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Victor Meyer
Buy it on Pinterest — Buy things directly on Pinterest.
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Ryan Hoover
Pinterest has been a "shopping platform" for a while and we've all been waiting for them to add something like this. It's interesting to see more large companies move further down the value chain, from discovery to transaction. In the past week, Google confirmed they're adding "buy buttons" to search results and Instagram just added shop now/install/sign up buttons for their advertisers. Meanwhile, Amazon quietly launched Stream, a destination to discover "beautiful things daily" to capture more of the lean back, discovery opportunity that Pinterest and IG are designed for. Fascinating to see these players converge and I'll be watching closely. 😉
Rakesh Agrawal
@rrhoover Also, Twitter is active here too, though still in test mode.
Adit Gupta
Some really bold interactions used out there on Pinterest Buy! Especially the price filtering :)
Kevin Davis
Really interested to hear from the litany of "like Pinterest.. but with commerce" companies on how they'll differentiate
Mohammed ElBalkini
my point of view is that pinterest after adding this feature is putting it self in the front row, also i hope they could add someday a service to purchase handmade jewellery, soaps , flowers bouquets, etc
James Koole
Kudos on the product video. So very good.
Daniel Burke
Does anyone else see this as a nightmare for sites like Etsy?
Adrian Cooney
@d2burke I thought quite the contrary. Wouldn't this be *fantastic* for sites like Etsy? If Etsy integrates their payment system into Pinterest like this, it could increase sales of Etsy products shared on Pinterest ten-fold.
Daniel Burke
@adrian_cooney I see this point, but only until retailers figure out that they can do all of these things right on Pinterest. Further, once consumers realize they don't have to leave the Pinterest experience, why would they?
Nicholas Sheriff
Perfect timing guys, really exceptional launch...super excited for this!
Michael Sitver
This is a fantastic idea. What Pinterest lacks in diverse user appeal (it's a massive network, but largely dominated by a few niches), it makes up for in user engagement and commercial opportunity. This is a great way for Pinterest to monetize, and make their site more valuable without flooding the UX with ads. This is Pinterest's core advantage over the Facebooks and Twitters of the world.
Satish Kanwar
We're really excited to be a part of this at Shopify! Our goal is to bring the discoverable products that pinners already like to engage with into the Buyable Pins program with the large scale of independent brands and merchants we have. More details on our integration are at: https://www.shopify.com/blog/277...
Steve RAFFNER
Like http://fancy.com in big
Qasim Naqvi
Brilliant. My sister had this idea for the past year. I told her to wait it out because pinterest could do it in a flash. Once again, brilliant.
sri
Just the other day I was mentioning this on Amazon stream. I bet Pinterest will succeed because of huge female following.
Alex Weber
Any idea whether it will be available in Europe any time soon? For now it seems to be open only for US :-(
Teekay Rezeau-Merah
How does this work ? Do I need to download a plugin or something ?
Victor Meyer
Hunter
This is going to be huge. Reminds me of this article on medium; https://medium.com/@docjamesw/tw... Quote: "When real value exists in your ecosystem you have the potential to become an engine of commerce, a force to help people get things done."