chris bennett arrel gray headquarters san francisco california website http www.soldsie.com soldsie is an ecommerce startup based in san francisco ca . co founders chris bennett ceo and arrel gray cto met through the startup community of silicon valley in 2011 . they officially launched soldsie in may 2012 at a time when the viability of f commerce was still being questioned by the industry . the founders of soldsie were able to show that facebook commerce is a viable form of social commerce when it wasn t just another tab on a retailer s facebook page for users to click onto . 1 their social shopping platform allows businesses to monetize their social media pages through the use of comments 2 allowing brands to directly sell on facebook and instagram . retailers looking at selling on facebook or instagram upload products according to a template that includes price and item description . they can then schedule campaigns or sales of multiple items that post at the designated time . fans register through email and comment sold to trigger the purchasing process . 3 the process is managed through a backend dashboard that compiles all the comments and then allows retailers to send invoices to buyers . 4 retailers can also turn on automatic invoices track customers and put buyers on a waitlist for out of stock items . 5 this process allows businesses to turn their facebook and instagram pages into points of sale . 3 soldsie raised 1 million for its full seed round . in addition to raising 425 000 from 72 investors through fundersclub soldsie also received funding from 500 startups and e.ventures to close out its seed round . 6 on may 15 2014 it was announced that soldsie had raised 4 million for their series a funding . 7 as of may 2014 soldsie has processed over 25 million in transactions 8 representing an increase of threefold over 2013 . 1 references edit a b sarah perez 2014 05 15 . soldsie the service that lets you shop via facebook and instagram comments raises 4 million . techcrunch . retrieved 2014 06 15 . sarah perez 2012 09 20 . a new take on f commerce soldsie lets retailers sell through facebook comments . techcrunch . retrieved 2014 06 15 . a b seth fiegerman 2012 09 20 . soldsie helps businesses turn their facebook pages into virtual storefronts . mashable . retrieved 2014 06 15 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name mashable1 defined multiple times with different content see the help page . dylan love 2012 10 03 . soldsie sells your stuff on facebook . business insider . retrieved 2014 06 15 . social media influence 2012 09 21 . soldsie allows retailers to make instant sales within facebook comments . socialmediainfluence.com . retrieved 2014 07 02 . sarah perez 2013 03 06 . f commerce startup soldsie raises 1 million for its facebook comments based shopping platform . techcrunch . retrieved 2014 06 15 . kia kokalitcheva 2014 05 15 . helping you sell stuff through instagram & facebook is worth 4m to these investors venturebeat deals & 124 . venturebeat . retrieved 2014 06 15 . gavin o malley . mediapost publications social commerce platform soldsie raises 4 million in funding looks to expand 05 16 2014 . mediapost . retrieved 2014 06 15 . external links edit official website official blog this technology article about a corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title soldsie & oldid 697037529 categories e commercetechnological company stubshidden categories pages with reference errorspages with duplicate reference namesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 27 december 2015 at 20 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view