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		<title>Social media trend &#8211; attack of the facebook shops</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Chan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When they first appear, Facebook shops used to annoy me. But lately, due to the characteristics I will mention down the page, I have grown to accept them and even started to prefer these shops to shop online compare to buying from ebay or any other eCommerce shops. No, I am not talking about people promoting their shops or online shops on facebook. Using Facebook to promote your business means you already have a shopfront (offline, online or both). Your main purpose of talking about or post photos/videos of your products on facebook is to direct your friends to your main shopfront. Examples as follow: Despite the name, do visit my friend&#8217;s hotel in Bogor: http://www.hotelpapaho.com For cute and truly original t-shirts, visit another friend&#8217;s online shop: http://virtualonmars.spreadshirt.com Facebook shops are people who primarily sells goods and services via the internet. They do their business by: upload loads of photos of their products online, tag a lot of friends who may be interested (or who  may have friends that will be interested in their products) post product descriptions on facebook (underneath the album/photos) communicate with their shopper on facebook via private message (pm), walls or comments receive order on face book (again via pm,  walls and comments) getting their shopper to pay them either via bank transfer or paypal receive feedback and testimonials on facebook Some examples: I actually didn&#8217;t know who owns Godiva Shoppe. It came out on my stream because my friend was tagged on one of her items. My friend runs a yummy facebook shop selling the best quality hand-picked bags, shoes, wallets, women&#8217;s accessories at cheaper price compare to some eCommerce shops out there. I am not releasing her shop&#8217;s name until I can get a confirmation that this is not privately facebook only . If I got her permission, then I&#8217;ll update the blog. Unfortunately, unless I know you in real-life (or if you&#8217;re not my boss or boss&#8217; boss), you won&#8217;t be able to get into my friends list on facebook. At the moment, I found that most facebook shops are owned by Asians (although this is possibly because 80% of my friends on facebook are asians.. LOL). They are mostly selling clothes, bags, shoes, accessories, baby products, skin care, TUPPERWARES (OMG MAX!! *roll eyes*). There are a couple of shops popping out selling electronics and services (i.e. art/illustrations) but mainly I come across the aforementioned items. I guess the main advantage facebook shops have over other online communication (apart from zero cost set up) is Breaking the Trust Barrier and Lightning Speed &#8220;Referrals.&#8221; TRUST The main issue with shopping online is TRUST, not whether or not the products (clothes/shoes) will fit you or is as described. People are getting savvier shopping online. Clothes or Shoes dont fit? Sell them onwards or donate them. Tupperware&#8217;s broken when received? Return them to sender. Disappointed with the product? Tough! I&#8217;ll give it to someone. Change your mind? Don&#8217;t really need the item? Happens all the time even in real life and we still shop. However, people don&#8217;t like getting SCAMMED. They...]]></description>
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