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by ryanwaggoner
5334 days ago
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Maybe this is just my inner angry nerd speaking, but I don't understand this at all. Why would I want to buy stuff via a public broadcast channel? Plus, you still have to setup your credit card, shipping, etc. So in the initial transaction, you're not buying so much as saying "I'd like to buy this, please send me instructions on how to do so." Wouldn't tweeting a link work better? Aside from the fact (as others have pointed out) that this has been tried and failed, how is this genuinely useful and not the kind of thing that a social media guru would dream up, but normal people would never use? Why not a platform to let people buy stuff by posting on their blog? When I post "BUY PRODUCT_NAME", their google alert can pick up the mention and then they can leave a comment on my blog telling me how to setup my billing and shipping info. Amazing! EDIT: To boil all the above down, what problem is this solving? |
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First, you don't need a credit card at all.
Second, after authorizing your account you can buy, sell, donate or direct pay all you want. The initial setup is one step. After that it's frictionless commerce.
Third, you'll want to buy stuff for the same reason you want to buy stuff on any other e-commerce channel. Even more so when Brands will be offering special Twitter only deals.
Finally, it's genuinely useful for so many people. Just ask the food cart owner who is using our Direct Payments to collect payments. Or, the Etsy seller who can now sell their goods on Twitter. Just a few examples of current uses.
To illustrate just one problem it solves: Currently, brands list items in their storefronts. Then they go on Twitter and Tweet about it. Then a customer clicks on a link in the Tweet and is taken off Twitter to their storefront. Then the customer goes through 5 more clicks before a transaction occurs. Sell Simply eliminates all of that. The Tweet is the listing and the checkout and the transaction combined in one. One step frictionless commerce. That's a brand solution. There are others.
Normal people are using it, by the thousands. This will only grow.
This wasn't thought up by a SM guru, but by a hacker like yourself.