News & Reviews:   online shopping

Facebook is always looking for ways it can leverage its large user base. For example, there is the Facebook Shops feature released last year, which is a shopping platform. Instagram has something familiar and the company is looking to improve on it.

As of 2020, iPay88 (M) Sdn Bhd recorded an impressive 4.1 million e-wallet transactions. Compared with 2019, the growth is six times more than before and this due to the pandemic period. So to continue serving the growing online community better, iPay88 has partnered with Shopee and ShopeePay will be part of iPay88 from now onwards. 

As you might've noticed, online shopping has become one of the beloved features on Facebook nowadays. Compared to platforms like Shopee and Lazada, buying things on Facebook is relatively riskier as it doesn't have a comprehensive online shopping system. Therefore, we have come across different kinds of news reporting how the buyers fell into the traps set by scammers. Today, we are here to share with you what are the ways or methods that you can follow when you want to purchase products on Facebook to avoid being scammed. 

Today, Shopee Malaysia introduced a new payment feature called SPayLater. As the name suggests, a Shopee user can buy an item and pay later via instalment fees within six months. If this is the kind of payment you like, read one more below to see how it works.

Pandamart recently held a virtual tour of one of their 25 Pandamart dark stores showing off their wide range of groceries, body care products, cosmetics, fresh produce and more. While they’ve been open since July 2020, Pandamart will soon expand in Seremban, Melaka and Ipoh with plans to expand everywhere in Malaysia (including East Malaysia) to be implemented next year in 2021. Deliveries are offered under 20 minutes through FoodPanda riders using the FoodPanda app in their stores section.

When it comes to social media platforms, Instagram is one of the most popular globally and even in Malaysia. That's probably why Facebook is adding a new way for reaching out to its large user base with two new features - Reels and Shop.

In just a few hours ago, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg officially announced that Facebook Shops will roll out on the platform today. According to his Facebook post, the initiative is to help SMEs to start a shop online and sell their things directly on Facebook. In other words, this will sort of work like Lazada and Shopee where customers can view the products, purchase, and even read the company's goals and vision.

While staying home during the movement control order, online shopping is one of the things we cling to nowadays. With that being said, we are here to announce that Shopee is coming back with another sale that you can’t resist on 4th April! The 4.4 Shopee Brands Festival will be happening on that day with some of the items that you might have been longing for on sale. No matter if it’s a smartphone or a smartwatch that you’re planning to get, you should definitely check out the sale on 4.4!

With the recent announcement of the movement restriction by the Malaysia Government, it was announced that food stores and food supply will still be running as usual. However, many are still more concern than ever with this announcement, as they don't feel comfortable going out to buy any food grocery.

Usher in this Chinese New Year with the Shopee Kongsi Fa Chai celebration. Starting from today till the 6th of February 2019, expect to catch amazing deals, offers, giveaways and social media contests on the shopping platform. Keep an eye out for these dates: 14th to 16th of January and 22nd till 24th of January as festival themed sales will make an appearance such as CNY Essentials Festivals, Shocking Sale Festival, Shopee Mall Festival, Cashback Festival and CNY Mega Festival.