Carousell HK, Atome, GoGoX join hands to serve local businesses

The Hong Kong unit of Carousell, the Singapore-based online classifieds giant, has teamed up with app-based logistics platform GoGoX and buy now, pay later firm Atome to provide services to local businesses via Carousell for Business (CarouBiz).

Siu Rui Quek, Carousell’s co-founder and group CEO / Photo credit: Handout

Carousell and GoGoX have been working to provide logistics support to sellers through the latter’s GoGoVan and GoGoDelivery services, according to a statement. This comes in addition to its targeted logistics solution, GoGoBusiness, which includes order management and accounting features.

Meanwhile, the Atome partnership will allow Carousell to offer its merchants a CarouBiz subscription package, allowing them to split bills into three deferred payments upon checkout via credit card, debit card, or Apple Pay.

Carousell users in Singapore will also see an upcoming recommerce partnership, said Jonathan Cai, Atome’s head of regional partnerships.

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The partnerships come after Carousell waltzed into the unicorn club after raising US$100 million in September. It then secured another US$10 million from Temasek-backed Heliconia in November.