FACEBOOK SHOPPING CART

[Gilchrist72]

I am just setting up a new Facebook page for my business. I would like to add a buy now or shopping tab but this option doesn't seem available. I have seen this on other Facebook pages.
Anyone know how to do this?

 

[WESH.UK]

Hi Gil

Depending on the type of page you setup will also vary the sections that FaceBook allow you to add to it.

You can have a "Products" or a "Services" tab and now even a "Shop" tab to showcase products you want to sell, but these would link through to your website for people to buy, as FaceBook dont actually handle the transactions themselves.

 

[arnydnxluk]

I'm not very up to date with Facebook these days, so perhaps there is a native shopping system in place but in the past this would always be done using custom page tabs:

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/pages/tabs/

Can be straight forward for a developer to create something basic for you, especially if you already have an online store.

 

[Gilchrist72]

Hi Gil

Depending on the type of page you setup will also vary the sections that FaceBook allow you to add to it.

You can have a "Products" or a "Services" tab and now even a "Shop" tab to showcase products you want to sell, but these would link through to your website for people to buy, as FaceBook dont actually handle the transactions themselves.

Thank you that's great. I've just added the shop tab and linked it to my website!

 

[WESH.UK]

No, no native system on Facebook itself, you can only setup a catalogue of products and services that link through to your own buying pages, and if you get a developer to build you a custom app for FaceBook, again, the payments side of it will all need to be handled externally.

 

[Vin Jauhal]

Take a look at Facebook Business too..!