.

What if someone don't use Messenger? Venmo/Paypal are still the most popular options in my circles, largely because they are not tied to any specific platform.

It says it works across WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook. What are the chances of someone having none of those?

Re: Facebook Pay

#168

Post by jdrc »

took them long enough. How does this work within apple's walled garden, is apple entitled to a cut? I thought they could use their reach to get people to sidestet apple's requirements.

Re: Facebook Pay

#169

Post by jdrc »

slopirate wrote: post #151
hericium wrote: post #112

Does Facebook, as a product, even has userbase for this? I find it weird that they used this branding. For some time now, FB has the "old people social media" label. Also would they create a new brand (or MetaPay or whatever), some people might not connect it to Zuck's trash mentality, morality and overall creepiness. I wouldn't be surprised if folks working at Meta consider themselves the good guys, like Google cult…

I think you need to step outside of your bubble. More than half the population of Earth logged into a FB product at least once last month. They don't use it out of love or pity for Zuckerberg. They use it because they fucking love to.

dont have to love it, but yeah they have an account. i have an account and i would use it for payments (fb has a ton of cash backing to be considered reliable , and banks absolutely need as much competition as possible).
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