Twitter developing e-commerce service: Report

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"> <span style="color: #464646; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-transform: uppercase;">SUMMARY</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAGHi1gtnn8p50-G-UT7UwnQthQCwN1IMCH1kPW07YgYHP56BH9w6fhw-GZz2yVcbHsyEOADCZ_EivpxCyy-aukPHevpKPBwNRByW2E48dfmc1MtZSkhbSmEuvUdtjxcoi439j86bQM4/s1600/M_Id_459187_Twitter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfAGHi1gtnn8p50-G-UT7UwnQthQCwN1IMCH1kPW07YgYHP56BH9w6fhw-GZz2yVcbHsyEOADCZ_EivpxCyy-aukPHevpKPBwNRByW2E48dfmc1MtZSkhbSmEuvUdtjxcoi439j86bQM4/s1600/M_Id_459187_Twitter.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #464646; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 23px;">Purchaser would be able to enter their payment and shipping information, all on Twitter app or site.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"> Twitter is exploring ways to sell products directly from the 140-character missives the one-to-many text messaging service site is famous for, a technology news site has reported.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"> Re/Code today posted a screen shot of what this new service could look like, integrated into the site's familiar baby blue interface.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"> It said it found the image posted on e-commerce site Fancy.com, which appeared to be working on a partnership with Twitter.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"> In the screenshot, which is no longer able to be viewed, certain tweets are tagged "Twitter Commerce" and, when expanded, show a green "Buy with Fancy" button.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"> The purchaser would then be able to enter their payment and shipping information on another screen, all without leaving the Twitter app or site.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"> It was not clear what fees or commissions Twitter would charge for products sold within its social network. Nor was it clear whether Fancy.com was the only site with which Twitter was apparently considering a partnership.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"> Neither site responded to requests for comment from Re/Code.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"> Twitter has become massively popular around the world and it had a sizzling Wall Street debut in November, gaining nearly 73 per cent over its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"> But some analysts are skeptical about its ability to boost usage and revenues to become profitable.</div> </div>

Twitter developing e-commerce service: Report

SUMMARY Purchaser would be able to enter their payment and shipping information, all on Twitter app or site. Twitter is exploring ...

Read more »