WhatsApp users may soon get new shopping feature: Here are the details

San Francisco: WhatsApp is improvising the app for its billion users as this social messaging app is coming with whole new features for businesses as well.

Not only the Facebook F8 developer conference was expected to be one of the biggest tech events to look forward to but the instant messaging app WhatsApp has got some good news for small businesses.

The instant messaging app has been testing the payments feature in India for now with WhatsApp for Businesses already launched and running in India which allows businesses to have their own profiles on the platform with contact information.

While we still have to wait to access the WhatsApp payment method, the new feature will allow these businesses to display their entire product catalogs as well. This new feature is expected to help small businesses which have no official website or high-end domains.

The product catalogs shall be visible on the WhatsApp Business profiles within the app which enables customers to browse through them.

FB CEO Mark Zuckerberg while addressing the Facebook’s F8 developer conference said the payments option is currently being tested in India along with some other countries and soon shall the feature will be released without revealing the time or date of the official launch.