Drivers for DoorDash Inc. DASH 0.50%▲ are delivering items that consumers purchase from Facebook META 0.22%▲ Marketplace as part of a new partnership between the delivery app and Meta Platforms Inc. META 0.22%▲
The deal is an attempt to get more people, especially younger ones, to use Meta-owned Facebook, according to a person familiar with the plan. For DoorDash, the partnership boosts its ambition to expand into delivering more than food.
Facebook and DoorDash confirmed they tested the service in several U.S. cities in recent months. They said the partnership is in the early stages and declined to share terms of the agreement between the companies.
Source: WSJ
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