Shopify Partners With TikTok to Allow Shoppers Buy From App

Canada’s eCommerce giant Shopify Inc. is partnering with TikTok to work on a feature that would let shoppers buy directly from the social media app. Shopify merchants who have a TikTok business account would soon be able to add a shopping tab to their profiles for the first time ever, the company said in a blog post. The pilot version […]

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  • Canada’s eCommerce giant Shopify Inc. is partnering with TikTok to work on a feature that would let shoppers buy directly from the social media app.

    Shopify merchants who have a TikTok business account would soon be able to add a shopping tab to their profiles for the first time ever, the company said in a blog post. The pilot version is currently available to users in the US and UK and the company will launch in additional regions in the coming months.

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    Social media giants including Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube and Twitter Inc. have recently been investing heavily in shopping features to drive sales growth.

    The companies are vying for a piece of the so-called social commerce industry, which relies on users’ ability to discover and buy products through social media apps and is expected to balloon to $50 billion from $36 billion in annual sales by 2023 in the US according to research firm eMarketer.

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