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# Amazon Connects With Facebook For Social Music & Media Shopping
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/amazon-connects-with-facebook-for-social-music-media-shopping/
- Published: 2010-07-28T07:43:59.000Z
- Updated: 2010-07-28T07:43:59.000Z
- Description: Despite being a pioneer in user recommendations and its overall leadership in the online shopping sector, Amazon has been slow to embrace social shopping. But a new feature launched yesterday. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/07/amazon-connects-with-facebook-for-social-music-me
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Social Media, Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:59

[![image from t1.gstatic.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20133f2a1380f970b-150wi "image from t1.gstatic.com")](http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRNrhAhrqYI0ALlH2ENd-OhcU1XbVUADw3n601m48Ft05bEBmA&t=1&usg=%5F%5F%5F7e4arAKZQrSduDVNtBW8fozH64=&ref=hypebot.com)[![image from www.tcd.ie](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2013480bdc3e4970c-150wi "image from www.tcd.ie")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2013480bdc3e4970c-pi?ref=hypebot.com) Despite being a pioneer in user recommendations and its overall leadership in the online shopping sector, **Amazon** has been slow to embrace social shopping. But a[ new feature](https://www.amazon.com/gp/facebook?ref=hypebot.com) launched yesterday allows Amazon shoppers who connect their **Facebook** account to Amazon to get recommendations from their Facebook friends on what to buy.

Numerous studies have shown that a friend's recommendations have the most weight with shoppers, and the Amazon Facebook connection places the users friends right inside the buying cycle. **Shoppers who connect their accounts can:** 

- Discover Amazon recommendations for music, movies and more based on Facebook Favorites and Likes.
- See upcoming birthdays and find your Facebook friends' Amazon Wish Lists more easily.
- Get gift suggestions for your friends based on their Facebook Favorites and Likes.
- Explore your friends' Favorites and see who has similar interests.