Our aim at Tiger Commerce is revolutionise the way we shop online and the recently launched fCommerce- your Facebook Shop to trade within the social network- is one of our newest developments.
Facebook Shop enables Facebook users to purchase goods and services without leaving the site to complete the transaction. This innovative technology enables anyone to set up their very own Facebook Shop without the need of an existing Tiger Commerce Shop.
With more than 500 million active users on Facebook and people spending over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook, your product exposure couldn’t be better operating in the largest and busiest community ever.
“With people spending more and more time on social networks, it was a natural step to develop our business offering to incorporate the huge potential of this outlet. There are currently more users on social networks than there are on email, so the power of Facebook cannot be ignored.” said Neil Smith, Tiger Commerce’s Technology Director.
“Knowing that the rate of basket abandonment is high if customers are required to leave the site to complete the transaction, we’re delighted to create a service which benefits both the retailer and its customers.”
The best news about fCommerce is that it’s absolutely free. That’s right all you need is a Facebook profile page. Follow the simple instructions and your online shop will be up and running in no time.
Facebook Shop works by connecting to your Google Base Feed, which means products are fed onto Facebook with the exact same details including name, price and images that appear on Google. If you currently don’t have an eCommerce website then fCommerce allows you to manually upload items via the product spreadsheet import/export tool available within the software. You then have the ability to take payments through your Facebook Shop, have a brochure site with no payments and/or link back to products in your established eCommerce site.
The key features of Tiger Commerce’s Facebook Shop include:
1. Setup in minutes
2. Search the entire catalogue
3. Load products instantly from an existing Google Based Feed
4. Manually upload products via a spreadsheet
5. Full shopping basket and typical eCommerce features
6. Choice of payment services (PayPal, Paypoint.net)
7. Supplement existing ecommerce websites or use as a standalone shop
8. Additional power of Facebook’s content sharing
Initial interest in the online shop software has been highly positive with online retailers including Grace is Green, Troop Supplies Ltd and Furniture Oracle already trialling the service. To try the revolutionary service for yourself visit www.facebook.com/apps/application.
