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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Twitter Has Introduced The Buy Button To Enable In-Tweet Transactions

By Bilal Hamdan


Twitter has now introduced the buy button to enable In-Tweet transactions. It will start with a small group of users. It looks like a good way to change things around and offer something new to Twitter users.



People that use the buy button can see all of the additional details associated with the product they are going to buy. They simply have to enter in their shipping information, confirm the order, and it will be sent to them. All of this is done over a secure encrypted connection, making it possible for people to store their information so it only has to be entered once and never again. Nonprofit organizations, as well as well-known artists including Demi Lovato are taking part in this testing as well.

All of the social networks, including Pinterest see the making of their platforms into e-commerce sites as the wave of the future, where if they fail to take advantage of the wave, they may miss out altogether. It would be safe to say that they all are into some sort of a plan or are experimenting with an e-commerce ability, but as of yet none of them have a real concrete plan of implementation.

You would have to say that Twitter is out in front, as they are actually testing a live platform, and probably in the correct area too. Interestingly enough many of the users of the social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook already use an embedded link to divert buyers to another source where they can purchase products, it is just that by having their own direct purchase links, the social media sites can charge a fee, where as now they cannot.

This immediate ability to purchase directly from Twitter and Facebook would probably be embraced by the public from the standpoint of security and ease of use, as it would be quicker to use. This convenient ability to buy directly from Twitter and Facebook will probably be used by the public as far as the ease of use and security, as it will be quicker to use.

When it comes to buying online, a lot of people do it everyday. Because of that people also want an easy way to do it. They do not like complicated. By buying things thorough the Twitter app, they can buy them easier and in a faster way. The only issue might be privacy. If someone doesn't trust Twitter they won't want to give them their financial information. They will be afraid to do so and would rather give it to the seller directly. Twitter will need to assure people that it is safe to buy items this way. That their information is going straight to the seller and that it won't be used for anything else. It is very important that they do this so people do not have to worry that it will be in the wrong hands.




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