Tag: ecommerce

Tempo Media Group’s Tempo Store a Haven for History Buffs and News Junkies

In case you haven’t noticed, Tempo Media Group has recently launched its digital store for back issues of its collections of magazines, daily newspapers, photos, books, and research papers published by the group, and any digital asset that the group has produced over the years. The store also acts as a reseller for partners of the group who wish to sell their own digital items.

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Indonesian Web Domain Considered Less Favorable For E-Commerce Business Owners

The use of certain domain names evidently has an effect to a number of Indonesian businesses across different fields. Lately Indonesia’s .id domain has been discussed among circles in negative light as business owners feel that companies with .id domain names are less favorable than those with .com domains.

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Domain Indonesia Dirasa Kurang Menguntungkan Bagi Para Pelaku Usaha E-Commerce

Penggunaan nama domain tertentu ternyata membawa pengaruh bagi sebagian pelaku usaha dari berbagai kalangan di Indonesia. Seperti halnya dengan nama domain Indonesia (.id), yang akhir-akhir ini dikeluhkan oleh sebagian kalangan pengusaha yang merasa nama domain .id dirasa kurang menguntungkan bagi usahanya dibanding dengan .com.
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Rakuten Survey: Average Indonesian Consumers Spend $239 A Year in Online Shopping

Recently Rakuten, as one of the largest e-commerce companies in the world, conducted a survey involving 5000 respondents in 12 countries around the world, including Indonesia. Facilitated by Survey Sampling International, the survey showed that Indonesian consumers spend $239 (Rp 2.3 million) on average in 2012 to shop online. While the figure may seem large, it’s actually the smallest among the surveyed countries.

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Multiply’s Boat May Have Capsized but Others Plan to Weather the Storm

Multiply’s announcement on Friday sent a shock across the e-commerce industry in Indonesia prompting questions of the market’s viability of sustaining such a business. Indonesia remains a massive potential for growth for Internet companies but it’s a delicate market to handle with characteristics not found on other, more established markets.

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Will Multiply’s Closure Disturb the E-Commerce Business in Indonesia?

We were surprised on Friday by the announcement of Multiply’s closure as of 6 May 2013. With no warning, Multiply’s South Africa-based investors, Myriad International Holdings (MIH)/Naspers, decided to end Multiply (both in Indonesia and Internationally), and focus on increasing its investment in online advertising business (Tokobagus in Indonesia and Sulit in The Philippines). This adds to the list of failed marketplaces in Indonesia following Rakuten and Plasa.

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More About Lazada’s Upcoming Marketplace

Just over a week ago Lazada celebrated its first anniversary and announced that the company will be launching a marketplace for suppliers and consumers to set up their own shop at Lazada’s website. To find out more about the plans for its marketplace, we went straight to Lazada’s top management and asked them some questions.

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Doku Projects Doku Wallet to be Indonesia’s PayPal, Will Release Mobile Apps Soon

Earlier this month payment processing company Doku, in partnership with Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI), launched Doku Wallet, which aims to replace your physical wallet and make it easier for consumers to conduct online transactions. Despite having a bank as a partner, Doku Wallet is independently operated, without needing to have a BNI account.

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Teliti Sebelum Membeli Juga Penting untuk Pembelian Online

Jargon teliti sebelum membeli biasanya lebih lekat untuk pembelian secara offline, namun slogan ini juga harus dimiliki bagi mereka yang ingin melakukan pembelian secara online.

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