Majority of Philippine electronic commerce merchants offer cash-on-delivery services to their customers, a recent report by Kuala Lumpur-based online shopping aggregator iPrice said. The “State of eCommerce in Southeast Asia 2017” report highlighted similarities and differences in and examined online buying patterns in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The report leveraged proprietary data from more than 1,000 e-commerce players in these countries to reveal their citizens’ online shopping habits. On payment solutions, merchants had to offer a more diverse range of payment methods, as low credit-card penetration in all countries except Singapore precluded a one-size-fits-all approach. Almost half of merchants offer offline point of sales in Thailand and Vietnam, while paying in installments is very popular in Vietnam and Indonesia.

Source: Manila Times February 18, 2018 16:07 UTC