Facebook to let emerging market companies sell through their pages

Facebook to let emerging market companies sell through their pages

A man poses with a magnifier in front of a Facebook logo on display in this illustration taken in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in this December 16, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Files

Facebook Inc is to let small businesses in emerging markets sell to customers for free through their Facebook pages, the social media company said on Wednesday, marking a new effort to build up potential advertisers in its fastest-growing regions.

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