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The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated the boom in Malaysia's e-commerce landscape, shares General Manager, Carousell Malaysia Tang Siew Wai with New Straits Times. "Many brick and mortar businesses have already started pivoting online and many more will follow suit in order to sustain their businesses. Even traditional business offering services (e.g. air-conditioner repairs, CCTV installers etc) and our beloved mamak food stalls are having an online presence at Carousell now," said Siew Wai.
Our cofounder Lucas Ngoo shares about our business—growth, challenges, trends, and future plans—with Malaysian radio station BFM 89.9.
The most important thing for start-up founders is to focus on solving problems for their end users, shared our co-founder Lucas Ngoo in an interview with Taiwan-based start-up community AppWorks. He noted that there are segments of businesses that people need more than ever during this pandemic, and founders can look at where there are untapped needs or problems they can solve better. Founders can then pivot their business and grow from there. Lucas also shares more about how Carousell is adapting to Covid-19 situation, and the start-up environment in Taiwan.
Carousell Property is officially launched in Hong Kong! Available as a standalone category on the Carousell app, you can conveniently browse various types of property listings (residential, industrial, overseas etc), home services, furniture, and appliances. We have brought several partners onto the platform, including Midland Realty, one of the largest real estate agencies in Hong Kong; Sakura Global, an overseas real estate firm; Going Moving, a dedicated house moving expert; and Metro Workshop, a coworking space. Whether you are a homeowner, property agent, developer or an individual looking to rent, the one-stop platform makes the process easy and seamless. Carousell Property is also available in Singapore and the Phillippines.
Siaw Young, our Senior Software Engineer working on Core Technology Group shares how he and his team is building a Dynamic UI System at Carousell.
Wondering how it is like working in Carousell as a Product Designer? Hear from our Product Designer, Magdalene, on her 5 months experience being with us! And check out http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vMd1y for all our available openings!
Carousell, one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing classifieds marketplaces, today announced that it has received an investment from Naspers, through its classifieds business arm, OLX Group. The deal will also see Carousell acquire OLX Philippines, with the mutual goal of serving the Filipino community to buy and sell online with greater ease and flexibility. The total deal value is worth US$56 million and gives OLX Group an approximate 10% stake in Carousell. http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vMdpU
