Xinhua, Phnom Penh :
Investors have turned their eyes to the e-commerce sector in Cambodia as more people in the Southeast Asian nation have access to the Internet, businessmen and commerce officials say.
Cheat Thilong, a marketing officer with a Phnom Penh-based shopping website Shop168, which was launched more than two years ago, said e-commerce outlets are mushrooming here due to the increasing numbers of Internet users.
“Two years ago, there were only a few business-to-customer (B2C) shopping websites in Cambodia, but now the number has reached almost 20,” he told Xinhua.
He said his online platform currently partners with 30 stores.
“E-commerce is going well, our sales on average grow about 10 percent every month,” he said, attributing the growth to the increasing number of Internet surfers and customer confidence in the company’s products and services.
The Shop168 sells products merely in Cambodia, said the merchant, adding that customers in Phnom Penh can pay cash on delivery, while customers in provinces are required to pay cash first via mobile payment company Wing, then the company will send the products to them via logistic company Viettel Post.
Figures from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications show that more than 5 million of the nearly 15-million population in Cambodia have obtained access to the Internet as of 2014, most of whom get online via smart phones.
Investors have turned their eyes to the e-commerce sector in Cambodia as more people in the Southeast Asian nation have access to the Internet, businessmen and commerce officials say.
Cheat Thilong, a marketing officer with a Phnom Penh-based shopping website Shop168, which was launched more than two years ago, said e-commerce outlets are mushrooming here due to the increasing numbers of Internet users.
“Two years ago, there were only a few business-to-customer (B2C) shopping websites in Cambodia, but now the number has reached almost 20,” he told Xinhua.
He said his online platform currently partners with 30 stores.
“E-commerce is going well, our sales on average grow about 10 percent every month,” he said, attributing the growth to the increasing number of Internet surfers and customer confidence in the company’s products and services.
The Shop168 sells products merely in Cambodia, said the merchant, adding that customers in Phnom Penh can pay cash on delivery, while customers in provinces are required to pay cash first via mobile payment company Wing, then the company will send the products to them via logistic company Viettel Post.
Figures from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications show that more than 5 million of the nearly 15-million population in Cambodia have obtained access to the Internet as of 2014, most of whom get online via smart phones.
