Bukalapak Expands its E-commerce Portfolio with Scallope

Having done very well in Indonesia’s e-commerce scene with Bukalapak.com and HijUp.com, Bukalapak [1] recently released another e-commerce website called Scallope.com. Launched on July 4th, Scallope presents itself as an Indonesian Fashion Webstore.

Inspired by the growth of Indonesia online shopping market and their own experience in e-commerce, Suitmedia developed Scallope a few months ago. In May, Scallope was made available for public access. Currently Scallope has 30 tenants and sells numerous fashion products ranging from apparels, bags, shoes, to accessories. Unfortunately, Scallope can not disclose the number of its customers yet for now.

With the online fashion store market in Indonesia already has several players like Zalora, Fimelashop, and Laavaa (that was launched a day after Scallope’s launching), one may wonder how Scallope is different than the other online fashion stores. Interviewed by email, Ahmad Zaky, co-founder of Bukalapak, answered,

We ensure that all products in Scallope has highest quality possible, along with the original and creative models. What makes use unique is as a webstore, we carry out curation to ensure quality and service until delivery to the customer’s hands without any flaws.

Regrettably, with my limited knowledge of fashion, I can’t really compare the quality of products available in these online shops.

Nonetheless, I’m eager to see which online shop will make its name synonymous with online shopping in Indonesia the way Bhinneka.com is now synonymous with online gadget stores.