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  • To help clients scale quickly with innovative commerce solutions

    WPP & Shopify join hands

    By Our Staff

     

    WPP has partnered with Shopify to bring the full value of the platform to enterprise clients. This partnership brings the companies together to jointly develop products with shared insights.

     

    As part of the partnership, Shopify will collaborate with WPP on product development in order to build targeted solutions across sectors including consumer packaged goods, health and wellness, and fashion.

     

    Said Mark Read, CEO of WPP: “The commerce sector has seen an incredible explosion in growth over the last few years, which is why Shopify is a natural fit for our clients given their enterprise credibility and speed at which they innovate. As WPP continues to scale and strengthen our commerce offerings and expertise, I’m confident that this partnership will lead to more growth opportunities for the brands we work with.”

     

    Added Harley Finkelstein, President of Shopify: “For two decades, we have been perfecting Shopify to enable leading enterprise brands to reach their consumers directly and accelerate their business globally. We’re excited to unlock even more opportunities for global commerce innovation and help more brands future-proof their businesses by partnering with WPP and their world-class clients.”

     

  • With Shopify's web-based solution, e-storefronts can be set up and ready for business with just a few clicks of the mouse.

    Shopify enters Indian market with SingTel

    By A Correspondent

     

    E-commerce platform Shopify (http://www.shopify.in) has announced its entry into the e-commerce market space in India in partnership with communications group SingTel. Available from Rs 750 per month, the solution is an easy way for individuals and small business to set up attractive online shops within minutes, and accept secure credit card payments for goods and services. Shopify is successfully operating in over 100 countries and powers over 50,000 online stores with annual sales exceeding $1.5B USD.

     

    With Shopify’s web-based solution, storefronts can be set up and ready for business with just a few clicks of the mouse. Merchants can customise their storefronts, keep track of orders and manage customer data via a web browser. The platform provides features such as hosting, beautifully designed templates, a web dashboard to manage products and orders, a secure shopping cart, SEO tools, 24 hours customer service support, mobile optimized stores, and an iOS app which offers merchants the convenience of managing their business while on-the-go.

     

    In India, Shopify aims to reach out to new entrepreneurs who want to build their business online, established businesses that want to improve their stores with a stronger focus on branding, and brick-and-mortar retailers who want to take their products online.

     

    Customers in India can enjoy the following features: 

    – Shopify apps that help merchants extend the functionality of their store, and market their business online (e.g. referral apps, e-mail marketing apps, SEM services).

    – Customer support to help with store set up.

    – The ability to collect online payments through their Shopify store. Shopify supports PayPal, DirecPay and PayU in India. PayU conveniently accepts Visa/ Mastercard Credit Card and debit cards from more than 50 banks.

    – Free Advertising credits on Facebook and Google.

    – Sign up to Shopify and enjoy attractive shipping rates in the coming months

     

    “We’re really excited to announce this partnership with SingTel,” said Harley Finkelstein, Shopify’s Chief Platform Officer. “We built Shopify to allow anyone with a product or a service to easily create beautiful and highly scalable online stores, at an affordable price. SingTel is the ideal partner for us, as we’re both focused on helping small businesses succeed in today’s global economy. Together, we can help millions of small businesses and individuals build profitable online shops.”

     

    Loo Cheng Chuan, SingTel Group Digital Life’s Head of LocalL!fe, said, “SingTel is excited by the tremendous growth opportunities in the e-commerce market. By 2015, 35 percent of internet users in the Asia Pacific region will make purchases online, and 30 percent of these transactions will be performed on a mobile device. Shopify is an affordable and fuss-free solution to help entrepreneurs in emerging markets expand their reach in Asia and beyond. With more than 468 million mobile customers in 25 countries, SingTel is uniquely positioned to enable entrepreneurs to seize opportunities in the region.”