Comments on: How to sell on Facebook – shoplets and fan pages

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:16:26 +0000

I have been trying to sell my homemade jewelry on Etsy and wanted to sell on Facebook but have been told you are not allowed to sell directly from fb. Is that true? I have made a small business page on fb also but have been referring to Etsy if someone wants to buy. Problem, some people want the ease of buying right then and there and they may not want to sign up on another site just to purchase an item. The ‘ease’ at that point is lost and the customer will go elsewhere. Please advise. Thank you.

By: Aron Stanic

Aron Stanic — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:49:07 +0000

Hi everyone,

just wanted to drop by and wish you all a great and successful 2012 – this article has taken a life of its own since the day it was originally posted (back in December 2009) and I appreciate all of your suggestions and comments contributing to the discussion on the whole “social commerce” concept.

I also wanted to present an interesting new solution for Magento users (since we at Inchoo are primarily focused on ecommerce development on Magento platform) – here is a nice brief case study of Sortal, a new platform that utilizes the best of Magento and Facebook…

Admittedly, this solution is aimed more at enterprise-level clients, but I hope it can also give some good insights into what is possible and what may be the next steps in commerce as a whole (not just e-commerce, f-commerce, m-commerce and similar)…

http://www.commerceonfacebook.com/2012/01/04/the-key-to-successfully-selling-on-facebook/

Hope you’ll find this useful and an interesting read.

Once again, I wish you all a healthy, happy and successful 2012!

By: Jelena Novista

Jelena Novista — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:26:58 +0000

Very interesting subject and comments!
I don’t believe that Facebook should be used for direct sell. Think that connection to your site is better, since you can easier interest customer to shop something else, educate about products, discuss with other customers, post ideas, follow blog etc.
Facebook app still can’t deliver that.

By: ibrahim

ibrahim — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:13:01 +0000

hi aaron, i want to sell on facebook and can u send me info on how to do that..

By: AJ

AJ — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:10:20 +0000

I would feel happier having my FB customer redirected to my own website’s checkout, which I have already used, tested and trust.

By: Dee

Dee — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:36:11 +0000

Hi folks,
For those who are individuals or small charities/groups, would it not be better just to place all your products/descriptions into a photo album, together with a Paypal link, and then promote the album on the Page? This seems much easier that integrating, especially for the non-technical small business person or charity. Or, is this somehow against FB’s terms and conditions, to use a photo album in this way? It sure would make things simple.

By: Andy Web

Andy Web — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:31:21 +0000

I noticed the 8thBridge link on the flowers shop tab so missed the link between Alvenda and 8thBridge. Plus I didn’t notice the original date 2009. One would have thought that progress in this area of development would have made more progress. We’ve just completed a zen cart after moving away from oscommerce after nearly 10 years of using these os carts I just feel the leap into the new media sites is lacking a solution. I’ll check out 8thBridge now, apologies for being slightly on the negative side in fact your article was way ahead of its time looking at it again

By: Aron Stanic

Aron Stanic — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:01:06 +0000

@Andy – I guess you didn’t actually read through the article carefully – you can see that the solution provider for 1-800-Flowers – Alvenda – is mentioned several times, and there are also many references to other solutions in the comments to this article (I also mention this in a comment just above yours).

Now, this article was published back in December 2009 with the purpose of giving a quick overview of various ways to leverage Facebook and its fan pages (at that time) to grow sales – of course some things have changed since 2009

If you’re particularly interested in a solution similar to Alvenda’s – they changed their name to 8thBridge in the meantime – so feel free to check them out now…

By: Andy Web

Andy Web — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:35:44 +0000

The article describes many things but it doesn’t actually point to a solution, was this the intention? The flower shop tab is just a shop tab, the provider of this solution is?
How do you get a shop on facebook? I dont understand why you write an article on a subject with no real substance, why you’re on top of the search engines for this is incredible. Does facebook have a shop app? Anyone?

By: said

said — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:14:35 +0000

Aron,
I am interested in receiving the informtion about selling on Facebook. Can you please send me the email ,and how to start selling my product .
thanks so much for your help

By: Aron Stanic

Aron Stanic — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:51:44 +0000

Hey, everyone – thanks for the latest comments – since the main article is now over 1,5 years old, there have been many changes in and around Facebook and ways merchants have been using its services to engage customers and/or even sell directly from Facebook.

I just stumbled upon an article on Mashable that gives a good, up-to-date overview of F-commerce (selling on or via Facebook), so you should check definitely check it out.

http://mashable.com/2011/07/14/facebook-commerce-guide/

By: SarahN

SarahN — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:44:22 +0000

I actually found a new free platform called Easy Social shop (www.easysocialshop.com) that allows you to integrate your Amazon and Ebay shop easily and quickly!

By: chris

chris — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:27:27 +0000

Aron could u also send me some info?

By: Helena Markson-Facebook e Commerce Expert

Helena Markson-Facebook e Commerce Expert — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:41:58 +0000

Hey Aron,
I wanted to sell my bags via Facebook, can you explain how to do selling on Facebook please.

By: christien

christien — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:45:33 +0000

hi aron.

caould you send the email that you send to the others about selling online.. any tips will be greatly appreciated.

thanks

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:09:17 +0000

how do i create a page to sell things? i am makeing key rings they are realy neat and i want to sell them. How do i creat a page to do it?

By: Max

Max — Mon, 09 May 2011 08:26:41 +0000

Hi there Aron,

Could you send it to me too? I sell T-shirts online. This information will help me a lot. Thanks!

By: Lynne

Lynne — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:48:40 +0000

Hi Aron,
Your comments are extremely helpful. Could you send me the information that you have sent Peggy and Valerie in the past. I am wanting to sell some designer children clothing online. Thank you!!

By: oscar

oscar — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:06:19 +0000

Hi Aron,
How can i innitiate and idea that can be a developed in to a soft ware or application that face book and others can benefit from it,
thank yoou

By: Taiwo Jacob

Taiwo Jacob — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:30:12 +0000

Hello Aron,
I had a published title already listed on amazon.com for sale. Please how can i also sell the book through facebook using amazon.com as my on-line store, and what are the steps to follow in getting this done?
Thanks
Taiwo