Wix Stores: Sharing Products on Social Media

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Promote your products by sharing them on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other social media platforms. You can also make it easy for customers to share their favorite products by displaying  icons on the Product Page.
In this article, learn how to:

Sharing products yourself on social media

  1. Go to Products in your site's dashboard. 
  2. Select an existing product or click New Product to add a new one.
  3. Click Promote this product on the right.
  1. Select the social media platform on which you want to share the product.
  1. Edit the post using the available options and share your post.

Showing or hiding social share icons on the Product Page

Displaying social share icons make it easy for customers to share products they love. By default, icons for Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and WhatsApp are displayed on your Product Page. You can hide any that you don't want to display.

To show or hide social share icons:

  1. Go to your store's Product Page.
2.  Click the Product Page in the Editor.
3.  Click Settings.
4.  Click the Settings tab. 
5.  Scroll down to the social media bar section and select an option:
  • Hide all social media icons: Click the Display share icons toggle to disable it.
  • Show some or all social media icons: 
    1. Click the Display share icons toggle to enable it. 
    2. Deselect the checkboxes next to icons you do not want to display. 

Editing images, titles, and descriptions

You can control how a product looks when it's shared on social media by changing the image, or editing the title or description. Learn more
You can also customize your page's Twitter Settings to display a different title, description, and image for shares on Twitter. 

To edit images, titles and descriptions:

  1. Go to Products in your site's dashboard. 
  2. Click the product you want to customize. 
  3. Click Edit SEO Settings on the right. 
  4. Click the Social Share tab. 
  5. Edit the product image: 
    1. Hover over the image and select an option:
      • Edit the existing image:
        1. Click the Adjust icon  to open the Photo Studio.
        2. Edit the image and click Save.
      • Replace the image:
        1. Click the Change icon .
        2. Select an image and click Add to Page.
  6. Edit the title: Enter your title in the og:title field. 
    Note: By default, Wix use your page's title tag. 
  7. Edit the description: Enter your description in the og:description field. 
    Note: By default, Wix uses your product's meta description.
  8. Click Twitter Settings to set a different image and text for Twitter shares:
    1. Click the Change icon  to select a different image.
    2. Choose a card size under Select card size.
    3. Add a title under twitter:title.
    4. Add a description under twitter:description
  9. Click Save.
Tip:
In some cases, Facebook might show outdated information about your product. To learn how to resolve this issue, click here.

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