"Most of what happens in social commerce is that the larger companies are looking at social opportunities through the prism of the past," Steve Case explains. "They have the view that it's ancillary, a curiosity, an extra."
Call it the unicorn problem: beautiful, alluring, magical, and totally non-existent. Social commerce, according to the latest Monetate e-commerce report, is almost as elusive.
China's take on Twitter, Weibo, sold an 18 percent stake of itself to major e-commerce site Alibaba today. The two hope to make hundreds of millions of dollars for the social media company while building out a mobile and social commerce mode for Alibaba.
Social commerce platform Moontoast is shifting its focus to emphasize the growing social advertising movement, the company tells VentureBeat.
48 percent of the most popular pins on Pinterest lead to expired pages on top retailers brands, according to a new study by Curalate, the social curation company.
With the addition of iTunes credit, Facebook is filling out its Gifts portfolio in a big way.
Social commerce startup Moontoast has signed a new deal with Universal Music Group (UMG) that will bring its social analytics platform to all of its artists and musical groups.
Fab is making the holidays a bit easier with faster shopping and more elegant gifts.
Here's a sneak peek at the new iOS app lineup for Fab.com. The startup's previous lineup was so last year.
You know that feeling when you're in the fitting room, you try on that perfect item, and your friends jaws just drop? Boutine wants to capture that feeling, and bring it online.
Acclaimed The Dark Knight Rises composer Hans Zimmer has released a new song dedicated to those involved in the tragic incident in Aurora, Colorado, which he’s made available for sale online.
Zimmer and Waterhouse Music (the soundtrack arm of Warner …
A.J. Steigman is the chief executive of Soletron, a social e-commerce platform. Peter Thiel is a legendary venture capitalist and co-founder of PayPal. Both are internationally ranked “life master” chess players.
In perhaps the oddest investment strategy ever seen, Steigman …
Zaarly, the online marketplace where users find and hire talented local builders and artisans, is announcing a new “Zaarly Anywhere” initiative that allows any site to enable offline commerce from online content.
This comes just a month after the local …
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With Facebook’s IPO less than 24 hours away, I remain very bullish about the company. (Disclosure: I have entered my indication of interest with my broker for an IPO allocation. I expect that, like most people who ask for shares, …
Undoubtedly, the 30-second (or less) video commercial is an effective way to drive a company’s revenue. That’s assuming people take the initiative to visit the company’s store, walk through 2-3 additional steps, and finally confirm payment. Each step holds the …
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If you haven’t heard by now, dumping your website’s e-commerce experience into a tab on your brand’s Facebook page doesn’t work so well. I’m glad for those of you who figured this out a long time ago, but some people …
Turning social media influence into gold is one thing, but measuring how you did it is quite another, according to social commerce startup Moontoast.
Moontoast provides musicians, celebrities, and brands with a way to generate money from the often large …
Lockerz, a social commerce site that debuted its a self-expression platform earlier this month, said today that it will guarantee that no other online site will be able to match its prices.
Lockerz is similar to popular online pinboard site …
Moontoast, a startup that specializes in turning social media influence into revenue, has closed a new $6 million round of funding, the company tells VentureBeat.
Moontoast gives musicians, celebrities, and brands a way to generate money from the often large …
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It’s paradigm shift time — again.
Fab.com is the latest in a string of companies that is seeing huge success by applying principles to commerce that at first glance, seem like old hat; Thematic fire sales. Big deal… right? Actually, …
