Technology News From The Philippines
Shoppers spent a total of more than 420 million minutes on the platform, while consumers also launched the app an average of 7 times per day, which is twice compared to a normal day.
One Filipino seller recorded more than 75,000 orders within 24 hours.
2020 marked a momentous year of growth for Shopee as it was the year that consumers increasingly turned to e-commerce for their everyday needs as they spent more time at home.
Through an open letter, over 150 diverse groups called on online shopping sites to take concrete steps to cut their packaging footprint as the country and whole world grapple with increasing plastic waste and pollution crisis.
Shopee said it sold 1.6 million items were sold in an hour in Metro Manila at the peak of November 11.
The malicious app visits smartphone app stores, downloads, and launches applications and leaves fake reviews on behalf of the user, all while hiding itself from the device owner.
As long as you’re browsing through a legitimate online store, the security of your personal data should be the last of your concerns.
In the Philippines, 16.04% of children have attempted to visit or actually visited online retail sites based on data from Kaspersky in 2018-2019, up from only 0.74% in 2017-2018.
