Two years after its last attempt failed, Facebook is giving Gifts another shot.
The ability to buy and send real gifts to your friends will gradually roll out to Facebook users in the U.S.
Facebook
closed
its “Gift Shop” in August 2010, in favor of focusing on Photos, News
Feed, Inbox, games, comments, the Like button and the Wall.
At the time, it seemed that Gifts just wasn’t popular enough to be in
Facebook’s list of priorities. But now the social network is ready for a
new revenue stream.
You’ll know if you have the ability to send a gift by looking for the “
gifts” tab — a little present box with a red bow alongside photo and post tags, or next to the person’s name if it’s their birthday.
Then you choose a gift, and opt to pay now or later. You can keep
your gifting private or share the news on your Timeline. You can also
send a card along with the gift. Your
Facebook
friend will be notified about the gift just as they would be if you
wrote them a message — via their phone, email or Facebook page.
They can view the gift even before it arrives in their mailbox. The receiver confirms the
gift and confirms their address of where the gift will ship.
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Facebook said it has hundreds of gifts to chose from, with more added
daily. Gifts include cupcakes from Magnolia Bakery, a stuffed animal
from Gund, or a digital gift card from Starbucks.
What do you think about Facebook Gift? Is this something you will use? Tell us in the comments.
