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Aditya Hadi Pratama · · 1 min readShopee may expand into India as it rolls out campaign to recruit merchants
“Singapore-headquartered Sea Ltd’s Shopee has launched a recruitment campaign for sellers to sell on what it called ‘Shopee India’ and is ramping up hiring in the country,” Reuters reported, citing YouTube videos and LinkedIn postings on the matter.
Details:
- A video posted in early August shows a message saying, “Shopee is coming to India!” It mentioned free shipping and no commission fees for sellers and buyers.
- Tech in Asia has reached out to Sea Group, but the company hasn’t replied.
Dive deeper:
- Shopee has also expanded in Latin America by entering Brazil in late 2019. The country is shaping up to be a huge market for the company: It could already be its biggest market by monthly active users, exceeding even Indonesia. (Read: Brazil could become Shopee’s biggest market, beating even Indonesia)
- Despite Shopee’s accelerated sales and marketing expenses in the second quarter of this year, its parent company Sea Group said the ecommerce firm has a potential future revenue driver in its advertising business. (Read: Sea Group eyes promising new income source amid Garena’s slowing bookings growth)
Editing by Collin Furtado and Eileen C. Ang
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