How Foreign Investment Restrictions Will Affect Indonesian Online Retail Industry

Following last week’s revelation that the Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has extended the interpretation of the Negative Investment List, which restricts foreign investments, to cover companies that conduct online trading, we contacted a number of industry figures to seek their opinion or understanding of this new implementation.

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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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Legitimasi Bisnis E-Commerce dan Domain .id

Asosiasi pengusaha e-commerce Indonesia (Indonesian E-commerce Association / idEA) mengungkapkan keberatannya dengan usulan penggunaan domain .id yang diajukan pemerintah. Alasannya selain prosedur yang harus ditempuh lebih rumit, penggunaan domain .id kurang menjual (tidak komersil) untuk skala regional maupun global. Bagaimana seharusnya kita menyikapinya?

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Indonesian Ministry Still Insists on Local Data Centers for Online Companies

Antara news agency reports that the Minsitry for Communications and Informatics (Kemkominfo) is insisting that electronic service providers must locate their data centers in Indonesia. This is in regards to government regulation (PP) 82/2012, Electronic Systems and Transactions Organizer.

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Kemkominfo Bersikeras Tetap Meminta Data Center di Indonesia Bagi Para Penyelenggara Sistem Elektronik

Kantor berita Antara melaporkan bahwa Kementrian Komunikasi dan Informatika (Kemkominfo) menyatakan tetap bersikeras akan meminta penyelenggara sistem elektronik menempatkan lokasi pusat datanya (data center) di Indonesia. Hal ini merujuk kepada Peraturan Pemerintah No. 82 tahun 2012 tentang Penyelenggaraan Sistem dan Transaksi Elektronik.

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idEA Hadirkan Kamis Commerce Volume II “I Trust I Buy”

Asosiasi E-Commerce Indonesia (idEA) menyelenggarakan event Kamis Commerce yang merupakan acara bulanan pelaku dan penggiat e-commerce. Acara Kamis Commerce Volume II bertajuk “I Trust I Buy” yang akan diadakan di Marley Bar & Food, The Energy Building lantai dua, kawasan SCBD tanggal 4 April 2013 mendatang. Acara diselenggarakan mulai pukul lima sore.

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[Simply Business] Ide Pun Perlu Berjejaring

Salah satu hal kenapa saya percaya bahwa ‘Ideas Are Cheap‘ adalah karena pengalaman pribadi saya. Tidak pernah ada ide saya yang akhirnya diimplementasi yang murni sesuai dengan apa yang saya bayangkan pertama kali. Sebenarnya lebih banyak lagi yang akhirnya tinggal sebatas ide, coret-coretan di kertas dan belum sempat diimplementasi, atau bahkan banyak lagi yang saya ‘bunuh’ sendiri.

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Perusahaan E-commerce Indonesia Bersatu, Bentuk Asosiasi E-commerce Indonesia

E-commerce di Indonesia benar-benar ‘panas’, kita telah membicarakannya sejak waktu yang lama, menunggunya untuk bertumbuh. Tidak ada yang bisa membantah bahwa industri ini masih dalam masa pertumbuhan, dan mencari ruang untuk bertumbuh menjadi industri skala penuh dengan pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap ekonomi Indonesia.

Satu hal lain yang tidak bisa dibantah adalah tentang peran pemerintah dalam memelihara ekosistem di sekitar e-commerce. Sistem perbankan, logistik, proteksi konsumen, proteksi merchant, dll. Nampaknya menjadi sangat sulit bagi perusahaan e-commerce untuk berhadapan dengan pemerintah. Jadi, daripada berjuang sendirian, lebih baik berjuang secara kelompok. Ngomong-ngomong, saya mencoba sebisa mungkin untuk tidak membuat artikel ini menjadi tulisan satir.

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Indonesian E-commerce Companies Unite, Form Indonesian E-commerce Association

E-commerce in Indonesia is really hot, we’ve been talking about it for a long, long time, waiting for it to grow. Nobody could argue that the industry is still in its infancy, and looking for that room to grow into a full scale industry with significant impact to our economy.

Another thing nobody could argue is the government involvement in nurturing the ecosystem surrounding the e-commerce. The banking system, logistics, consumer protection, merchant protection, etc. Apparently it’s been incredibly hard to deal with when each e-commerce company goes up against the government. So, rather than fighting alone, better fight in groups. I’m trying my best to not make this a satire post, btw.

idEA is founded by plasa, dealgoing, berniaga, multiply, blibli, bhinneka, tokobagus, tokopedia, gramedia online and kaskus. The association is led by Tokopedia CEO William Tanuwidjaja as Chief of Advisory Board and Multiply Indonesia CEO Daniel Tumiwa as Chief of Executive Committee.

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[Simply Business] Believe in Your Stupid Ideas

There is a very thin line between a brilliant idea and a stupid idea. Some ideas just didn’t make sense at the time, but it may made more sense in the future. Some are just plain stupid. You may think you can differentiate instantly between the two, but that’s not always the case.

For example, let’s take a look at Encarta vs Wikipedia. Both are encyclopedia with massive amount of articles covering various fields and languages. One was made by a giant company written by (maybe) thousands of selected experts and the other was from a non-profit charitable organization written by anonymous internet volunteers who write without pay.

Now if I were to ask you which one will win based on the above statement alone, what answer will you give me?

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