Facebook is one of the ways mobile users discover brands and share brand posts on the go.
Facebook also features as one of the primary referral point for consumers finding out more about brands and products. To step up social commerce, Facebook has introduced new ways to create a seamless shopping experience for mobile shoppers, by introducing “Shopping” and Buy On features.
Buy On Button
Users can now buy a product directly from a Facebook advert within Facebook, without visiting the retailer’s site. Earlier Facebook had introduced “Shop Now” as one of the CTAs that took the user to an external website. With Buy Now users can shop with in the Facebook environment.
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Shop
Retailers can now create an exclusive showcase of products in Facebook for users to view products that are available for sale and the same appear in the “Shop” section of the page. In addition to the Shop section, Facebook will feature multiple products under “Shopping”, that allows retailers who have the “Shop” section on their page to get the products discovered.
Dynamic Product Ads
Facebook’s Dynamic Product ads are known to lower cost per conversion by 30 to 50 percent, making it a preferred way to advertise products on Facebook. Advertisers can now use Facebook and Instagram carousel ad format that showcases multiple images for advertisers as well as use Video in Facebook’s Carousel Ad Format, for audience engagement.
Optimizing brand’s social commerce initiatives requires advertisers to understand Facebook’s role in the buyer journey and how they currently make purchases using Mobile.