How to Shop Using Snapchat

Snapchat lets you shop for real-life products or search screenshots for items using the app. Here's how to use Snapchat's shopping features.

Snapchat is a fun app to send photos, and other messages back and forth to your friends. You might not know that you can also use Snapchat to stay up to date on the latest fashion trends and buy clothing.

From using pictures captured with your camera to shopping using screenshots, here's how to find clothing from online stores using the social media app.

How To Find Clothes Using Snapchat

Snapchat's scan feature has a variety of useful tools, including the ability to search the internet for clothing items you come across in your day-to-day life. If you've ever been out with a friend who can't remember where she bought her top, or you see a pair of shoes you can't quite afford while out shopping, you can use the scanning tool to scan the clothing item.

Snapchat will give you a variety of products that match or come close to the product you are looking for.

Follow these steps to scan an item and find similar products online in real-time:

1. Open Snapchat.
2. Point your camera at the item of clothing you would like to find.
3. Tap on your screen once to reveal the scan button at the bottom of the screen.
4. Tap the scan button.
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5. Below the results for fashion tap Learn More (If no fashion results appear, try scanning the clothing item again using better lighting to improve your scan).
6. Scroll through the options and find the piece of clothing that best matches what you are looking for.
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Once you find an item that you wish to purchase you can navigate to the seller's website from Snapchat and purchase it from there.

Can You Find An Exact Product Using Snapchat?

Snapchat also has a scanning option that allows you to scan in search for one specific item, instead of a list of similar items.

Follow these steps to scan for a specific product:

1. Open Snapchat.
2. With the camera page open, tap once to reveal the scan button at the bottom of the screen.
3. Tap the scan button. Once you scan your screen, a list of options will appear.
4. Scroll down to the Discover more with Scan section and tap Find a product.
5. Point your camera at the item you want to scan.
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Once Snapchat has scanned your item, it will return a specific product with the price and link to where it can be purchased. This feature is not always completely accurate. If you scan an item, and you don't receive the results you are looking for, try following the steps above to search through a list of similar options instead.

How to Shop for Clothing From Your Screenshots

If someone you follow on Instagram posts a picture of themselves wearing a shirt you just have to have, but you don't want to ask them where it's from yourself, you can use Snapchat's Screenshop feature to help you find it online.

Follow these steps to search for products from your camera rolls' screenshots on Snapchat:

1. Open Snapchat.
2. Tap the Memories button, directly to the left of the shutter button.
3. Tap Screenshots on the top-right of the screen.
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4. Under Shop Your Screenshots tap See All.
5. Tap the screenshot you would like to find a product from.
6. Scroll through related items, and choose the one you would like to purchase.
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7. Navigate to the seller website from Snapchat to purchase the item.

Why Should You Shop Using Snapchat?

Snapchat is a useful tool to find products online when all you have is a photo. You can also use Snapchat to scan products that are right in front of you to find similar results online.

This can be a useful tool to compare prices and explore your options before making a purchase.