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Pakistani E-Commerce Ventures Look Global
Adam Dawood is the founding partner of DYL Ventures, a Pakistan-centric venture capital and consultancy firm. You can find him on Twitter as @adamdawood. The e-commerce sector in Pakistan is...
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Chinese Shopping Search Engine TaoTaoSou Finds Huge New Funding Round
China e-commerce industry is worth close to $200 billion this year in terms of sales. Inevitably, all those e-shoppers need some guidance – and perhaps some useful price comparisons – without jumping...
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Rakuten Sees Huge Growth in Malaysia
(Updated on June 24th: We’ve corrected the spokesperson name in this article. We apologize for the inconvenience.) ມື້ນີ້ DigitalNewsAsia reports that Japan-based e-commerce site Rakuten (4755:JP) is...
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Bootstrapp Launches as a Place for Indian Gadget Lovers to Sell and Upgrade
After deciding to pivot away from being a site for gamers to sell off old games, Delhi-based Bootstrapp has, as promised, launched today with its new and broader focus. That is to buy up old gadgets...
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The Price is Right: 8 Hot Shopping Search Engines in India
India’s e-commerce market is vast and dynamic, and it’s not even anywhere near the saturation point of e-shopping sectors in western markets. But everyone needs a bit of help finding the right prices...
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Bobobobo: After A Quiet Launch, Indonesia Now Has a New Luxury E-Shopping and...
The specialist e-commerce market in Indonesia is on the rise, and recently it has seen the arrival of a luxury e-commerce venture created by one of Indonesia’s biggest travel agencies, Smailing Tour....
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Kaskus Will Monetize With New Marketplace in 2019, Plans to Battle TokoBagus...
The e-commerce battle in Indonesia is heating up, and today the country’s biggest online forum site Kaskus finally spoke out about what they have in store in terms of online shopping. These plans,...
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Battling Against Rocket Internet’s Lazada, Bhinneka Wants to be Indonesia’s...
Indonesian homegrown B2C e-commerce site Bhinneka recently celebrated its 14th anniversary. The company has consistently made its presence felt among the country’s top online shop players and it is...
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Singapore’s Hipvan Completes Angel Round, Expands to Malaysia
An insider source tells us that Hipvan, a Singapore-based design-focused e-commerce site, has recently concluded an angel financing round. We also learned that with money in the bank, Hipvan has...
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Daniel Tumiwa Shares His Story and Lessons Learned at Multiply
Credit: blogs.terrapinn.com The rise and fall of Indonesia’s popular online marketplace Multiply has been one of the biggest stories in the country this year. Things were looking good from a...
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Rocket Internet Shuts OfficeFab in Southeast Asia, Shifts Focus to India’s...
Rocket Internet has been making a lot of waves in Asia with its e-commerce startups. But just like any startup, the German-based company can also make mistakes and even fail. SGEntrepreneurs reported...
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Brace Yourselves: eBay Will Open Marketplace in Indonesia Soon
The e-commerce battle is getting even hotter in Indonesia with many major players looking to take the top spot here. Who’s the latest entering the field? eBay. We spoke with Widi Nugroho, the CEO of...
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Report shows that 40% of Singapore’s shoppers will still brave crowds
A recent survey conducted by Groupon revealed that 39.6% of Singapore’s shoppers braved the crowds, even with numerous online alternatives. According to the Groupon, this statistic actually revealed a...
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Vietnam Internet Report: A Quick Look Into Internet, ມືຖື, E-ການຄ້າ
eMarketer just came out with a nice new report that gives us some interesting insights into Vietnam’s internet growth. Here’s some of the most important stats from the report. Stats on the internet...
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Indian Coupons and CashBack Site Cashkaro Pockets $750,000 in Funding
India’s Cashkaro has secured a first investment deal worth $750,000 from London-based angel investors. Just last month, when I reviewed the site and interviewed the founders, I explained that the...
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Klip It, Share It: Social Shopping Site Klip.in Gets Seed Funding
India’s e-commerce industry is growing well and maturing nicely, so there are inevitably plenty of sites out there that curate the online shopping experience in a social way. One such place is...
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Doku Targets Social Commerce in Indonesia With New MyShortCart
Standing in the middle holding the yellow board is the CEO of Doku, Thong Sennelius Indonesian e-payment gateway Doku has launched a new service aimed at blogshops, Facebook shops, and all kinds of...
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Rocket Internet Lauches 2 More Startups in Pakistan
ອິນເຕີເນັດບັ້ງໄຟ, the German incubator with companies all over the globe, is upping its resources in Pakistan with the recent launch of two local companies, EasyTaxi Pakistan ແລະ Zamudi. It means...
View ArticleDoku Launches MyShortCart, a Shopping Cart for Social Media Merchants
Indonesian payment company Doku on Friday announced its latest push into consumer transaction by launching MyShortCart, an independent shopping cart which is aimed at individual online sellers as well...
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Despite Regulatory Hassles, India’s Healthkart Gets Huge Funding to Expand...
India’s HealthKart sells everything from vitamins to vital medicines via its online portal, but it’s such a heavily regulated and controversial industry that e-payment platforms don’t support online...
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