This story is a couple of years old, but it was my
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After reading the below, think about it, what product would someone want to use that is doing direct sales"
You may start thinking, VERB Live is the New QVC
Facebook Live Is the New QVC
"Facebook Live may have found its ultimate purpose as a social sales tool. That is, if Facebook doesn't put a stop to it"
"Despite this growing sector, Facebook hasn’t made ecommerce easy. The company hasn’t developed tools for Live users to streamline the commerce process, so Reeves, like many of her competitors, maintains her live, unedited video feed, while filling orders that trickle in via comments during broadcast. Transactions take place outside of Facebook, which often means directing clients to hacked systems of personal websites, Shopify pages, and PayPal invoice systems. Despite their burgeoning empires, sellers like Reeves often find themselves cobbling together the basic information they can squeeze out of Facebook to analyze their customer base and viewer demographics."
https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-live-qvc-pearl-parties/