‘My Deals’ Makes Selling on Facebook a Walk in the Park

July 28, 2010 By: Brandon Delgrosso Filed In: Doba, My Deals

Example of a My Deals page on Facebook

It’s been three months since we introduced My Deals to Doba members, and the software application that gives online retailers the ability to open a storefront inside Facebook has proved to be a huge success.

So far, 1,100 Doba retailers and entrepreneurs have activated My Deals and are selling their products online through Facebook. An informal survey shows that the average selling price of products being marketed on My Deals is $9.96, with products ranging from men’s cologne to women’s cosmetics, and from electronics to furniture pieces.

Here are just some of the My Deals storefronts we’ve seen created to date:

There are plenty of good reasons why you as a retailer or entrepreneur might want to consider selling on a social site like Facebook. For one thing, you don’t have to pay any listing or transaction fees to Facebook, because the popular site is a free marketplace. And it doesn’t hurt at all that Facebook is also one of the most visited sites on the Internet.

Secondly, after activating My Deals from within your Doba account, you can almost immediately begin sharing products from the Doba catalog with friends and family or with anyone connected with you on Facebook. You have a captive audience of potential buyers with similar interests, and you can now sell them products — plus save them money!

Best of all, anything you sell is drop shipped. Just choose the products from Doba’s catalog, mark them up, link up your PayPal account and start selling. You still don’t have to warehouse, package and ship the products. Doba’s wholesale suppliers and manufacturers do all that for you.

If you’re currently a Doba member and you want to set up your My Deals storefront, just go to your “Push to Marketplace” settings page and click “setup.” It’s right next to the Facebook logo. We’ve also created a multimedia tutorial that walks you through the simple process of setting up your My Deals. For members, that’s located in our Help Center under “Multimedia Tutorials.” If you’re not a Doba member, you might want to consider signing up for a free 7-day trial.

And remember, if you find that after using My Deals, you have ideas on how to make it better, please contact us at products [at] doba [dot] com.