Can Swan Daojia succeed where GoJek failed?
Like many Chinese companies, Swan Daojia (天鹅到家) had to suddenly shelve their IPO plans after Didi fell in trouble with Chinese government. Before this...
Alibaba restructures for a full-out assault on Meituan
While all the attention is on the regulatory crackdown on big tech companies in China, Alibaba has quietly announced the restructuring of its operations....
Shopee enters Korea (did it really though?)
Which country is in Shopee’s sights? While this unicorn is already the leading ecommerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, it has continued to...
Why hasn’t an app like Shopback appeared in China?
Most of us can agree that the tech scene is more developed in China than in Southeast Asia. Any startup that appeared in Southeast...
My experience building a rural ecommerce startup in Indonesia
This is a contributed article by Sonat Yalcinkaya (Kaya) and Vyani, co-founders of Shox Rumahan, one of the leading rural commerce startups in Indonesia....
Why do ecommerce platforms build their own payment?
Case in point: Payment can trigger flywheel of scale and customer retention
Indonesia’s e-money transactions reached US$14.1 billion, ShopeePay and OVO being the...
Momentum Works launched 'Blooming ecommerce in Indonesia Part 2.1: Payment' report
What Shop Local Saturday suggests about TikTok’s next move in ecommerce
We all know that TikTok is pushing aggressively into ecommerce in China while also setting ambitions globally, with Southeast Asia as a key focus...
Is Chinese-style e-commerce the way forward for Southeast Asian players like...
This commentary first appeared on the South China Morning Post. Republished here with permission. You can access the other commentaries from the author on the same...
When will the ecommerce fight in Indonesia end – Your questions...
Our Briefing on Blooming Ecommerce in Indonesia report last week generated a lot of interesting discussions during the Q&A phase. Questions were raised about...
