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New Study Reveals that Brands Require Tech-Enabled Fulfillment to Grow in Social Commerce

April 6, 2022 TechDecisions Staff

Flowspace, in partnership with Digiday, conducted research into the state of social commerce and brands’ approach to fulfillment strategies

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#socialcommerce—Flowspace, the ecommerce fulfillment platform empowering omnichannel brands to meet their customers’ post-purchase expectations, today released “The State of Social Commerce: Approaching Platforms and Fulfillment in 2022.” The new study, conducted in partnership with Digiday, surveyed more than 100 brand executives to better understand how brands and retailers are prioritizing and evolving social commerce as a sales channel.

As brands expand their omnichannel strategies to include social commerce, which is expected to be a $1.2T market by 2025, they are seeking solutions that allow them to offer the same fast, convenient product delivery consumers expect from any other ecommerce channel. The study found that improved fulfillment features, like integrated inventory and order management, two-day or less delivery offerings, and one-click checkout would lead brands to invest more in social commerce.

“A technology-first fulfillment partner is essential to ensuring customers receive products promptly and consistently, no matter the sales channel,” said Vincent Bradley, co-founder and CEO of Proper Wild, a DTC energy supplement brand that relies on Flowspace to power its fulfillment nationwide.

Social commerce enables brands to offer a direct path-to-purchase within social platforms, an emerging priority as the effectiveness of advertising on social decreases and brands seek new ways to engage their existing, engaged audiences. In order to drive performance and fulfillment within social commerce channels, brands are pursuing partners that offer them the integrated technology and capabilities to deliver the fast, seamless delivery their customers are accustomed to.

“The evolution of social media advertising into social commerce is as simple as engaging the right fulfillment partner,” said Anne Hallock, chief of staff, Flowspace. “Technology-powered fulfillment helps blend the digital and physical experience, providing omnichannel digital visibility into the physical requirements of selling through social.”

Key takeaways from the report include:

  • Brands are prioritizing social commerce as a customer acquisition/advertising strategy (45%), to retain ownership of customer data (43%), to develop long-term brand loyalty (33%), and to improve the customer experience (25%).
  • Brands prefer social commerce tactics that enable them to drive awareness, engagement and interactions among consumers, including formats that provide a direct path to purchase: shoppable livestreams (63%), shoppable videos (44%), and social posts with a direct checkout option (43%).
  • To improve social commerce fulfillment, more than half (55%) of brand respondents are investing in customer data platforms, followed by third-party ecommerce fulfillment tech and software (39%).
  • Improved fulfillment features, like integrated inventory and order management (47%), two-day or less delivery offerings (30%), and one-click checkout (28%) would lead brands to invest more in social commerce.

The full report with additional findings on the state of social commerce, fulfillment, and platforms is available here.

About Flowspace

Flowspace is the digital infrastructure powering ecommerce. The company’s cloud-based software, integrated within a network of +130 strategically located fulfillment centers nationwide, enables fast, affordable, omnichannel fulfillment, and its open, decentralized platform offers an ecommerce command center for brand operators, empowering them with the visibility, data, and insights needed to control operations and drive success.

Flowspace was recognized by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in 2020, and its platform is trusted by hundreds of brands to enable them to meet customers’ post-purchase expectations in the real world. More information on Flowspace can be found at www.flow.space.

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