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New e-commerce platform Shoppedia is eyeing to onboard round 1 million customers by September, one of many first main milestones within the firm’s roadmap in changing into the highest market platform within the nation.
Shoppedia chief govt officer Neil La-As informed the Inquirer final week that they’ve over 10,000 registered customers of their web site so far, a quantity he mentioned that’s anticipated to be considerably bumped up after they formally launch their app round September.
“In Shoppedia, what you see is what you get,” he mentioned throughout the firm’s occasion on the Manila Heritage Lodge the place the corporate previewed the newest model of their app.
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La-as, which touts his firm as one hundred pc Filipino-owned, expressed their dedication to totally display every service provider accomplice to keep away from the peddling of pretend items of their on-line platform.
“Each service provider in Shoppedia undergoes a rigorous vetting course of, making certain that our legitimate shoppers obtain real merchandise and true worth for his or her hard-earned cash,” La-As mentioned in his speech on the occasion.
“No extra counterfeit items, no extra shady sellers, simply pure, unadulterated, pure Filipino high quality,” he added.
He added that additionally they have an around-the-clock customer support workers accessible to reply client complaints and different considerations.
“Shoppedia affords 24/7 entry to dwell brokers prepared to help with any query or concern,” La-as mentioned, including that they’re aiming to make the shopper expertise of their platform to be seamless, stress-free and pleasing.
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When requested how they plan to cope with the excessive stage of competitors and market saturation within the e-commerce trade, La-as mentioned that there’s all the time room for extra competitors.
“On the finish of the day, competitors is wholesome. On the finish of the day, individuals want to decide on,” he mentioned.
The Philippines’ web economic system was valued at $7.5 billion in 2020, a determine projected to develop round 5 occasions to $35 billion by 2025, in response to a 2023 examine performed by Google, Temasek and Bain & Firm.
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The identical examine reported that e-commerce, meals supply and video-on-demand had been the highest three development drivers of the Philippines’ web economic system.
