Wong (middle), Nur Farhidda (right) and Hii pose for a photo after winning the top three spots in Shopee’s first ever East Malaysia Entrepreneurs Challenge.
KUCHING: Shopee, the leading eCommerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan announced Janet Wong Yew Yiin as the Grand Prize winner of Shopee’s first ever East Malaysia Entrepreneurs Challenge which was held from September 25 to 30, 2017.
The seller whose online shop specialises in home and living category bagged an RM3,000 cash prize after placing first among 30 other selected entrepreneurs from Sabah and Sarawak.
“This is Shopee’s first time organizing an entrepreneurs challenge targeting East Malaysia, as we see great potential and growth for eCommerce in both Sabah and Sarawak which are important markets for us.
“Our aim is to encourage and enable entrepreneurs in East Malaysia to embrace the digital economy,” said Ian Ho, Shopee’s regional managing director in a statement yesterday.
For the East Malaysia Entrepreneurs Challenge, sellers were selected from over 60 participants who attended Shopee University, a series of in-depth tutorial modules crafted by Shopee to aid local entrepreneurs and businesses in setting up their online businesses.
This free entrepreneurial workshop series has been organized in 10 states across Malaysia, training more than 4,000 sellers to date. The judging criteria was based on several variables which included total sales, buyers rating as well as chat response rate on the Shopee App.
“I was very excited when I heard of the Entrepreneurs Challenge and I took it up because I wanted to expand my business not only in Sabah and Sarawak, but also across the whole of Malaysia,” said Wong.
Shopee has become the go-to platform for both buyers and sellers with its Free Shipping Programme across Malaysia and zero commissions incentives which provide cost savings to approximately four million users throughout Malaysia.
Meanwhile, Nur Farhidda Asmadi placed second with an RM1,500 cash prize while Judy Hii Lu King placed third with an RM500 cash prize.
The winners were announced at the Shopee’s Day Out Carnival which took place at Mango Tree Bistro, Kuching. During the event, more than 60 lucky Shopeeholics from Sabah and Sarawak were invited to enjoy Shopee’s first ever carnival organized in East Malaysia.
Earlier in March 2017, Shopee also organized its first ever Shopee Sellers Awards where a full-time housewife, Te Mei Hong, aged 39, was awarded the Seller of Year.
She sold baby products and had a sales record of close to RM1 million within the span of less than 2 years.
Shopee is the leading eCommerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan. It is a platform tailored for the region, providing customers with an easy, secure and fast online shopping experience through strong payment and logistical support.