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Mr. Coe says the agency's Tumblr commerce platform has two service levels: one designed for small businesses and the other for brands. For the former, Coexist and Stripe would take a roughly 6% cut of sales transacted through the platform, but the service would be free to use. In the case of brands, he's envisioning something more custom where Coexist might develop a Tumblr blog for an event like Fashion Week and then power a pop-up store where Tumblr followers could buy limited-edition goods that had been unveiled that week. The service's first taker is Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, which has 10 stores in Ohio and Tennessee and sells to wholesalers like Dean & Deluca and Whole Foods but shipped more than $1 million of product through its website last year. Its Tumblr account launched last week, and items for sale are marked with a yellow dot, including a $32 ice-cream-sandwich collection.

And it may get even better. I’m checking with Facebook PR, but the actions published could potentially be turned into Sponsored Stories, so Facebook could charge the app where they took place to make the stories appear more prominently in the feeds of people already subscribed to them. Facebook could essentially be taking content from apps and selling it back to them. If you were wondering what Facebook’s long-term game plan is, you’re staring at it. Pull content from everywhere, mix it with ads, keep you reading. And with the carrot of referral traffic to dangle, some developers may be happy to play along.