消息人士称，Facebook在今年年初收购了初创公司Packagd。该公司拥有5名员工，由凯鹏华盈前合伙人埃里克·冯（Eric Feng）创办。埃里克·冯之前曾担任过Hulu和Flipboard的首席技术官，并创办了图片共享公司Erly。在收购完成之后，Packagd团队的多数成员都已在9月份入职Facebook。Packagd曾为YouTube视频开发了一款购物产品。“想象它就是新版的电视购物频道或家庭购物网络，”埃里克·冯2007年在接受彭博电视的采访时曾表示。

Facebook acquired packagd, a start-up, early this year, according to the source. The company, which has five employees, was founded by Eric Feng, a partner at KPMG. Eric Fung previously served as chief technology officer of Hulu and Flipboard, and founded image sharing company erly. After the acquisition, most members of packagd's team joined Facebook in September. Packagd has developed a shopping product for YouTube Videos“ Imagine it's a new TV shopping channel or home shopping network, "Eric von said in a 2007 interview with Peng Bo TV.

Facebook一直没有宣布交易，但是Packagd的小团队现在已经开始为Marketplace开发项目，让用户在观看直播视频的同时完成购物。消息人士表示，Facebook一年前在泰国测试过类似的产品，但这种努力不包括直接从视频中购买商品的方式，已经关闭。