We're seeing more and more e-commerce startups set up shop in Greater Southeast Asia, as e-commerce is booming and is expected to reach $88B by 2025. The region is a mobile-first economy and it's not slowing down, accounting for over 70% of overall e-commerce traffic in 2017. While mobile use is skyrocketing, most of purchases are done on PCs or laptops and consumers spend nearly 2.5 hours shopping online every month.
There are two true e-commerce unicorns: #Lazada and #Tokopedia. "With a young population, high mobile penetration and just three percent of the region’s retail sales currently conducted online, we feel very confident to double down on Southeast Asia," says Lucy Peng, Lazada's Chairwoman. As for Tokopedia, the company took the e-commerce throne in Indonesia last year, with over 40% of respondents choosing Tokopedia as their most popular online shop. Many of the other unicorns in the region have a hand in the e-commerce industry as well.
VCs are riding the wave as e-commerce funding jumped x3 from 2016 to 2017, reaching nearly $8B, however most of the funding went towards unicorns in the region. Some notable VC names investing in Greater Southeast Asia are 500 Startups, Softbank Capital, Sequoia Capital, and Golden Gate Ventures.
E-commerce in Greater Southeast Asia is only expected to rise in the future. Stay tuned for more interesting startup news in the region by following AppWorks!
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We should take a deep look at the growth of ecommerce industry in Vietnam.
- In 2017, Chinese e-commerce company JD.com has invested US$44 million in Vietnamese online retailer Tiki.vn.
- In early 2018, Creador(a private equity firm from S/SE Asia) injected US$43.8 million into Vietnam’s largest electronics retailer Mobile World (The Gioi Di Dong).
Overall summarize from Tech in Asia, the Vietnamese ecommerce market revenue is growing fast, and the drivers behind the growth are:
1. Vietnam has the highest growth in mobile traffic in SE Asia.
- Vietnam enjoyed the steepest growth in mobile traffic across Southeast Asia at 26% over the past 12 months. Mobile traffic has grown by 19% on average, now accounting for 72% of the overall ecommerce traffic.
2. Vietnam’s ecommerce merchants are leaders in conversion rate.
- The average conversion rate in Vietnam is 30% higher than the SE Asian average. The popularity of online-to-offline model is the contributing factor in the rise of conversion rate in ecommerce in Vietnam. Consumers can examine the products in physical stores then make a purchase via a website or vice versa.
3. Bank transfer and COD are more popular payment methods.
- Vietnam has the highest number of merchants offering COD at 82%. Vietnamese merchants are also offering bank transfer and installment to encourage shoppers make higher-value transactions.
However, Vietnam is heading toward a cashless economy. Last year, the government introduced a cashless plan to reduce cash transactions, and in the upcoming years, cash payments will be subject to fees and credit card payments will come with discounts. This aims to encourage consumers to shop more online via non-cash transactions.
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