eBay May Reside in Social Networks, Says CEO Wenig
Could we be shopping from eBay from within Facebook Messenger soon, or Facebook itself?
At a recent re/code conference, eBay CEO Devin Wenig said eBay may change in that it will be wherever people spend their time outside of eBay. "So we may reside in big social networks. We may reside in big social messaging networks." And, he added, it may be conversational; "it may take various forms. Go to a site, go to a domain."
"I want to see eBay ubiquitous where people spend their time," he said.
Wenig also spoke about how eBay users are starting to see content curation on the site. "The home page of eBay is now curated; there's something called 'eBay Today.' It's interesting collections of items. We tell stories about those items." And what one person sees won't be the same thing another person sees, or any of the other 160 million or so people on eBay. "And if you start shopping and browsing, you'll see recommendations that I would call pretty good," he added.
"To me, that's part of the big platform revolution that's not often spoken about," said Wenig. "The Internet of Things" ends up being about pictures and devices. He says he thinks of it differently. "I think of it as an Internet that comes to you, rather than an Internet that you go to."
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