Entrepreneurs can now take their business online the easy way with the launch of TackThis!’s premium concierge services which facilitate the operation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from point of order to brand design, through the management of inventory, and up to fulfillment and payment setup.
TackThis!, a retail platform which was introduced by PLDT and Smart Communications’ digital unit Voyager Innovations (Voyager), together with PLDT Alpha and PLDT SME Nation, has social and e-commerce capabilities that enable enterprises to sell across Web, social media and mobile, further boosting the digital commerce in the country.
Kat Luna-Abelarde, First Vice President and Head of PLDT SME Business
“The premium concierge service gives retailers an end-to-end service that streamlines their online store requirements. This way, businesses don’t have to allocate huge resources in maintaining their online stores. TackThis! allows them to focus on what they know best: selling their products,” said Kat Luna-Abelarde, First Vice President and Head of PLDT SME Business.
How to set up a business online
It is easy to set up a business online with TackThis! All an entrepreneur has to do is just sign up for an account, and the rest will be done by TackThis!, including taking photos of products, and the managing and designing of brand Web site, to make the business and its products available to more customers online. Merchants can also tack their businesses to Facebook and other Web sites.
A hassle-free store management, which includes order processing, payment consolidation, delivery coordination, and customer inquiries management, is also being offered. TackThis! also provides easy access to dashboards and tools to track online business from anywhere.
Aside from these, the concierge service also includes store marketing via placement on Takatack.com, the sister site of TackThis!. Takatack is an online shopping discovery platform that aggregates and promotes not only offerings from thousands of merchants who have established their online shops through TackThis!, but also products from other online stores and retailers in the country including Rocket Internet-backed Zalora and Lazada.
Packaged plans
TackThis! also helps merchants choose the packaged plans for their business. These packaged plans have corresponding monthly service fees and TackThis! service offerings depending on the number of products listed.
For an entrepreneur with 10 products, TackThis! services are free.
For Novice plan or those with 30 products listed, the monthly service fee is Php299; for Professional plan or for business with 60 products, the service fee is Php599 a month; for Expert plan or those with 100 products, the service fee is Php899 a month plus commissions; and for Premium plan or those with unlimited products, the service fee is Php3,500 a month plus commissions which is between 15% to 30% of sales.
TackThis! has over 30,000 merchants in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines with more than 400 businesses already part of the premium TackThis! Concierge Program, an end-to-end solution tailored to get retailers selling online quickly.
The number of Filipinos who shopped online was estimated at around 22-million or 82% of Internet users, according to an industry trend analysis released by BMI Research in July this year.
Likewise, a study conducted by Ken Research in 2014 revealed that the growth rate for e-commerce in the country is high, with an estimated annual growth rate of 101.4%, from 2013 to 2018 due to the increasing Internet use and mobile penetration.
It was also estimated that only one percent of over one-million registered businesses in the country has a Web site.
TackThis! can assist entrepreneurs to tap these millions of Internet users through the setting up of businesses online to showcase their products and attract customers.
