Online traffic on Thanksgiving Day 2012 increased
Experian Information Solutions, Inc. (Experian), a marketing services provider based in US said Thanksgiving Day online traffic increased 71 per cent this year if compared with 2011 while the tip 500 retailers’ site received more than 181 million total visits by US. The top five online retailers, Amazon, Walmart, Target, Best Buy and Sears experienced positive traffic growth on Thanksgiving Day 2012 versus 2011. by Alice...
GetRanked receives MSC status from MDeC
GetRanked, an e-commerce solution provider which has more than 10 years of experience in SEO, web development and social media marketing, today announced it has been awarded MSC status by the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC). The company will be relocated to one of the designated areas for MSC status companies, to continue offers their exceptional and economical e-commerce solutions and services to clients at new location. by...
Sabah Entrepreneur Day Summit 2012 held for first time in KK
In conjunction with Texpo Asia 2012 (Technology and Entrepreneur Expo), Sabah West Coast Entrepreneur Network Association (SEA) hosted its first Sabah Entrepreneur Day Summit 2012 (SEED) today at 1Borneo Grand Ballroom, Kota Kinabalu, aiming to awaken the spirit of entrepreneurship around Sabah, to connect entrepreneurs in various sectors and to develop the culture of on-going learning and sharing. The summit was kicked start at...
CyberAgent invests Indonesia’s Bilna.com
Japan’s Venture Capital firm CyberAgent Ventures (CA), Inc. announced they have invested in PT. Bilna through CA Asia Internet Fund, L.P. PT Bilna is an Indonesian startup which sells baby care and kids products online at www.bilna.com and was founded by Ferry Tenka and Eka Himawan on 23 July 2012. This investment is the second investment of CA in Indonesia after investment in Tokopedia, the leading Indonesia’s online shopping market...
SEA runs first technology expo in KK
Sabah West Coast Entrepreneur Network Association (SEA) launched its first event, Technology & Entrepreneur Expo (TEXPO Asia 2012) together with MAD Incubator at 1Borneo Grand Ballroom, Kota Kinabalu today. The event was officiated by K Juslly Elis, Director of Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission. TEXPO Asia 2012 is a unique international platform which targeting four areas: Entrepreneurship, Technology, Funding and...
Hinet Media launches easy startup e-commerce solution package
Hinet Media, one of the major e-commerce solution providers in the country has introduced its new e-commerce solution package which only priced at one-time fee of RM168. The package is inclusive of the leading local online payment solution – MOLPay and 2 hours of e-commerce training class. The founder of Hinet Media, Frost Chen commented that this marketing initiative aims to help small and medium-sized businesses to venture into...
Tarad.com eyeing 4,000 – 5,000 shops with Bt1 million revenue by 2017
Tarad.com, Thailand’s largest e-commerce platform expected to create 4,000 to 5,000 shops in Tarad.com’s premium mall with THB1 million (RM99,450) in sales revenue by 2017, its managing director Pawoot Pongvitayapanu said. According to Pawoot, currently they have more than 200,000 online merchants selling over 3 million products and 1,400 online merchants at its premium mall selling 300,000 item. They manage to attract 2 million...
Social e-commerce helps to drive local charity
Through the “Be The Difference” campaign which ran from Oct 29 to Nov 11 by Groupon Malaysia, Universe Malaysia Organization and GRIM Film, funds were raised for the daily expenses and development of the charity homes and NGOs through the power of social e-commerce. According the Joel Neoh, Groupon Southeast Asia and India general manager, the objectives of the campaign are to encourage Malaysians to help charity and to prove...
Year End Sale for .my domain name
MYNIC Berhad, a .my domain registry is going to run a year end sale from 1 Dec until 31 Dec 2012. During this period, all .my domain name new registration will enjoy 30% discount. For more information, kindly visit www.mynic.my. by Alice Lee
Skype offers business opportunities for small businesses through its platform
Skype, a Microsoft company launched its new online platform, namely Skype in the workspace (SITW) for small businesses to instantly connect with more than 280 million users across the globe, who could be their potential customers, partners and supplier, in developing their business. Uraal Cebeci, head of SMB Marketing at Skype said that they believe the shared network can help millions of businesses to connect each other regardless...
