Sharing your products on social media platforms enables you to market your store effectively and engage with customers. Through your business's social media accounts, you can strengthen your brand presence and attract both new and existing customers to your store. This can be achieved by promoting new products, announcing sales, or hosting special events, thereby fostering greater visibility and customer interaction.
Product pages on your online store include buttons that you and your customers can use to share content on social media.
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You can sell your products directly from Facebook or tag products on Instagram.
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Sharing products from mobile app to Instagram and more
You can share the product image and description directly to the Instagram page feed or Story right from your iOS or Android app. You can also share with other services like Messages, Mail, WhatsApp, Notes, Viber, Messenger, and more.
To share a product to Instagram via iOS or Android app:
- Open the My E-shop app.
- Choose a product you want to share.
- Tap on the Share icon in the top right corner of the screen.
- Choose Instagram or any other media you want to share your product to. It will open the app on your phone with the share menu and your product image, description or/and link attached to the message.
Sharing products from store admin to social pages
You can share product information to your business and personal Facebook Page Timeline or Story and Twitter right from a product editing page.
To share a product:
- From your store admin, go to Catalog.
- Open a product you would like to share.
- Click Facebook or Twitter icons.
- Click Share or Tweet to publish.
If you're not yet logged into the account of the social tool you've selected, you'll be asked to do that.
When you share a product on Facebook, essential details such as the product name, its link, description, and a product thumbnail are automatically included in the text field. If desired, you can disable the thumbnail or substitute it with an alternative image from the product gallery. Additionally, you have the option to supplement your announcement with additional text to provide further context or engage your audience.
When sharing a product on Twitter, the product name and link are automatically added to the text field. You're welcome to add some text of your own if there's enough space left.
Adding social share buttons to product pages
Incorporating social share buttons like Facebook Share, Pinterest Pin, and Twitter into your product descriptions enables your customers to easily share images and information about your products with their friends and followers. This not only enhances visibility and attention for your products but also facilitates organic promotion as satisfied customers spread the word within their social circles.
To enable and disable the Share buttons in your store:
- From your store admin, go to Design.
- Scroll down to the Sidebar section.
- Check the box to enable share buttons:
Providing links to your social media accounts
If your brand strategy includes social media marketing, then you might want to help customers find you on social media and engage with your business there.