The New Revolution on 11street

11street's CEO, CHEONG Chia Chou also shared insights on the 8 key focus areas that the online marketplace will be focusing on in the near future.

11street (www.11street.my), one of the leading online marketplaces in Malaysia, is seeing a new revolution that will further enhance the user shopping experience and make significant contributions to the digital economy in Malaysia. This transformation comes on the heels of a strategic partnership between 11street and PUC Ventures Sdn Bhd. This partnership aims to tap into a broader digital world with the ease of integration and interoperability across platforms that cater to the country’s growing e-commerce sector.


Over the years, the Malaysian digital economy has witnessed an exponential growth with a total of 25 million internet users out of a 32 million total population. Presently, there are 15.2 million online shoppers in Malaysia who spend an average of RM321.15 annually. However, the online shopping user penetration rate is expected to rise from 51.4% in 2018 to 63.0% in 2022. To add to that, the e-commerce industry revenue is expected to show a compound annual growth rate (CAGR 2018 - 2022) of 17.9%, resulting in a market volume of over a trillion by 2022.

CEO of 11street, CHEONG Chia Chou said: “As everything in our world becomes digitalised, there is a need for a stronger e-commerce ecosystem where a customer’s physical digital journey can be fully integrated. Businesses are pushed to ride the wave of this rapid industry expansion to ultimately grow their businesses at a larger scale for better profitability and presence. The online marketplace in Malaysia can certainly be expected to grow at a swift speed in the coming years and the revamped 11street is reiterating our commitment to further contributing to the digital segment in our future plans.”


Upgrading the online shopping experience is more pertinent than ever with the growing user penetration and an internet penetration of 85.7% amongst Malaysians. 11street’s goal is to create a seamless and integrated customer shopping experience as well as to emphasise business development for their sellers that will increase their capability and capacity of running their businesses. Some of 11street’s key focus areas for the near future include:


* Payment Options
As we move towards the cashless payment trend in Malaysia, more and more users are preferring online transfer and credit or debit cards as a payment method when shopping online. The revamped 11street will be implementing a variety of payment options including e-wallet services such as Boost and Presto that are both seamless and convenient to use.



* Shopper Experience
To better enhance the site experience and address customers’ concerns in a timely manner, 11street will be rolling out a live chat function with in-house customer service for shoppers.

* Logistics
As with any online business, logistics are a crucial aspect of ensuring an ecommerce business runs smoothly. 11street aims to help their sellers enhance their business operations to improve the speed, cost and quality of their product deliveries.

* Mobile App
11street will be introducing a new user-friendly mobile app with minimal hassle to make purchases with the growing array of payment options enabled within the app. The online marketplace is also looking into setting up an influencer and celebrity store that comes with product reviews for a holistic shopper experience.

* O2O Commerce
11street will also enable convenient e-voucher sales management for sellers as well as consumer-friendly and innovative methods of purchasing products online which include QR code purchases and redemption.

* Official Stores
The online marketplace will also be re-launching official stores with enhanced features, look and feel to promote authenticity as well as supporting their sellers with after-sale service to draw in long-term customers.

* Micro Social influencers
This added feature will boost promotional outcomes and create an effective promotion and rewards channel for sellers and businesses by leveraging on the community of micro social influencers.

* Global Trade
11street will support their sellers by taking measures to evolve into a hub for overseas buying and selling through cross border trade which will boost SME growth while introducing these sellers to a world of opportunities.


CHEONG said: “We are really looking forward to the next phase of our growth and transformation as it focuses on continuously providing more benefits to both our customers and sellers. We want our customers to have the best possible experience when shopping with us and purchasing from highly efficient and trusted merchants. We are also dedicated to providing support to local sellers through development programs and upgrades to our system that will make running their businesses even smoother. This is a significant beginning for us and we’re excited to explore and push boundaries in e-commerce to better contribute to our digital economy.”


11street is kicking off their next phase with the launch of their Sayangi Malaysia campaign that promises exclusive deals and awesome giveaways from August 6 to September 30. With the support of brands such as Abbott, Chicco, Dale & Cecil, Dettol, Mamy Poko, Mead Johnson, Nestle, Samsung, Senheng, Skechers, Super and Watsons, 11street customers can look forward to
buy 1 free 1 deals and flash deals below RM61 on the online marketplace. Shoppers also have the benefit of product discounts of up to 88% and free shipping for all. 11street is also offering customers fantastic holiday and travel deals that are not to be missed out on. Visit www.11street.my to find out more.

About 11street (www.11street.my)
11street is a trustworthy and convenient online marketplace that offers a great variety of products at competitive prices. It strives to revolutionise consumer’s online shopping experience by making it more personalised and engaging. 11street has a diverse selection of product categories which are tagged on Fashion, Electronics, Groceries, Health & Beauty, Kids & Baby, Leisure & Sports, Home & Living, and Books & Services including e-vouchers. 11street is also an optimised marketplace where its merchandising ecosystem, education, and training programs can fully support sellers regardless of the size of their business. Established in Korea since 2008, 11street is now one of the top global e-commerce marketplaces with 400,000 sellers serving over 30million consumers worldwide. 11street in Malaysia is operated by Celcom Planet Sdn. Bhd. – a joint venture between Axiata Digital Services Sdn. Bhd., SK Planet Ltd, and PUC Ventures Sdn. Bhd. For more information, visit www.11street.my


About PUC Ventures Sdn Bhd
Established on 13 April 2018, PUC Ventures Sdn Bhd (“PUCV”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PUC Berhad ("PUC"). As an investment holding company, PUCV identifies opportunities through the investment or acquisition of equity interests with strategic alliances or joint ventures. PUCV’s target segments are companies which are primarily engaged in electronic commerce (“eCommerce”) businesses, electronic payment services, financial services, technological services, and related businesses which are synergistic and complementary to the existing businesses of PUC and its subsidiaries.


About Axiata Digital
Axiata Digital Services (Axiata Digital), the digital services arm of Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata), was established to support the increasingly digital lifestyle of Axiata consumers. In four years, this portfolio now consists of 18 digital brands focused on digital financial services (e-wallets, remittance, micro-insurance and micro-lending), digital advertising and platform services focused on API’s (Application Programming Interface) among which are Apigate, Boost, ada, BIMA, 11street and StoreKing. For more information, please visit www.axiatadigital.com.

Buying the Right Yacht for a Good Price

Will you be starting to shop around for a yacht in the near future? If this is the case, you need to be very careful how you spend your money. Yachts come in a very wide price range. You need to be very certain what you will be getting for your money. You should not be in a hurry to make your purchase. Take the time you need to educate yourself about all of the biggest companies that make yachts. Find out why some models are more popular than others. Here are some tips that will make buying a yacht a much easier process.

1. Go to some boat shows in your area.

Boat shows are a very easy and convenient way for you to get in contact with yacht dealers and the companies that actually make the boats. There will be representatives for all of the biggest dealers and most popular yacht brands. They will be able to answer all of your questions about the performance and features that each yacht has. You can also schedule a test drive of any yacht that you are interested in. Check online to find out when the next boat show is coming to your town.

2. Get the advice of other yacht owners.

It would be in your best interests to speak to people who have already gone through the process of buying a yacht. See if these people can recommend any reputable Florida yacht brokers to you. Find out why these people settled on the yacht they eventually wound up buying. Ask them if they encountered any negative experiences while they were shopping for a yacht. You should try to learn from the mistakes these people made.

3. Always compare prices from multiple yacht dealers.

There can sometimes be a very wide gap in the prices charged by different yacht dealers for the same boat. This is why you owe it to yourself to shop around for the lowest price. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by doing this. You would be foolish not to.

Juggling life of mom of two boys and blogging

It's been quite sometimes since I blog about my juggling life as a mom of two boys. Busy in and out of the home to fetch my children from school and also for tuition centers. It's not easy tasks as there's no replacement which time is consumed and immediate action needed for example. Right after school to send to tuition so in the car, he has to eat and changed before going to tuition class. How many transporter or rider would you think that will do this? I don't think there's any especially there's need to change of uniform in car.

There's need of homework guidance and teaching them on study and tough questions to answer on Sean's paperwork. Though I have paid the tuition center to let him to learn but then the tuition center given the papers to him which he is not sure of how to answer, so I need to help him out to answer and also asking him to read and think. It's no longer UPSR but PPSR examination. Chinese papers are not easy and it's even tougher for me as I am not good with Mandarin.

If there's invitation for family events or single invite to events, I would need to think twice or triple about it as I need to consider my children's first. Whether the timing and venue are suitable for me to attend or not and whether I have time for my children or not. It's not easy so most of the time, I would let go the chances.

Sometimes the venue and time are suitable for me, consider it some me time that I can get away for a while before fetching them. Well, never forget mom duties of course and also doing what I love. I am happy that some brands are willing to send me their products for review knowing that I have busy parenting schedule.  I got invited for media trip as well but I got to let it go as I need to fetch my children, both of them now in Standard 1 and Standard 6, important stage of education in Primary School. I always advice/encourage them to read more, write more and speak more in languages. It's always easy to say than doing it.

Besides blogging and social media, I have also started Youtube, you can check out my latest video. Feel free to subscribe to my video.  There's lot to learn in editing and it's a handful of challenge in life, so just doing what I enjoy til I am bored and lose interest of it. In mean time I love what I am doing and keeping it up when I have the time.

How about you?

HiShop online store suspended?

Good afternoon, I received an email that HiShop has been suspended? I even checkout the website of HiShop, truly from 1st July their retail operation has been suspended.

About Shopstylers I don't recall I take part in their Affiliate Program and they kept emailing me spam email. Just in time, after getting this email I have unsubscribed from them too.

Announcement for .....

Hello ....... HiShop will suspend its retail operation effective July 1st 2015, therefore our HiShop Affiliate Program will be suspended as well.  We would also like to take this opportunity to let you know that there will be more merchants joining Shopstylers in the future.  We'll keep you posted.

Ladies beware if you are in the mall alone

Warning this post special for ladies who are in the mall alone. It might an old news or it's been going on in other places as well. It's important to take note of your surrounding and people around you.

Today I was in the mall, this is one of my favourite mall where I go often. It is Sunway Pyramid, I was going to the event then I notice someone following me. It started on the bench out side the outlet Kitschen. I seated where the guy also seated, I open my bag to put in the items I have shopped. As I am going to Sunway Convention Center. It was not obvious at first but it started when I going up escalator, he too following from behind. From there, I find it suspicious so I walk further more, he just keep following me. Then until a stall nearby the egg stall, I purposely go there to stand there at the stall, he was coming and then he spotted me. He's wearing casual, and holding cell phone in his hand all the time. He noticed that I saw him, he didn't want to walk towards me, instead he goes back the escalator to go down then pretend looking up to see if I was looking at him. Well, I did in fact I pointed to my friend that I bumped into that that's the guy who was following me.

Anyway before I heading back home. Another guy started following me, he was wearing casual with a sling bag across his shoulder, first he was walking side by side with me then he walk further bit and turn to look at me again. Then he goes a nearby shop to stand like he is looking at something, so I continue walk towards the end of the fashion street. Then I stand nearby the pink shop, I go nearer the escalator pretending looking down the blue concourse. So he spotted me knowing he was around. He walk into Aeon and then he turn to see if I am still there. Well, I am still standing near the escalator outside Asean Avenue Street.

So this incident happened, today not once but twice.

Last night I was outside TGV Cinemas Sunway Pyramid, there were two guys standing there. He saw I am alone then he come to me for donation money.

It can be happening anywhere anytime, so just watch your back!

About guy approach asking for donation money with the card they have in card, it also happened to me once in Guardian at Midvally. But not the same guy, and when I show no interest look, he faster keep back the card in the pocket and walk away.

Another time at KTM Midvalley, when I was going down the escalator, a lady was there and her friends. They started giving out lucky draw cards saying that you are lucky today, scratch your card to see what you have win today?! I refuse to do so, the guy then angry and saying you need to scratch what you have win. I didn't do so and he ask to return the card.

Winner for Energizer – Aeon Big Football Fiesta 2014‏

Dear Sir/Madam,

Congratulations.

It is our pleasure to announce that you are one of the 4^th prize winners for the above consumer contest held at Aeon Big from 23^rd May to 7^th July, 2014.

Please be advised that we will be delivering the prize to you within 2 weeks from this email date, via courier.

 Above is my winner, lets wait for the courier. :D

It's my first time to win prize from Aeon Big.

I just try my luck for the contest since I was buying the batteries. I bought the batteries and filled the form then attached the receipt with it. Then I drop the contest form in the box in the Aeon Big mall.