Facebook users will shortly have the ability to purchase tickets as the social media giant expands further into ecommerce, business officials said.

Facebook will in the forthcoming weeks link to ticketing leaders Eventbrite and Ticketmaster, that will offer an option to buy tickets for selected US occasions recorded on the website that is networking.

Eventbrite said it’d supply a QR code a two dimensional barcode that will be incorporated within the Facebook cellular program, letting buyers enter occasions with no hassle of visiting other websites printing tickets.

“We’re dedicated to innovation that helps coordinators sell more tickets.

Additional details of the strategy were anticipated to be unveiled at this week’s yearly convention of the programmers of Facebook in San Francisco.

With more than one billion users daily, Facebook last year posted record gains although the firm was initially careful in its forays into ecommerce.

Facebook has emerged as a leading medium for artists to promote their shows as well as their work, but users have been obliged to head to other websites to purchase tickets.