Current consumer ecommerce weather report for Manila in Dec., 2016 …
End-users are wary of Facebook Pages commissions on retail listings, and “meh” on ebay for the same reason.
So they’re going with Shopee, which is ad-supported, and Carousell.
Shoppee is owned by the Garena Group of Singapore. They have registered country-specific top-level domains (TLDs) for each Asian country supported.
How Shopee works:
- buyers and sellers download iPhone or Android mobile app or use web site to upload and view listings
- Shoppee Customer Support, local to each Asian country, approves photos
- buyers and sellers can apply for free shipping
- Shoppee shows ad banners for $$$$.
Garena’s Shopee could be on its way to beating Carousell in Asia