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MarTech » Performance Marketing » Instagram’s new Shopping from Creators gives influencers access to Checkout for in-app purchases

Instagram’s new Shopping from Creators gives influencers access to Checkout for in-app purchases

Users will be able to buy items from brands tagged in creators' posts right in the app.

Amy Gesenhues on May 1, 2019 at 9:10 am

Instagram is rolling out a new Shopping from Creators feature that gives influencers the ability to tag brands they’re wearing in posts that can lead to a checkout page where users can purchase tagged items right within the app. The feature will be available to a small group of individuals, fashion retailers and media brands over the coming weeks, including the Kardashian sisters, Gigi Hadid, Vogue, GQ, Hypebeast and Refinery29.

Creators will only be able to tag items from brands that are part of Instagram’s Checkout beta that launched in March. Both creators and brands will receive analytics on the shoppable posts. The new feature was announced at the company’s F8 developer conference Tuesday.

Why we should care

This is part of Instagram’s social commerce efforts to reduce the number of steps it takes from discovering a product on the platform to purchasing. It will also add incentive for fashion brands, in particular, that want to participate in Instagram Checkout.

“The ease of transacting provided with this update will allow us to deepen our relationship with our followers and improve their shopping experience within the platform,” said Huan Nguyen, a VP for men’s fashion retailer Hypebeast.

Brands on the platform benefit by gaining a broader reach as their products — and Checkout pages — are more readily distributed across the app via their influencer relationships.

More on the news

  • Giving creators access to the checkout option unites social and commerce, and helps reduce friction for creators as well.  “My followers are always asking in comments and DMs about what brands I’m wearing or where to buy certain pieces — shopping tags will make it so much easier to give my followers the information they’re looking for with a single tap. The days of screenshotting, saving to your camera roll, and scavenger hunting to find my go-to products are gone,” said Camila Coelho whose Instagram account has 7.8 million followers.
  • Instagram is also launching a new shopping channel and rolling out in-app checkout to more brands, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday.
  • A full list of the creators that have access to the Shopping From Creators feature is here.

Opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily MarTech. Staff authors are listed here.


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About The Author

Amy Gesenhues
Amy Gesenhues was a senior editor for Third Door Media, covering the latest news and updates for Marketing Land, Search Engine Land and MarTech Today. From 2009 to 2012, she was an award-winning syndicated columnist for a number of daily newspapers from New York to Texas. With more than ten years of marketing management experience, she has contributed to a variety of traditional and online publications, including MarketingProfs, SoftwareCEO, and Sales and Marketing Management Magazine. Read more of Amy's articles.

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