MORE WOMEN ARE RUNNING ONLINE BUSINESS AT HOME

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GOVERNMENT ADOPTS E-COMMERCE TO CREATE MORE JOBS IN THE COUNTRY

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PAYPAL MALAYSIA INKED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MALAYSIA NATIONAL CARRIER

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MORE PEOPLE WANT TO SELL ONLINE IN THE COUNTRY

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MOBILE BANKING INCREASING IN MALAYSIA

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3 “PHISHING” SUSPECTS UNDER INVESTIGATION

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BEWARE OLYMPICS RELATED SCAM

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BTA MARKETS SABAH AND SARAWAK TOURISM ONLINE

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HKTDC ONLINE MARKETPLACE HELPS MALAYSIAN SMES REACH GLOBAL BUYERS

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AN IDEAL ESTORE OPENS FOR MALAYSIA’S LEGO FANS

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MALAYSIA’S APPLE ITUNES STORE LAUNCHED

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MANAGEPAY TEAMS UP WITH VISA AND MAYBANK IN E-PAYMENT

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OVER 20 E-COMMERCE EXPERTS SHARING KNOWLEDGE IN KL THIS JULY

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LOCUS-T OFFERING E-COMMERCE SERVICES VIA INTERSPIRE

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AEON CREDIT AIMING TO ISSUE MORE CREDIT CARDS

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Nation's Largest Virtue Mall Launched

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TM launched its online market place for content

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Maybank and Borderlinx make Malaysian shops easily at U.K and U.S online stores

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Japan E-Commerce Giant enters Malaysia E-Commerce market

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Malaysia's Online Shopping in growing

The MasterCard Worldwide Online Shopping Survey that conducted last year revealed the number of people who shopped online in Malaysia grows from 55 per cent in 2010 to 67 per cent in 2011. According to MasterCard Worldwide statement, Malaysian is more confident to buy product or service online, compared with last year. Only 36 per cent of the survey respondents were concerned about the security while 39 per cent in year 2010. It may due to the enhancement in payment security such as 3D Secure (Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode).

Mobile shopping is also slowly gaining traction in Malaysia with 25 per cent of the respondents made transactions through their mobile phone in the past three months. No doubt, mobile phone is rising rapidly as the device of choice for Asia shoppers in emerging markets.

Source: Business Time (16/5/2012)

Different experience of virtual shopping in Malaysia

Have you heard about HomePlus in Korea? Let see the following video first:

Is it awesome? Definitely and it help to save our time and money. Can find this in Malaysia? Of course YES.

Last month, Burj Asia Corporation (M) Sdn Bhd has launched their mobile commerce solution which enable retailers to be HomePlus in Malaysia at minimal fee. With its solution named Snap2Get, the Malaysian can use their smart phone to buy products and services virtually from the participating merchants or retailers. How this works for buyer?

1. First you need to have a smart phone with data plan subsription (or internet connection). 
2. Just turn on the QR Code reader application (Don't have? You need to install it into your smart phone and you can try QR Code Reader apps such as NeoReader and Redlaser). 
3. Use QR Code Reader to scan the QR Code of the product or service that you would like to buy.
4. Provide your personal details and shipping address.
5. Make payment by credit card or other available payment option.
6. Then just wait for your product to be delivered to your door step.

Cool right? Go to www.snap2get.my to give it a try!

Finally MOL offers online payment service named MOLPay

On 10th of May, 2012 Malaysian Electronic Clearing Corporation Sdn Bhd (MyClear), a subsidiary wholly onwed by Bank Negara Malaysia appoints MOLPay Sdn Bhd (MOLPay) as its first non-back acquirer of its Financial Process Exchange (FPX) service for online merchants. With this appointment, the Malaysian online seller able to implement online payment easily and securely by offering their online buyer to use Internet Banking service (such as Maybank2u, CIMB Clicks, etc.) to purchase their products or services online.

MOL Global Group (MOL), one of the largest internet companies in South East Asia ventures into online payment business after acquired NBePay, the first online payment service in Malaysia last year. MOL also owns MOL Access Portal and the pioneer social network, Friendster.

According to Group CEO of MOL Global during the signining ceremony, MOLPay will penetrate into other 4 countries by end of 2013, to become the leading online payment service provider in South East Asia. Besides, MOLPay also announced that they are going to launch physical payment, a payment services allowed online buyer to buy online but pay cash at participating MOL points centres such as 7-11 convenience store, POPULAR book store and cyber cafes. MOLPay believes this first physical payment service in Malaysia able to contribute to the growth of E-Commerce in Malaysia. Also, its physical payment services covers Singapore market via 7-11 convenience store, Singapore Posts and AXS kiosks.

iPay88 did very well in the past few years compared with NBePay. But, will iPay88 be defeated due to the rise of MOLPay? I noticed some iPay88 existing merchants have started to switch to use MOLPay. No doubt, MOLPay overall is better than iPay88 based my own personal research and the name of iPay88 is to "chinese" style and may not suitable for global expansion.

More transactions made via Debit Card in Malaysia

According to the recent report from Business Times, is about RM400 million transaction made via debit card in the country last year (grow about 21%) while credit card contributes RM2 billion transaction. The debit card transaction is forecasted to grow 30 percent (30%) this year. Maybank issued most debit card in Malaysia which taking 55 percent (55%) of the local debit card market share (or has over 8 million card holders) and also taking 35 percent (35%) of the local credit card market share.

PosLaju Eyeing E-Commerce market

Today Pos Malaysia launched the PosLaju Prepaid Box and Prepaid Envelope in Plaza Shah Alam, Selangor at 12.00pm. The new products are convenient and cost efficient way for customers to send their items (by Prepaid Box) and documents (by Prepaid Envelope) without the hassle of figuring out the volumetric calculation for the postage. These new products are to cater for the demand from online business entrepreneurs in terms of providing convenient and cost efficient shipping solutions. I am glad that Pos Malaysia taking the innitiative to help online sellers in logistic service, which always is one of the biggest challenges to someone is selling physical goods over the internet.

PosLaju Prepaid Box are available in three sizes while PosLaju Prepaid Envelope are in two sizes with the following details:

(a) PosLaju Prepaid Box

• Box S (RM13.00) - Size: 80mm x 250mm x 340mm; Weight Limit: 2 kg
• Box M (RM20.00) - Size: 150mm x 250mm x 340mm; Weight Limit: 5 kg
• Box L (RM30.00) - Size: 200mm x 320mm x 380mm; Weight Limit: 10 kg

(b) PosLaju Prepaid Envelope

• Envelope S (RM6.00) - Size: 200mm x 280mm; Weight Limit: 500 gm
• Envelope L (RM9.00) - Size: 320mm x 380mm; Weight Limit: 1 kg 

The Prepaid Envelope comes with plastic bubble padding for added protection, is different from the Pos Express Envelope. Believe the new product by Pos Malaysia can help E-commerce merchants or online sellers (who are selling physical items) to ship their item without worry about the item weight and at lower cost. According to Pos Malaysia staff, if you use Prepaid S (with  2kg limit), they still allow you to ship 2.2kg items as long as your item can be put inside the box. Does it sound cool? But, if any damage or loss of the items within the PosLaju Prepaid Box or Prepaid Envelope that exceeded the maximum weight limit, PosLaju will not be responsible for any refumd.

How to get this cool product?

You can purchase it at Pos Malaysia outlets, PosLaju outlets as well as sales aget (MBE and Ikobana)

Where can sellers post the Prepaid Box and Envelope?

No pickup service provided by this product. You need to post it in Pos Malaysia outlets, PosLaju outlets and selected sales agents.

What is the delivery standard?

These products will be treated as Next Day Delivery (NDD) service. The NDD service covers selected areas which includes major towns and cities. For areas not covered under NDD service, the delivery will take an additional one to three working days.

Definitely, this is a good news for E-Commerce industry in Malaysia and the online sellers can be benefited through PosLaju lower shipping fee charged. For more info about these two new products, please visit www.poslaju.com.my.

Interbase Resources appoints CardPay as its online payment service provider for credit card

Interbase Resources or commonly known as LELONG agreed to use CardPay payment solution, staretd this year. CardPay is an international online payment system provider which has set up sales and operation office recently in Kuala Lumpur to capture Malaysia E-Commerce market. This partnership enable the users of Interbase Resources online market place to pay online via Visa and MasterCard for any goods, including electronics, appliances, books, DVD, perfumes and other products

Now Malaysian can purchase virtual good for Electronic Arts and Playfish social games easily

Recently, MOL AccessPortal Sdn Bhd (MOL) has formed partnership with Electronic Arts (EA) to distribute prepaid game cards which can be use to purchase virtual goods for EA and Playfish social games  such as The Sims Social, Pet Society, Restaurant City and EA Sports Fifa superstars.The said prepaid game cards will be distributed via online system and retail channel including 7-Elevem stores, cubercafes which MOL affiliated and Maybank2u.

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AsiaPay also in debit payment war zone now

AsiaPay, one of providers of Internet and mobile payment services and technologies in Asia has launched "PayDollar Debit" payment services which enable merchants to accept and collect online real-time debit payments from consumers in Asia, Australia and New Zealand via bank accounts, debit cards, e-wallets and prepaid products.

This comprehensive payment services can process payments from China UnionPay, AliPay, 99Bil, PPS, FPX, BancNet, Globe GCash, Smart Money, POLi, Bangkok Bank, Bank of Ayudhya, TMB Bank, United Overseas Bank, Siam Commercial Bank and Krung Thai Bank account holders.

Since AsiaPay also operated in Malaysia, local merchants able to utilize AsiaPay services to target other countries debit account holders.Will this create challenges to local payment service provider like iPay88 and MOLPay?

Please click here to view the press release of PayDollar Debit Payment

Malaysia Broadband Penetration Rate Increased to 62% last year

The broadband penetration rate in Malaysia was increased from 54 percent in 2010 to 62% lasy year which means 400 million households are subscribing broadband services. The local government forecasted that the penetration rate will reach 75% by 2015.

The broadband penetration rate is relatively low (below 50%) in the states such as Pahang, Kelantan, Sabah and Sarawak. The government is putting effort in building necessary infrastucture in the mentioned states such as set up wireless Internet (WiFi) village. In fact, there are 1,400 WiFi villages in the country, mostly in the state of Perlis, Sabah and Sarawak.

The government has allocated a total of RM1 billion for "a Malaysian laptop" program. Under this program, the government want to give 100 million of laptops to the student, to boost up the broadband penetration in Malaysia. Believe the execellent service will bring huge economic boost, including to enhance competitiveness, strengthen the confidence of domestic and foreign investors and also acts as a transmission medium for information and knowledge. 

Reference: ChinaPress

The lowest cost to start selling online

Believe a lot of want to start their own online business to gain some extra or part time income. But, initial capital may become the first obstacle to the new e-entrepreneur. If you want to sell products online, definitely you need to source some products from the supplier for online selling and capital required here, unless the supplier willing to support you by offering information and special pricing without asking you to stock in first. I would say it hardly to happen provided the supplier is your relative or good friend.

Without capital, can I still start selling online and make some passive income? The answer is YES.

How? 

Selling E-book is your choice. An electronic book or e-book is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both and produced on published through and readable on computer s or other devices. You can write, publish and sell your own e-book through online. The investment is your time only.

What to write?

Try to write something that you think people will read - this is called market demand, such as "how to stop smoking", "how to lose weigh" and please don't write about your lifestyle! Who want to know more about you? Unless you are politicians, sportmen or celebrities. The languages of the e-book doesn't matter and of course English version of e-book will have bigger market compared with other languages.