--- description: Twitter teams up with Shopify and other e-commerce software companies so users can make a purchase in just a few clicks. title: Twitter Adds A Buy Button image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt963238b9df2f981c/69885c8cf887dc1397e918c0/twitter-iphone.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # You'll Soon Be Able To Buy Stuff Directly From Twitter by [Michal Addady / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Michal Addady / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 6, 2015 9:27 PM CUT  A user scrolls through a Twitter feed on the screen of an Apple Inc. iPhone 5 smartphone in this arranged photograph taken in London, U.K., on Friday, Oct. 4, 2013\. Twitter Inc.'s initial public offering documents suggested a valuation of $12.8 billion for the microblogging service, underscoring the seven-year rise of a still unprofitable company that has helped revolutionize how people share information. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images A user scrolls through a Twitter feed on the screen of an Apple Inc. iPhone 5 smartphone in this arranged photograph taken in London, U.K., on Friday, Oct. 4, 2013\. Twitter Inc.'s initial public offering documents suggested a valuation of $12.8 billion for the microblogging service, underscoring the seven-year rise of a still unprofitable company that has helped revolutionize how people share information. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesChris Ratcliffe—Bloomberg/Getty Images by [Michal Addady / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Michal Addady / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 6, 2015 9:27 PM CUT Over the past year, three social media giants – Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest – have been experimenting with “Buy” buttons on their websites as a new source of revenue from their large audiences. Twitter began testing their Buy button in September with a small group of artists, brands, and non-profits, and they are now [teaming up with Shopify](http://recode.net/2015/08/05/twitter-will-offer-buy-buttons-to-as-many-as-100000-merchants-with-new-shopify-deal/ "undefined"), which currently has about 100,000 merchants using its software, and other e-commerce software companies to expand to a much wider range of businesses. This button allows users to discover products and make purchases with just a few clicks. After clicking the Buy button, you’ll be presented with product details and a form to enter your shipping and payment information. Once your information is entered and confirmed, it’s sent to the merchant for delivery. The website will take the necessary measures to safely encrypt and store your information, and they will not share your credit card information with the merchant without your permission. After your first purchase, you do not have to reenter your information every time you decide to make a purchase, unless you choose to delete it from your account, which you can do at any time. Twitter explains the new feature in a [blog post](https://blog.twitter.com/2014/testing-a-way-for-you-to-make-purchases-on-twitter "undefined"): --- > “” --- Some large accounts are making collections, or [product pages](https://blog.twitter.com/2015/testing-new-ways-to-make-it-easier-to-discover-products-and-places "undefined"), which Twitter launched in June, that allow you to see the products that they like. The website is currently trying to figure out ways to discover products for sale more easily, according to a source, so that you don’t have to wait for them to come across your timeline. ### See What Your Twitter Profile Looked Like Over the Last 10 Years  2006 Wayback Machine  2007 Wayback Machine  2008 Wayback Machine  2009 Wayback Machine  2010 Wayback Machine  2011 Wayback Machine  2012 Wayback Machine  2013 The Next Web  2014 TIME ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3988032/twitter-buy-button-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3988032/twitter-buy-button-2/"},"headline":"You'll Soon Be Able To Buy Stuff Directly From Twitter","datePublished":"2015-08-06T21:27:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:44:32.230Z","description":"Shopaholics beware.","url":"https://time.com/3988032/twitter-buy-button-2/","keywords":["Tech","Social Media","twitter","social","buy","feature","pubdesk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt963238b9df2f981c/69885c8cf887dc1397e918c0/twitter-iphone.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michal Addady / Fortune"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt963238b9df2f981c/69885c8cf887dc1397e918c0/twitter-iphone.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Twitter's IPO Filing Implies $12.8 Billion Value Amid Growth","caption":"Twitter's IPO Filing Implies $12.8 Billion Value Amid Growth","creditText":"Chris Ratcliffe—Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3988032/twitter-buy-button-2/","name":"You'll Soon Be Able To Buy Stuff Directly From Twitter"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"30 Second Tech Trick: How To Beat Twitter's 140 Character Limit","description":"Here’s a crafty way to break the Twitter limit: Just type out a super-long tweet, take a screenshot of it, and post that screenshot. 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