A Singapore-based tech startup has created an app allowing one to establish an online store within minutes, without need of technical wizardry and practically for free.
The no-brainer app can handle inventory, manage orders and sales, track updates and store movements and proven its overall practicality that celebrities like Nadine Lustre who dabbles in online selling uses the app in her online business.
Shopboxo, the app, is a forever free online platform that allows MSMEs to build online stores using designer crafted templates in literally a matter of minutes, even with little or no technical know-how.
Store owners can showcase their brands and products, accept online payments, and arrange delivery, all from the convenience of a smartphone app or a web interface.
Stores can be built in literally minutes, and are ready to accept every major method of online payment seamlessly in a matter of days.
On the customer side, it provides an experience that is just as convenient as any well-known online store or market.
The app already powers more than 70,000 online stores across industries from fashion to food and beverage and others.
“Feedback from our merchants is that they increase their revenue by up to 30 percent after launching their online stores on Shopboxo,” says Shopboxo CEO Kaniyet Rayev.
“Merchants can reduce time spent on operations of their stores by 50 percent with Shopboxo Order, Inventory and Product Management,” he adds.
Funded among others globally by Google’s Gradient Ventures, Shopboxo already has strong local partnerships, notably with leading local e-wallet GCash. Shopboxo is also partnered with logistics providers such as Ninja Van, Lalamove and GrabExpress.
Shopboxo built stores can pay with all the leading e-wallets, and major credit or debit cards, then arrange for delivery all without leaving the store of the Shopboxo client merchant.
“Being able to easily create and use a website is perfect for MSMEs like us,” says Shopboxo merchant Justin Ang, co-founder of Dear Pets, a premium pet lifestyle store.
“With more time to focus on operations and our customers, we saw a 34 percent increase in sales and a 22 percent increase in basket value within the first two weeks of using Shopboxo,” he adds.
The app is a forever free and user-friendly app and web-based online store builder with integrated online payment, inventory management, order tracking, and delivery functions.
It is a product of Appboxo, a Singapore-based Series-A technology start-up backed by top venture capital firms such as RTP Global, Google’s Gradient Ventures, Founders Fund, and Antler.
