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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by homero on Thursday April 23, 2020 @09:10PM (#22963567)
Facebook and Instagram do have their own checkout and are testing it
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Re:Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch com... by alaskamiller on Friday April 24, 2020 @01:38AM (#22964996)
It's linked to Catalog Manager, which is a third class citizen in the FB ecosystem that they're shoehorning into being a second class. It's similar to Facebook Messenger taking Facebook Page and trying to upgrade its citizenry within the ecosystem and proclaiming it to be chatbots. That in 3 yrs flamed out and no one speaks of it anymore.

Marketplace team can do more if they can build a second class product from the get go.

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