Retailer GameStop opened a Facebook store to reel in their 3.5 million FB "fans" so that they might sell a game or two. Now, six months later, the store has closed. Facebook wanted to be a shopping destination, and investors were saying that "F-commerce" could grow to threaten Amazon, but it seems that nothing went as well as they hoped, and GameStop has now quietly backed out.

Actually, it didn't work out for anyone. Gap Inc, J.C. Penny, and Nordstrom have all opened and now closed a Facebook storefront. 

What would make shopping on Facebook better than shopping at the retailer's website? The social aspect? Did any of you ever buy anything from GameStop's Facebook store? 

Gamestop to J.C. Penney Shut Facebook Stores: Retail [Bloomberg]

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shadow2398

Shopping via facebook was a thing? Huh, I never saw it.

timtheterrible

Not a big Facebook guy...

Sir Legendhead

True story; the only reason I have a Facebook is because the private messaging system on the forums sucks.

Armoured Badger

I have a Facebook account, I haven't used it since I made it really.

Chris Carter

I never knew this was a thing.

Themuad

Didnt even know there were such a thing

Fugly Duckling

Didn't know about it. Never saw them advertised on Facebook, or advertised at the stores.

killias2

I'm on facebook a lot, and I had no freakin' idea this existed. I wouldn't have used it anyway, but, yeah. No idea.

stoppableforce

Gamestop had a Facebook store? Wait, ANYONE had Facebook stores? Facebook stores existed?

madmatt213

WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN

NickCull

Wa Wa Waaaaaaa.

PJMan

Wait. What's a facebook store?

Sonvar

Wasn't even aware this existed.

SKSith

Wait what? I don't want Facebook to know my credit card info. Or Google for that matter.

Dancing Mad

But where will I buy used copies of Farmville?

Epic-Kx

nothing of value lost.

TurboPhoenix

I didn't even know there was such a thing as a Facebook store :|

And I'm on there like 7 hours a day.

xaliqen

Facebook and Gamestop, two things I hate rolled into one cuddly loathsome disaster.

Yeah, I didn't use this.

MeisterLi

Noone trusts Facebook, even those that use it. Shopping on it just seems like a bad idea. Especially if you can shop just as easy via the Website of the company. Aside from that, Facebook shopping doesn't add anything except making it easier to brag to your friends that you got the latest mud-colored jacket from J.C.Pennys.

Darren Nakamura

I didn't even know this existed.

Mr 3man

They sold things on Facebook?!

Occams electric toothbrush

FACEBOOK!

MrSnuffleupagus

I didn't even know this was a thing.

Miguel Ronaldo R Mendoza

there was such a thing as a Facebook store?

Baines

Like others, I never knew it existed.

I don't "friend" faceless companies and I don't even like to give permissions to Facebook applets, which keeps me away from a lot of such stuff anyway.

Jacob Garner

When did they have a Facebook store? Marketing majorly dropped the ball on this one.

Faux Furry

I'd buy one of those books with a face in it but I wouldn't buy things on Facebook since I don't buy Facebook...unless it was one of those books with faces in it.

BigGiantSpoon

Facebook.... store? Wait, what? Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure I encountered one of these by accident once. It was for some random retailer and I must have completely failed to realize what it was.
Marketing wins all around!

Nick Jones

I'm going to be honest, I never even knew that Gamestop had a Facebook store, and I thought I knew quite a lot about Gamestop. Maybe they need better advertising. Or maybe I get out too much.

Achromatis

I use a Firefox addon to block all the adverts that show up on Facebook because Im not an idiot, so...

BlaspheMerius

I didn't even know they had Facebook stores >.>

BoomingEchoes

I'm with everyone else, I never knew this was a thing either.

Frankly I can't stand Facebook for longer then 3mins, any way, and if I was asked to go there all the time to simply shop.. Well.. they better be offer far FAR better prices, or else I'd actually get off my ass and really go through the hassle of dealing with a brick and mortar store. Thats how much I don't like Facebook.

DarkEternal

Just like everyone else, I didn't even know that Gamestop (or ANYONE, for that matter) had a Facebook store... whatever that is! No wonder business wasn't so great. o_o

ThePickle

What is this so-called "Facebook" ?

Agent9

just like most other people i never knew this was a thing

OrangeArmy

I had no idea this was a thing,and I go on Facebook on a regular basis.

Todd Hewitt

What