Belibu.com: Social Commerce for Small and Medium-sized Business

Social commerce sites in Indonesia are on the rise, not only for regular folks but also in the enterprise sector. Belibu.com is a newly-launched e-commerce site created specifically for entrepreneurs and small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs).

Belibu has listed every small- and medium-sized business nationwide in a range of categories, to make it easier for site visitors to find what they are looking for. The service gives business information and classified ads for everything from bakeries to housekeeping agencies, laundry services to furniture sellers.

It’s not just about business either – the site also provides some inspiring tips from famous businessmen and success stories from member entrepreneurs. Each entrepreneur and SME can update their profile, add other members as friends, share their information, photos, and interact just like on other social media sites.

Eldo Wiryabrata, the project founder of Belibu, explains:

This service will be a place of interaction between entrepreneurs to transform their knowledge. And we also gave each of entrepreneurs and SMEs free advertising on Belibu.

The site is still in beta but has already built up 5,200 active members. But considering there are about 54 million SMEs throughout Indonesia, Belibu still has to do some work to do. Not all SMEs know how to promote their businesses, and some are not even aware of Internet technology. To address this issue Belibu has a special customer relations division which will find potential SMEs to join the site. The team has prepared a road map of potential cities it can expand in, going there directly to explain how the service works and how it can benefit businesses.

There is a big opportunity for Belibu to grow here, as Indonesia’s social commerce industry is just starting to develop and public enthusiasm in new technology is increasing everyday. Hopefully, this kind of site can assist entrepreneurs and SMEs achieve greater success in Indonesia.

[Source: Antara]