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Twitter wants to be a shopping destination

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Benjamin Snyder
Benjamin Snyder
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By
Benjamin Snyder
Benjamin Snyder
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June 19, 2015, 1:27 PM ET
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Twitter wants to make it way easier for you to buy products straight from your timeline.

The social media company announced Friday that it’s testing two new ways to help users discover items on sale around the web.

The first is a way to better organize and surface tweets about products and places. The pages will include product descriptions, prices, and an option to buy.

The second is a way for brands and people to make Twitter (TWTR) collections of products and places. That way a user can browse through the collections to get more information on the product. Demi Lovato is one of the celebrities already using the new function on Twitter, which can be found here for a better idea about how it works.

“This is just the beginning. In the coming months we’ll be testing more new experiences we hope give you the most personalized and relevant information about the places and things you want to explore,” the company wrote in a blog post.

The move comes just days after former CEO Dick Costolo announced he’ll be stepping down from the top post at the social media site. Co-founder Jack Dorsey is the interim CEO.

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By Benjamin SnyderManaging Editor
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Benjamin Snyder is Fortune's managing editor, leading operations for the newsroom.

Prior to rejoining Fortune, he was a managing editor at Business Insider and has worked as an editor for Bloomberg, LinkedIn and CNBC, covering leadership stories, sports business, careers and business news. He started his career as a breaking news reporter at Fortune in 2014.

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