July 27, 2021 4:45 PM PDT
Pinterest doesnât immediately come to mind as a top attraction for content creators. But like other content platforms, itâs been fighting for the attention of influencers by adding new ways for them to make money. On Tuesday, the app announced features allowing creators to earn commissions from directing Pinterest users to buy specific products and to tag their posts as being sponsored, piggybacking on similar features from apps like
Instagram. I also learned that Pinterest has been quietly testing a program that connects creators to advertisers to strike separate deals, similar to existing marketplaces at
How China is shaping the future of shopping Live video has become a core feature of China’s biggest ecommerce apps
Thu, May 13, 2021, 05:26 Tim Bradshaw, Hannah Murphy
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After becoming habituated to shopping on PCs and laptops, it may take years more for American and European consumers to fully embrace the modern version of the Home Shopping Network
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Tech entrepreneur Dan Dan Li has been waiting years for the smartphone generation to rediscover a venerable American pastime: the shopping channel.