Shopee will launch a new product category tree, and E-Post USA will suspend the acceptance of electronic items

Shopee will launch a new product category tree

According to Shopee's announcement, Shopee's new product category tree will be launched in June. The upgraded category tree will help sellers manage products on the site more conveniently and make their products easier to search. Shopee reminds sellers to familiarize themselves with the new category structure and category ID in advance so that they can upload products accurately later.

E-Post US-bound delivery of electrically charged goods suspended

According to an announcement released by Dunhuang.com, the Fuzhou Post Office issued an urgent notice that from May 11, 2021, E-Post (Fuzhou Warehouse) will suspend the collection and delivery of electrified goods to the United States. Sellers who have not yet shipped the goods please choose other routes for delivery; for goods that have been shipped but have not yet arrived at the warehouse, the warehouse will arrange for their return after receiving the goods.

eBay allows NFTs to be sold on the platform

On May 12, it was reported that eBay said it would allow the sale of NFTs (non-homogeneous tokens) of digital collectibles on its platform, becoming the first e-commerce company to enter the NFT field. eBay said that in the short term, it will provide NFT inventory to sellers that meet eBay standards, and users are expected to see relevant projects, policies and tools to conduct more diverse categories of NFT transactions.

Online smartphone sales in Southeast Asia grew 72% year-on-year in Q1 2021

According to the latest data from Counterpoint Research on May 12, in the first quarter of this year, the smartphone market in four major Southeast Asian countries, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, grew by 34% year-on-year to 27 million units; among them, the sales volume of online channels increased by 72% year-on-year, accounting for 16% of the entire market. Among mobile phone manufacturers, OPPO's market share rose to 22% in the first quarter of this year, ranking first; Samsung Electronics' market share was 19%, ranking second; after OPPO and Samsung Electronics, Chinese brands such as vivo (16%), Xiaomi (13%), and realme (11%) occupied the third to fifth places, and Apple ranked sixth with a market share of 6%.

Indonesian e-commerce platform Sirclo receives $45 million in financing

According to Tech in Asia, according to VentureCap Insights data, Indonesian e-commerce platform Sirclo recently completed a $45 million Series B financing round, led by VC SMDV with $35.8 million and East Ventures with $9 million. Sirclo CEO said that part of this round of financing was used to acquire the online maternal and child platform Orami.

eBay Australia launches 'Authenticity Guarantee' program

Recently, eBay Australia launched the "Authentic Guarantee" program. Consumers on this site can directly access nearly 90,000 sports shoes from the United States. These sports shoes will be certified by the third-party Sneaker Con. Sellers do not need to pay any fees. All certification costs will be borne by eBay, including international shipping costs from the certification center to the Australian buyer's delivery address.

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