Shop and sell in Indonesia’s e-commerce sites
Posted on October 21, 2010 by Budi Putra in Business, Featured
In a nutshell, the country’s e-commerce sites grow gradually due to payment’s mechanism issues. Since PayPal is not popular here, and number of credit card holders is also still few, that’s why most of existing e-commerce sites also offer another payment option to their customers: bank transfers. Whatever works.
Despite the fact some payment issues, many people convinced that e-commerce had tremendous potential in the country. According to one of eBay execs, Oliver Hua, items sold on eBay by merchants from Indonesia to overseas buyers grew 200 percent a year. A recent survey claims Indonesia’s Internet penetration reached 45 million by 2010, compared to only one million in 1999.
There are many e-commerce sites out there, but I just picked some of them up here (listed in alphabetical order), especially sites that offer selling and buying experience as well.
Forum Jual Beli Kaskus
http://www.kaskus.us/forumdisplay.php?f=25
Forum Jual Beli Kaskus enables users to sell and buy products through the website. The website itself is just a “contact point” between sellers and buyers, since any transaction will be done separately and privately beyond the website.
Juale
http://juale.com
Create your own online store –with your own domain name and join the Juale marketplace. Good for indivual-sellers as well as small and medium companies to start building up their online stores.
Kemana
http://www.kemana.com
Kemana.com offers a wide range of products, ranging from books to electronics, from branded items to locally made goods. Customers can purchase products using credit cards and bank transfers.
Krazymarket
http://krazymarket.com
KrazyMarket is a marketplace for unique and collectible items. You can become a Platinum or Gold seller while having a dedicated store for you or just choose EasySell service where you could “outsource” all business processes to Krazymarket staff.
Plasa
http://plasa.com
Owned by Telkom, Indonesia’s telcom company — you can shop as well as sell your products here. Buyers can use credit card as well as bank transfer for any transaction through Plasa website. Plasa has also teamed up recently with eBay to help Indonesian retailers get easier access to global buyers.
TokoBagus
http://www.tokobagus.com
A classified advertisements site, your can advertise your products and services here (sometimes for free). Advertisers and buyers will have their own profile pages here. Noticed that TokoBagus has a great list of automotive advertisements, for instances.
TokoPedia
http://www.tokopedia.com
Everyone can build their own online store here. You’ll get your own sub-domain as well as e-commerce tools such as store, product, transactions and tracking order management. All transactions have to be done through Tokopedia’s escrow account.
PayPal launches new Android app
Posted on August 6, 2010 by Budi Putra in Tech
PayPal announces the latest version of the PayPal mobile app for Android. Just like its iPhone version, the app also uses bump technology that allow you to simply tap two phones together to send money. This app is free and and available now in the Android Market.
“Split the check is another great feature, which lets you automatically calculate the total cost of a bill and then collect money directly from friends when out to dinner,” according to Laura Chambers, senior director of PayPal Mobile.
PayPal to open app store for developers
Posted on February 25, 2010 by Budi Putra in Tech
Following its partnership with Facebook, PayPal started to engage developers community to create another opportunities. Since there is no serious competitor on this space, PayPal seems moving very fast and confidence…
PayPal will open an applications store this year where developers can offer their wares, the latest step in the company’s multi-pronged strategy to deepen its relationship with external programmers.
Developers have a big opportunity to offer applications for merchants and consumers that PayPal doesn’t have the interest or resources to build itself, a PayPal official said Tuesday.
“It could be an invoicing application for a merchant or a ‘daily deals’ application for consumers,” said Osama Bedier, vice president of PayPal’s Platform Business Unit and Emerging Technologies.
[via InfoWorld]
Facebook partners with PayPal
Posted on February 19, 2010 by Budi Putra in Business
Facebook is partnering with eBay-owned PayPal, enabling people to buy Facebook Ads and Credits.
Facebook and PayPal today announced a strategic relationship to offer PayPal in key parts of Facebook’s advertising and developer systems. “As our business has grown, offering local methods of payment has become increasingly important for advertisers who want to buy Facebook Ads. Teaming with PayPal, a global leader in online payments, makes this possible.”
As part of the relationship, advertisers around the world will soon be able to use PayPal to pay for Facebook Ads through the company’s online advertising tool. For businesses in areas where the payment process can be difficult and expensive, the option to pay with PayPal makes it even easier for advertisers, particularly small international companies, to run campaigns on Facebook. Facebook reaches more than 400 million people, 70 percent of whom live outside the United States.
In addition, PayPal will become a payment option for Facebook Credits, which is currently being tested in a small number of games and applications. The goal of Facebook Credits is to give users a fast and easy way to buy virtual goods on Facebook, including items from the Facebook Gift Shop.
[via Business Wire]
