Asazi ukuthi kuvela ngaphi abafana bakaMark Zuckerberg. Njengomthetho, I-Facebook ihlale isalela ngemuva kwezinye izinkampani ngokukopisha kaninginingi Izici ezintsha ezishaya imakethe yezinsizakalo ezifana ne-Twitter, i-Snapchat ne-Telegram. Kepha kulokhu kubonakala sengathi sekufike phambili komncintiswano, ngokwengxenye ngoba okunye ukusetshenziswa kwamaqembu e-Facebook ukuthi abantu bathenge futhi bathengise abakuthandayo, ngakho-ke asikwazi ukusho ukuthi bekungumbono wokuqala, ukuwubiza ngandlela thile .
Ukuzama ukuhlukanisa ukuba usizo kwamaqembu, abafana abavela ku-Facebook baqale umsebenzi omusha ohlanganisiwe ngaphakathi kohlelo, kokubili i-iOS ne-Android, lapho esingaqala khona ukwengeza imikhiqizo esiyithengisayo noma leyo esiyifunayo. Okwamanje futhi njengoba ipulatifomu isetshenzisiwe, le nketho kuphela iyatholakala e-United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand nase-Australia, kodwa ngokusho kwenkampani, kungekudala izokwelulelwa emazweni amaningi futhi izotholakala nangokufinyelela kuwebhu.
Ukuphela kwento eyenziwa yiMakethe ukubeka umthengisi ukuxhumana nomthengi, akukho okunye, futhi akekho ophethe ukuphatha iqoqo futhi awukhokhisi ikhomishini yokuthengisa. Njengoba singafunda ekhasini le-Facebook lapho kumenyezelwe khona lo msebenzi omusha:
I-Facebook yindawo lapho abantu bexhuma khona futhi eminyakeni edlule abantu abaningi basebenzisa i-Facebook ukuxhumana nabanye abantu ukuthengisa noma ukuthenga. Lo msebenzi uqale ngokufika kwamaqembu futhi usukhule kakhulu. Njengamanje bangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-450 abantu abavakashela lolu hlobo lweqembu ukuthengisa noma ukuthenga okuthile, kubantu abahlala endaweni efanayo kuya kubantu abathengisa noma abathenga kusuka kolunye uhlangothi lomhlaba. Ukusiza abantu ukuthi bandise inani labangaba abathengi noma abathengisi, i-Facebook yethula iMarketplace, insiza entsha yokuthengisa nokuthenga izinto emphakathini wakho.