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34 posts and columns on social commerce
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Social Commerce Startup Chirpify Raises $2 Million
Chirpify, the Portland, Ore.-based startup that allows users of social networks like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to pay for items inside a particular stream, has secured an additional $2 million in venture funding from Voyager Capital. This, along with capital from previous angel investors Andy Liu, Rudy Gadre, HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes and others, brings the total amount of funds raised to $3.3 million.
American Express Cardholders Can Now Tweet to Buy
American Express has been using social networks to distribute offers for more than a year, but this marks the first time it is selling things.
After Acquiring 15 Groupon Clones, CrowdSavings Finds a Buyer for Itself
The two companies merging today are responsible for 19 acquisitions combined in the daily deals space.
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Intuit Confirms Purchase of Payvment After Shutting Down Its Commerce Platform
Payvment announced it was shutting down its Facebook commerce platform last night and handing over its customers to Ecwid, and today Intuit confirmed it is acquiring at least some of its employees. In a statement, the financial software provider said: “Intuit has acquired a team of highly skilled developers who will be of great value to the social teams at Intuit.” No other terms of the deal were disclosed. Meanwhile, Payvment’s social commerce platform and companion shopping site, Lish.com, will close as of March 1.Payvment Pulls the Plug on Facebook Commerce
Payvment’s service, which supports thousands of shops on Facebook, will close its doors March 1.
New Leap Commerce App Hoping to “Spark” Conversations About Shopping
Leap Commerce is attempting to build a question-and-answer service, similar to Quora, but for shopping.
On Cyber Monday, Mobile — Not Social — Takes All the Glory
There’s no contest: So far this season, mobile has generated 13 percent of online holiday sales, whereas, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have contributed virtually zero.
Shopping Site The Fancy Sells a $26 Million Round
It’s like Pinterest, except you can actually buy stuff there.
Pickie Raises $1 Million as App Catalog Trend Kicks Into High Gear
The New York-based company is part of a recent trend to make shopping on the iPad easier and more fun than sifting through an offline catalog.
What Is Social Commerce? eBay Takes a Stab With Its New Site Redesign.
CTO Mark Carges provided a glimpse of how eBay plans to make the shopping experience more social.