Meaning of social commerce | Babel Free

Definitions

A subset of electronic commerce that involves social media and user contributions to assist online buying and selling of products and services.

uncountable

Examples

“a social commerce network”

“Slums like Dharavi are reintroducing this classic model of social commerce at an entirely new scale. Members of savings groups build assets individually and collectively, forming relationships of trust with their neighbors in the process.”

“Social commerce is about using social media as “transactional media” to complete sales transactions, but in some of the most innovative cases of social commerce, no money changes hands.”

“Social media companies have been chasing the dream of “social commerce” for years, ramping up advertising and nudging their users toward buying and selling in hopes of getting a piece of the internet’s other most profitable business.”

CEFR level