Blogs

Lessons Learned from Running a Group Buying Business in the Philippines

http://vimeo.com/channels/digitalfilipino/22536302 Eddie Lee, Co-Founder of first group buying site in the Philippines - Buyanihan (buyanihan.com), shared his experience, lessons learned, and challenges in running a group buying site in the Philippines. A man with a vision. Eddie shared the importance of social media, transparency, and strategy to ramp up this "deal or...

State of Internet and Mobile Commerce Market Growth in the Philippines 2010

http://vimeo.com/channels/digitalfilipino/22335045 Donald Lim, managing director of MRM Worldwide shared the latest e-commerce data comparing market developments from 2009 to 2010. Despite growth being flat in this period, Donald shows optimism for 2011 while encouraging market players to address the issue of trust. Donald presented this at the DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit 2010. Handouts are available...

E-Commerce Lessons Learned in Indonesia

http://vimeo.com/channels/digitalfilipino/22283603 Shinta Dhanuwardoyo (twitter.com/shintabubu), founder of Bubu.com, gave an overview on e-commerce developments in Indonesia and major players worth noting. Shinta presented this at the DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit 2010. Handouts are available to members of the DigitalFilipino Club (e-commercephilippines.com).

Philippine E-Commerce: Preferred Marketplaces and Payment Method

http://vimeo.com/channels/digitalfilipino/22287217 Bjorn Pardo, CEO of Xend Business Solutions (xend.com.ph) shared results of their research showing buy and sell behaviors of merchants and their customers. Bjorn highlighted how Facebook is gradually being used by merchants to sell online when the site was primarily designed as a social network and vast majority going offline...