Buegle shows Facebook shoppers what?s in store

With Facebook poised to transform the retail world, BUEGLE is a newly launched tool designed to make it easy for retailers to develop and manage their own Facebook stores.

Already, with more than 4,000 sales, Buegle is one of the largest Facebook store applications in the UK.

One of the first in the country when it was launched in March this year, the rapid growth of Buegle has come about because it helps retailers take advantage of the social networking revolution ? it?s simple, offers real value and there?s easy access to support.

Fully integrated with Twitter and the new Google+, Buegle offers retail businesses the facility to display information about products and services within their own Facebook store. For consumers it means they are able to shop without leaving their Facebook page.

Buegle UK Business Development Manager Janette Wynn says: ?Everybody knows that the audience is huge and growing ? 1 out of every 13 people on the planet are on Facebook, while social networking users have now surpassed the number of email users. The problem until Buegle came along was that it wasn?t easy for retailers to develop a Facebook store and so they couldn?t take advantage of that army of potential customers.

?The real beauty of a Facebook store is the fact that customers become your sales force too through their recommendations or ?likes? they leave a virtual footprint. That?s a mighty powerful resource for any retailer, particularly for the independents who are trying to do battle with the retail giants.

?Facebook is about to transform online retailing precisely because of its social aspect. Recent studies show that 90% of online consumers trust recommendations from people they know and 70% trust unknown users, whereas just 14% trust advertising and a lowly 8% trust celebrities.?

The package, which includes the telephone support of a approachable UK-based team costs £99.