Posts Categorized: E-commerce



Next Version of WeChat Rumored to Have Mobile Payments and Paid Publishing Platform

We know that Tencent (HKG:0700) is working on a social gaming platform for WeChat, its popular socia...

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  • May 3, 2013
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NganLuong Gives Us a Deep View Into Online Payment In Vietnam

Last month, Ngan Luong, one of Vietnam’s leading online payment startups, got 50 percent acquired ...

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  • May 2, 2013
  • at 5:06 pm
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Sina Weibo Has Already Added Taobao Ads in Wake of Alibaba Investment

Well, that didn’t take long. Just days after the announcement of Alibaba’s huge investme...

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  • April 30, 2013
  • at 11:56 pm
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Why Did Alibaba Invest $586 Million in Sina Weibo?

Yesterday we learned that the rumors that had been swirling for months were true: e-commerce giant A...

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  • April 30, 2013
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Tight-Lipped Tokobagus Continues To Grow Strongly

Tokobagus continues to grow under the management of Michal Klar.

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  • April 29, 2013
  • at 2:51 pm
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An E-Commerce Giant in Indonesia Bites the Dust. What Happened to Multiply?

Friday’s news about e-commerce site Multiply closing down is a shocker. No one could’ve predicte...

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  • April 27, 2013
  • at 9:00 am
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Indonesia’s Sribu Reaches 25,000 Designers, Hits $100,000 Payout

Indonesian design crowdsourcing marketplace Sribu 1 is revealing a few interesting stats about its p...

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  • April 26, 2013
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Zalora Launches iOS App in Southeast Asia Today, Already Top App in 5 Countries

For shopaholics and fans of Zalora, here’s a piece of news that will probably further strain your ...

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  • April 25, 2013
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Meituan Nearing $155 Million/Month in Transactions

After a lively explosion a couple years ago, most of China’s group buy sites have long since d...

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  • May 3, 2013
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Hashiji is a Chinese E-Commerce Startup That Makes Me Want to Buy Something

New e-commerce startups in China are a dime a dozen, so when I come across one it must offer somethi...

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  • May 1, 2013
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Andi S. Boediman: Multiply’s Demise Could be a Good Thing for Indonesia’s E-Commerce Industry

[Update: Andi has written the English version of his blog. You can see it here.] The demise of e-com...

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  • April 30, 2013
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Alibaba stake Sina Weibo

Alibaba Gets More Social, Takes Stake in Sina Weibo for $586 Million

China’s top e-commerce company has secured what could be the biggest web deal of the year in t...

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  • April 29, 2013
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Instapps Builds Stores For Merchants on Facebook

Made in Malaysia, Instapps helps merchants to set up an online storefront within their Facebook page...

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  • April 29, 2013
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E-Commerce Marketplace Multiply to Shut Down

We’ve received news from several readers that social network turned e-commerce marketplace Multipl...

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  • April 26, 2013
  • at 4:24 pm
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Zalora Indonesia Reaches 200,000 Daily Visitors, Partners with Telkomsel

Earlier today fashion e-commerce site Zalora launched its iOS shopping app for users in Southeast As...

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  • April 25, 2013
  • at 5:03 pm
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Rakuten Indonesia site closing if MNC split rumor is true

1 Month After Reported MNC Split, Rakuten Issues Statement About Commitment to Indonesia

Nikkei first broke the news last month that the joint venture between MNC and Rakuten (JSD:4755) is ...

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  • April 25, 2013
  • at 11:23 am
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