Twitter Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === E-commerce === From 2014 to 2017, Twitter offered a "Buy button" feature, allowing tweets to embed products that could be purchased from within the service. Users could also add their billing and shipping information directly to their accounts. The buy button's platform partners at launch included [[Stripe, Inc.|Stripe]], [[Gumroad]], [[Musictoday]], and [[The Fancy]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Popper |first=Ben |date=September 8, 2014 |title=You can now buy things directly on Twitter |url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/9/8/6120079/twitter-commerce-buy-button |access-date=November 6, 2022 |website=The Verge |archive-date=November 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106024525/https://www.theverge.com/2014/9/8/6120079/twitter-commerce-buy-button |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 2021, Twitter began testing a "Shop module" for iOS users in the United States, allowing accounts associated with brands to display a carousel of cards on their profiles showcasing products. Unlike the Buy button, where order fulfillment was handed from within Twitter, these cards are external links to online storefronts from which the products may be purchased.<ref>{{cite news |last=Porter |first=Jon |date=July 28, 2021 |title=Twitter pilots a new shopping section for brands |work=The Verge |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/28/22597576/twitter-shopping-module-pilot-gamestop-arden-cove-brands |access-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-date=July 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731090527/https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/28/22597576/twitter-shopping-module-pilot-gamestop-arden-cove-brands |url-status=live }}</ref> In March 2022, Twitter expanded the test to allow companies to showcase up to 50 products on their profiles.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 10, 2022 |title=Twitter begins testing 'Shops' feature to grow ecommerce |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/2347271/twitter-begins-testing-shops-feature-to-grow-ecommerce |access-date=March 10, 2022 |website=The Express Tribune |archive-date=March 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310110855/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2347271/twitter-begins-testing-shops-feature-to-grow-ecommerce |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2021, Twitter introduced support for "shoppable" live streams, in which brands can hold streaming events that similarly display banners and pages highlighting products that are featured in the presentation.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 22, 2021 |title=Walmart will be the first retailer to test Twitter's new livestream shopping platform |url=https://social.techcrunch.com/2021/11/22/walmart-will-be-the-first-retailer-to-test-twitters-new-livestream-shopping-platform/ |access-date=December 2, 2021 |website=TechCrunch |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203150659/https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/22/walmart-will-be-the-first-retailer-to-test-twitters-new-livestream-shopping-platform/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page