At this point, pretty much everyone has acknowledged the fact that Facebook and Twitter are not only social networking sites, but are also two of the heavier hitters(not heaviest, that would be youtube) in social media advertising. They have managed to place their brands in the consciousness of pretty much anyone who has access to the internet. What then, is there next step? Do they want to stay put being the middle men in some products cases, or should they attempt to expand and step into a different market, such as shoes?
The blog post Dislike from one of the top blogs world-wide, Gizmodo, examines this.
They’ve posted what are dubbed “concept shoes”. These shoes have the colors that are associated with Facebook and Twitter, as well as each brands logo. Facebook simply being the word “Facebook” and Twitter’s being their little bird.
While I’m not positive if these are truly concepts, or if it was someones way of taking a stab at the popular media giants, I feel like you would still have some people who would buy them. They could choose to market them in two different ways. The first one being that they could attempt to sell them in numbers at a cheaper price in hopes of enticing more consumers. The second, which I feel would work better, to limit the supply and sell them in ‘select’ higher fashion stores, where you would find the people attempting to stay ahead of the style curve, most likely someone attempting to be a hipster.
Would I buy them? No.
Do I think they will probably be made at some point? Probably.