Social commerce means different things to different people and lots of companies claim to be in social commerce. This site serves you, the retailer, to identify vendors that provide solutions to online retailers that fall under the social commerce umbrella.

Because social commerce is a broad topic and making sense of vendor offerings can sometimes be difficult, we have attempted to categorize the various vendor products into a clear set of solution categories.  Each category has a concise definition at the bottom of this page. We hope that developing a common vocabulary will benefit both the vendors and the retailers.  We welcome input from the community on the category names, their definitions and any categories that we are missing or that perhaps are better combined.

With over 100 solutions already and no doubt more to come, for this resource to be truly useful, it was important to us to narrow our vendor selections according to these criteria:

• Currently, vendor must have a web site in English
• Vendor's offering must be targeted at online retailers. This eliminates companies like Groupon. Some companies have a consumer-facing business but also provide services to online retailers.  Such 'Consumer' as opposed to strictly 'White Label' vendors are marked in the table below with the shopping bag icon: (or the letter C if you don't have JavaScript)
• Social commerce is part of a larger social marketing discipline, so solutions focusing on general social marketing, social CRM, various social promotions and advertising are not included. Neither are offerings for building online communities, discussion boards, etc. Solutions listed here predominantly revolve around products being sold by the retailer and the shopping and transaction process.
• Currently, vendors that include social commerce features as components of a full-fledged e-commerce platform are not included

Provided you have JavaScript enabled, in the grid below, you will be able to sort, filter and group vendor offerings by using the menu that drops from each column header. You can also expand each record using the + icon to see additional notes, and some example clients. Not having any examples listed means we were either unable to find any publicly listed client references on the vendor site or the vendor is very well-known with hundreds of customers. In addition, for most vendors, you'll be able to see some key information from the vendor's page on Crunchbase, the leading online database of technology companies, people, and investors.

If you are a vendor who is not listed or don't think your solution is in the right category or all the right categories, or would like us to add some example clients, please don't hesitate to contact us.

We have plans for a lot more information such as describing specific categories in-depth, solution comparisons and much more. Please use the Tweet button at the very top of the page to share this resource and after sharing, it will offer you to follow our VP Product, Alex Hisen, so we can keep you updated on new info we add.