Over the past four years, Shopee has gone from a fast-rising star in the Southeast Asian eCommerce sphere to being every bit the equal of rival marketplace Lazada. Since its launch in 2015, Shopee has experienced explosive success throughout the region, rapidly growing to best Lazada in some countries while putting up a good fight …
Over the past two decades, most businesses have had to deal with the online world in some way. But while many jumped in head-first and embraced eCommerce, others have understandably been more cautious. For several good reasons, some businesses chose instead to stay purely offline. However, the online world has become more integrated with our daily …
Over the past two decades, most businesses have had to deal with the online world in some way. But while many jumped in head-first and embraced eCommerce, others have understandably been more cautious. For several good reasons, some businesses chose instead to stay purely offline. However, the online world has become more integrated with our daily …
China appears to have turned a corner and begun to recover from the Coronavirus outbreak. This means that its markets can get back on track at last. The road to China market entry is opening up again! Meanwhile, companies at home and abroad are now more aware than ever how important online businesses are. While …
Continuing our series of in-depth guides to eCommerce in Southeast Asia, today we’re releasing our all-new Thailand eCommerce Market Localization Guide. If you need no further introduction, grab it here! We design our guides for overseas enterprises considering entering Southeast Asian markets via eCommerce. These markets can be intimidating to those unfamiliar with them. Therefore …
The Coronavirus has hit many businesses hard around the world, and continues to be a concern as the disease spreads to more and more countries. But in China, the government has managed to get the situation mostly under control. While the situation is ongoing, we are now at a calm moment where we can take …
To kick off the New Year with a bang, we’re launching the new version of our China eCommerce Market Localization Guide! The Guide was a big hit with enterprises last year, but we knew we could do better – the guide has been revamped from the ground-up to offer a more seamless reading experience, and to provide …
As reported by Gartner, ‘headless eCommerce’ became one of the most popular new technologies used by international brands in 2018. Nearly 79% of brands were found to be considering, planning, or already using headless or API-based eCommerce architectures. In this article, we go over the following: What is Headless eCommerce? Headless vs Traditional eCommerce: Pros …
WeChat has lost its monopoly on Mini-Programs. In the second half of 2018, Baidu, Alipay, ByteDance and TikTok launched their own Mini-Programs to rival WeChat’s dominance. According to Baidu’s data published in May 2019, “since the official launch in July last year, there have been over 200 million active Baidu Mini-Program users each month, over …
Southeast Asia cross-border eCommerce. Exciting words for industry insiders who eagerly look to the region’s developments. The SEA region’s economic development, poverty alleviation and rising consumption power all point towards a bright future for eCommerce. A higher quality of life brings more frequent online consumption and diversifies product categories. Nanfu Battery is one of the world’s …