Ticket search engine FanSnap, which last year signed a ground-breaking partnership deal with Microsoft's general search engine Bing, soft-launched a new Facebook app this week that looks to leverage the leading social network's "F-commerce" capabilities.

F-commerce, or Facebook commerce, is the new phrase to describe the social network's version of e-commerce, which utilizes the power of a user's network of friends to market products, create buzz and drive sales. The FanSnap app, which is available on company's Facebook fan page allows users to notify friends of events they plan on attending.

Bing, the Microsoft search engine launched last year, will now include listings from the secondary ticketing market as part of its search protocol.

Last week, live event search engine FanSnap announced a new partnership with Bing in which FanSnap's large base of ticket listings will now appear in event-related searches on the site.

PRESS RELEASE: "FanSnap Launches iPhone Application of Leading Ticket Search Engine"

PALO ALTO, CA (FanSnap) August 12, 2010 – FanSnap®, the largest live event ticket search engine for fans, today announced the launch of the FanSnap Application for iPhone®, iPod Touch® and iPad®. FanSnap’s iPhone application is free in the iTunes app store [link] just in time for the NFL® and NCAA® football seasons, the approaching MLB® playoffs, the concert and Broadway seasons, and the announcement of the new NBA® schedule.

For a period this winter, Live Nation has been quietly dipping its toes into the secondary ticket market through a partnership with ticket search engine FanSnap, but it appears the test has come to an end.

The links allowed fans who were shopping for primary tickets on LiveNation.com to see comparable tickets on the secondary market from sites such as StubHub, RazorGator and Ace Ticket, in an effort "to offer [ticket buyers] as many options as [Live Nation] can in one place."

PRESS RELEASE: "FanSnap Launches SeatAlerts to Notify Fans of Their 'Perfect' Tickets"

PALO ALTO, CA (Marketwire) December 1, 2009 - FanSnap®, the live event ticket search engine for fans, today announced the launch of FanSnap SeatAlerts(SM), a powerful new feature that makes it fast and easy for sports, theatre and concert fans to request to be notified when tickets that meet their specific requirements become available. FanSnap is launching SeatAlerts to coincide with the busiest time on the live events calendar, when Broadway tickets are in high demand, as well as NFL and college football tickets, NBA and college basketball tickets, NHL tickets, and concert tickets.