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New E-commerce Initiative At Twitter

Jul 7, 2010
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New York Times: New E-commerce Initiative At Twitter

Twitter is borrowing the idea behind private and limited-time sale sites such as Gilt, Groupon and Woot. Followers of its @earlybird Exclusive Offers tweets get special deals.


“Last year, we wrote that Twitter was considering e-commerce as one of its revenue models. On Tuesday it unveiled its first foray into selling products.

The company announced @earlybird Exclusive Offers, which will be time-sensitive deals on products and events that will appear on the @earlybird Twitter account. People can follow that account to get access to the deals.”

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