System and method for providing a social media shopping experience

A social networking system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• presenting, to a user, at least one of text, an image or a video provided by an entity to the social networking system;
• when a correlation exists between a product associated with the at least one of the text, the image or the video and a product catalog:
• presenting the image or the video at the social networking system;
• receiving a purchase interaction with a buy option associated with the at least one of the text, the image or the video, wherein the buy option is configured within the social networking system and comprises one of a buy button, a drop-down menu, or a hyperlink;
• and
• initiating, within the social networking system, a purchase of the product based on the purchase interaction;
• and
• when the at least one of the text, the image or the video is not associated with the product and the product catalog:
• presenting the at least one of the text, the image or the video at the social networking system.

A method comprising:

• transmitting, from an entity and to a social networking entity, at least one of text, an image or a video;
• providing, from the entity, a product catalog to the social networking entity, wherein, when the at least one of the text, the image or the video is related to a product in the product catalog, the social networking entity presents the at least one of the text, the image or the video and a buy option associated with the at least one of the text, the image or the video, wherein the buy option comprises one of a buy button, a drop-down menu, or a hyperlink and wherein, when the at least one of the text, the image or the video does not relate to the product in the product catalog, the social networking entity presents the at least one of the text, the image or the video;
• when a user interacts with the buy option and after a purchasing process for the product is initiated within the social networking entity, receiving a notification from the social networking entity that the user has purchased the product;
• and
• delivering the product to the user.