Online shopping made easier, all thanks to Facebook and “Packagd”… wondering and want to know how exactly? Well! its great news, for users and business on networking platform – Facebook, who acquired “Packagd”
The social media company is working with “Packagd” to create a feature that will enable users to make purchases while watching live video broadcasts and it was purchased to help build a new live shopping feature inside its Marketplace product.
Start-up “Packagd” was comprised of a five-person team founded by Eric Feng, Nick Chang, and Kai Ju Liu.
Before the acquisition, “Packagd” was developing a shopping product for YouTube videos.
Facebook did not announce the acquisition. However, it is believed that most of the “Packagd” team joined Facebook to work on a project for Facebook Marketplace. This project would allow users to make purchases while watching live broadcasts.
A Facebook spokesperson stated in a statement via Bloomberg “…As we’ve shared in the past, we’re exploring ways to let buyers easily ask questions and place orders within a live video broadcast.”
According to BusinessReport.com “…Facebook has tried to take advantage of e-commerce for years without much success, though its Marketplace product — a Craigslist-like feature for buying and selling used goods – has nearly one billion monthly users and launched just three years ago.”
Facebook made waves earlier this year via rolling out the in-app checkout for shopping on Instagram, to monetize on the image-sharing app’s popularity as a destination for browsing fashion and beauty products. Instagram has also said that shopping will be a key focus in 2020, and recently added the ability for users to buy directly from brands inside the app.
All in all shopping and e-commerce is becoming easier day by day and hopefully in 2020, it will reach new heights in terms of sales through Facebook.
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