10.29.06
Posted in E-commerce at 6:12 pm by admin
Check out our interview with Malaysia new hip Internet 2.0 Magazine – SURF!
E-commerce: Has its time come?
- Kashminder Singh
Most businesses won’t touch an ecommerce venture with a pole these days. That’s a far cry from the days when every CEO was dreaming of building ecommerce fuelled empires. Those dream disappeared along with the Dotcom collapses some years ago.
Local companies that did go on to launch local ecommerce offerings have generally received a lukewarm response from Internet surfers. Quite a few planned large ventures did not take off and many ecommerce sites eventually closed down.
However things have changed a lot since then and the Internet is buzzing with all kinds of new application and initiatives. So is it finally time to go into ecommerce? Adrian Oh of Neowave says the answer to the question is a yes.
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10.28.06
Posted in Online Marketing at 12:50 am by admin
Months ago, we posted a RM150 worth of Google Adwords Coupon. Now we are back with more FREE Coupons! From none but the arch rival of Micro$oft vs Google.
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10.24.06
Posted in E-commerce, Online Marketing, Payment Gateway at 4:14 pm by admin
Jim Griffith, Dean of eBay University will be flying in to conduct a half day eBay University seminar in Malaysia at 12th November 2006. Venue is Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre Grand Ballroom 2.
Jim is an eBay evangelist, he educates people on everything from basic search tips to growing a serious business on eBay. He is also the author of The Official eBay Bible and host of eBay Radio.
So, does it mean that Ebay has finally paid attention to Malaysia? Is our local home-grown auction site, Lelong, at the risk of exile? Will Paypal support direct withdrawal to our local bank account anytime soon? There are a bunch of questions we believe the avid local ebay community would like to throw at him.
For those who don’t already know. eBay actually has a presence in Malaysia for almost 2 years already. It lets individuals and small businesses in Malaysia list and sell goods and services on the site for FREE. But somehow, they are not as popular as it supposed to be. When it comes to auction website, Lelong Malaysia apparently still take the lead, period. It’s not that Malaysian don’t sell online, just that most sellers choose to sell at eBay.com instead of eBay.com.my due to International Business Opportunity.
Whatever it may be, it’s good news for the local community. What Malaysia need now is more awareness and education on how auction, online payment, e-commerce store, selling online, SEO etc actually works and why the infrastructure in place is already secured enough. If eBay really start contribute certain resources here (hey, only if they see potential for profit, of course), it would spell good news for the local e-commerce industry as a whole.
Registration is open till 31 October 2006 only. So ladies and gentlmen, register NOW to grab your seat!
Other Resources:
Care to know more about Ebay Malaysia Community? Check out http://www.ebay.com.my/commDiscuss
Check out Jim’s interview with e-commerce-guide.com
http://www.ecommerce-guide.com/essentials/ebay/article.php/3550121
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10.19.06
Posted in E-commerce, Payment Gateway at 12:10 am by admin
PayPal very recently just announced payment support for 10 new currencies on top of existing 7 (US Dollars, Australian Dollars, Euros, Pounds Sterling, Canadian Dollars, Japanese Yen and Chinese RMB.)
Ok, is MYR (or normally known by Malaysian as RM) supported? Let’s take a look….
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10.06.06
Posted in E-commerce, Payment Gateway at 2:02 pm by admin
Check out Online Merchant network at http://www.onlinemerchantnetwork.com – a site built and maintained by PayPal for business users.
The objective is to create a place where merchants can network with each other and share useful information and advice. It covers topics like Online Payments, Growing Your Business, Security and Fraud and Operations and Finance which are of interest of all the online merchants.;
The site only just getting started. With over 100 million accounts, Paypal have a big enough community to capitalize on to make the new community site a success.
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