Resisting the urge to shop just got a little bit more difficult. Geez — it seems like the stores just follow you around these days.
Especially if you're into social media. And now you can add Twitter to the social-shopping website list.
KTNV: "Twitter saying they're testing out Twitter shopping. Some users will see the buy button on some tweets today. You can buy things or make donations."
KNTV: "Twitter's testing this with a few, yet diverse retailers like Home Depot and Wiz Khalifa. Twitter's about 3 percent higher on that news."
This new feature doesn't come as too much of a surprise. The sites dropped hints over the past few months. At the end of June Re/code noticed a "buy now" button on tweets from shopping app Fancy. At that time, officials from Twitter had no comment.
The buy button is a bit different than some features Twitter has unveiled in the past, like #AmazonCart. By tweeting that hashtag, users can automatically add items to their Amazon cart without leaving Twitter.
With the buy-now feature, all users have to do is click the button. They will then be directed to a page for payment info. After using your credit card once with the site, it will automatically save the information.
Twitter's new feature, of course, doesn't come unmatched. In mid-July Facebook rolled out a buy feature. At first glance, the two are actually pretty similar.
But Mashable spoke with Nathan Hubbard, Twitter's first head of commerce, who pointed out a couple key differences in Twitter when compared to other sites with similar buy features.
"'There is a real-time component to Twitter that isn't replicated anywhere else. I think that lends itself to items with a temporal component [...] or anything with urgency.' Translation: Twitter sees itself as a powerful platform for more spontaneous purchases and limited-time offers."
Some other retailers and artists involved in the testing include Burberry, Brad Paisley and Panic! at the Disco.
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