Gifties - AllFacebook http://allfacebook.com The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News, Facebook Marketing, Facebook Business, and More! Copyright 2013 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:58:54 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Social Gifting On Facebook Trending Toward Local Experiences As Facebook looks for ways to monetize its presence, the company rolled out Gifts earlier this year — a program that is now available to all U.S. users. But Facebook wasn’t the first, and certainly won’t be the last, to test the social gift market. Several other companies — such as Plumfare, Boomerang, Treater, and GiftHit — use Facebook to deliver experiences that can’t be captured with gift cards.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/gifting-local-experiences_b106660#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/gifting-local-experiences_b106660 http://allfacebook.com/?p=106660 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:52:28 +0000 Social Gifting Is Booming On Facebook We all know the five-second reaction to seeing a friend’s birthday on Facebook — a basic greeting posted to their timeline. What if you want to do more? Several companies are filling the gap and making a statement with social gifting, allowing people to give real-life presents to their friends. While entities such as Wrapp and Gifties are getting a foothold in the market, Facebook announced Thursday the launch of Gifts, a native program where users can give things such as Gund teddy bears, Starbucks gift cards, and Star Wars flash drives.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/social-gifting-is-booming-on-facebook_b100822#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/social-gifting-is-booming-on-facebook_b100822 http://allfacebook.com/?p=100822 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:40:12 +0000 Gifties, A New Facebook Game, Has Real Rewards Remember SuperPoke!, when you could virtually bake a cake for a friend or throw a sheep at them? A new Facebook game, Gifties, revives the spirit of SuperPoke!, but with real-life payoffs. Now, when you give someone cookies, you might actually give them cookies, which would be delivered to their door. You could even end up giving the gift of a gift cards, flights, or a hotel stay.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/gifties-toluna_b100184#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/gifties-toluna_b100184 http://allfacebook.com/?p=100184 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:43:26 +0000