Oct 3, 2012

Facebook has managed to hire the co-founders of Carsabi, the used car price comparison site with a social twist. The co-founders - Dwight Crow and Christopher Berner - are now putting Carsabi for sale. It is yet not clear what role Crow and Berner will play in Facebook. Announcing the move and the sale, Crow and Berner wrote on the Carsabi blog, "We want to take this impact to the next level - and help Facebook users connect and share. Because Facebook is not acquiring Carsabi.com, we're looking for someone to buy the Carsabi service, so the two of us can focus on our new jobs. We can't thank all of you that have used Carsabi enough - developing Carsabi has been an incredibly rewarding experience, and we hope we helped you think differently about how to find the perfect used car!❠There is some speculation that Crow and Berner could use their social commerce skills to improve Facebook Gifts. While earlier Facebook Gifts allowed users to gift virtual products, the revamped version allows users to send real gifts. Facebook offers a range of gifts including T-shirts, vouchers, and cup cakes. A person deciding to make a gift goes to the receiver's Timeline and clicks on the Gift button. They then enter the gift details and a card. Once the receiver accepts the gift, they have to enter their address. Payment can be made either at the time of choosing the gift or after the recipient enters the address. While the gifter does not see the receiver's address, the recipient does not get to see the price. There are options for changing the color and size of the gifts. VatorNews function win1(id) {console.log(id); window.open("widget_win.php?cid="+id,"Get Widget","status=no,scrollbars=no,menubar=no,width=500,height=200,toolbar=no");}