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5 hacks to sourcing products from China via Alibaba

5 hacks to sourcing products from China via Alibaba

Here are the top 5 hacks to help you navigate the sourcing of products more effectively via Alibaba.
Celine Fang · · 5 min read
Rocket Internet’s price comparison site Pricepanda launches in Thailand

Rocket Internet’s price comparison site Pricepanda launches in Thailand

Last January Rocket Internet’s price comparison site Pricepanda secured US$3 million in funding to expand in Southeast Asia. As promised, today the company launched in Thailand, marking the third country
Saiyai Sakawee · · 1 min read
PriceBaba nabs extra funding from 500 Wallah, the Indian branch of 500 Startups

PriceBaba nabs extra funding from 500 Wallah, the Indian branch of 500 Startups

PriceBaba, the Mumbai-based price comparison search engine, has received post-seed funding from 500 Wallah, the $5 million India-specific fund from the ever-popular global accelerator program 500 Startups. The exact sum
Josh Horwitz · · 2 min read
Rocket Internet’s PricePanda to launch in Thailand and open regional office in Southeast Asia

Rocket Internet’s PricePanda to launch in Thailand and open regional office in Southeast Asia

We’ve heard quite a lot about Rocket Internet’s e-commerce ventures in Southeast Asia like Lazada and Zalora, but not as much about its price comparison engine PricePanda. PricePanda’s global CEO
Enricko Lukman · · 3 min read

Product search engine B5M finds itself $16 million in series B funding

Chinese product search engine B5M has just followed up on its first major round of funding in early 2012 by announcing a series B investment worth $16 million. The money
Steven Millward · · 1 min read

Chinese Shopping Search Engine TaoTaoSou Finds Huge New Funding Round

China’s those e-shoppers need some guidance – and perhaps some useful price comparisons – without jumping from website to website.
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Product Search Engine Telunjuk Secures Funding from Japan’s Venture Republic in Bid to Win the Indonesian Market

Today, Indonesian price comparison site Telunjuk announced that it has received seed funding from Japan-based Venture Republic. The Telunjuk team says that Venture Republic’s experience in the shopping search engine
Enricko Lukman · · 1 min read

Let the Online Price Comparison Battle in Southeast Asia Begin

The price comparison site battle in Southeast Asia is heating up. OK, maybe the battle isn’t in full swing yet. But the online price comparison space is definitely getting a
Willis Wee · · 4 min read

China’s Top E-Commerce Site to Launch Product Searches Inside WeChat App

The new ‘Taobao Search’ account inside WeChat app. The 300-plus million users of China-made messaging app WeChat can already use it for video calls, finding dates, or following brands and
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Oi Zoi Oi: Vietnam’s New E-Commerce Aggregator

With the over 30 e-commerce competitors in Vietnam that I wrote about last month, from daily deals to vertical lingerie sites, it’s hard to get a hold on where the
Anh-Minh Do · · 2 min read