Share in the Spirit of Giving with ShopeePay this Holiday Season

This holiday season, easily send money, scan to pay for your gift purchases, and donate with ShopeePay

MANILA, DECEMBER 3, 2021 – This holiday season, ShopeePay, Shopee’s integrated mobile wallet, makes giving easier and more convenient. With ShopeePay, enjoy meaningful holiday traditions by showing generosity and expressing gratitude through gifts, and donating to chosen charitable organizations. Here are ways to go cashless this holiday season with ShopeePay.

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Shopee excites shoppers and uplifts businesses with new record of over 2 billion items sold across 11.11 Big Christmas Sale

Local sellers saw a massive boost, with orders surging 18 times for those taking part in the sale for the first time

MANILA, NOVEMBER 12, 2021 – Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, sets two new records at the year’s largest shopping festival, 11.11 Big Christmas Sale. With a huge array of irresistible deals, shoppers across the region bought over 2 billion items across the festival period, smashing its previous record in 2020. Excitement peaked on November 11, with visits spiking 5.5 times in the first two hours compared to an average day.

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Shop for the Perfect Gifts for Your Monito Monita on Shopee this Payday Weekend

Check out Shopee’s Christmas in our Carts for plenty of gift inspiration and enjoy free shipping with no minimum spend, 50% bills cashback, and 10% off vouchers at the Nov 15 Payday Sale

MANILA, NOVEMBER 12, 2021 – What are you most excited for this Christmas? Aside from the noche buena on Christmas Eve, plenty of us look forward to the monito monita or Secret Santa gift exchange. It’s just one of the Christmas traditions that make the holidays so fun! Everyone loves receiving gifts, but more than that, there’s nothing quite as exciting and satisfying as finding the perfect gifts to give our loved ones joy during this season of giving.

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Shopee 11.11 Big Christmas Sale enjoys a record start, with 11 million items sold within the first 5 minutes of November 11

 A Filipino electronics seller earned almost ₱70 million in sales during the first two hours of the sale alone

MANILA, NOVEMBER 11, 2021 – Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, is seeing tremendous excitement and support at its largest shopping festival of the year, the 11.11 Big Christmas Sale. Shoppers across the region raced to Shopee to secure the best deals, with 11 million items sold in just the first five minutes of November 11. The midnight shopping rush saw visits spiking 5.5 times in the first two hours, compared to an average day.

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Shopee Provides MSMEs with All-Around Marketing Support to Grow their Online Business

Shopee assists MSMEs in their e-commerce journey from on onboarding and trainings to enhanced marketing tools and strategies

MANILA, NOVEMBER 11, 2021 – As society becomes more digitalized, e-commerce plays a significant role in helping groom and grow entrepreneurs who can meet the needs of consumers. More people in the region are coming online, and this number is expected to reach around 380 million by 2026[1]. In order to help brands and MSMEs establish and strengthen their online presence, Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, focuses on developing a strong support ecosystem that makes it simple for them to launch and grow their online business.

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Shopee Launches an Exciting 11.11 Big Christmas Sale TV Special with Over ₱12,000,000 Worth of Prizes and K-Pop Boy Band NCT127

MANILA, NOVEMBER 10, 2021 – Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, invites Filipinos to tune in to the 11.11 Big Christmas Sale TV Special this November 11, 9:30-11:30 PM on GMA-7 and Shopee Live for a night full of amazing prizes and the best entertainment. Viewers have plenty to look forward to during the show, such as over ₱12,000,000 worth of giveaways including a brand-new car and two houses & lots, and exhilarating performances from K-Pop superstars NCT 127. Meanwhile, shoppers can beat the holiday rush and enjoy big savings with promotions such as ₱1 Deals, free shipping with no minimum spend, and 10% off daily at the 11.11 Big Christmas Sale, Shopee’s biggest sale of the year.

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Globe accelerates rollout of in-building solutions to provide quality 5G indoor coverage

Better 5G indoor coverage with Globe's in-building solutions

Globe is accelerating the rollout of its 5G-capable in-building solutions (IBS) to provide quality indoor coverage in key tourism-related destinations such as airports, shopping malls, and stadiums. This is amid looser community quarantine measures given the steady decline in COVID-19 cases. (more…)

Shopee Partners with Quezon City to Provide Its Citizens and Frontliners a More Comfortable Vaccination Experience

MANILA, NOVEMBER 4, 2021 – Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, partnered with the local government unit (LGU) of Quezon City to provide care packages to residents getting vaccinated and to frontliners tirelessly serving the local community. On October 27, Shopee rolled out its vaccination center support in the Barangay Holy Spirit Covered Court by giving out food and health kits from partner brands under Shopee Mall, to more than 900 frontliners and residents. These included snacks from Del Monte, Perfetti Van Melle, Monde Nissin, and Rebisco; water from Hope in a Bottle, health kits from Mighty Clean and Cosmetique Asia; and air coolers from Symphony.

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DOST-ITDI to open first metrology in chemistry laboratory in the Philippines

The Philippines’ first Metrology in Chemistry Laboratory will be inaugurated on November 9, 2021. Science Secretary Fortunato T. De La Peña will lead the event together with the Director of DOST-ITDI, Dr. Annabelle V. Briones. Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez will be the keynote speaker. (more…)

PhilSA is inviting you to join the Galileo Hackathon by GNSS.asia

The Galileo Hackathon by GNSS.asia in the Philippines is an ideation hackathon that will utilize Galileo, the European Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) to solve four (4) global challenges. We’re looking for innovative solutions, ideas, concepts, or design products, devices, or services that utilize Galileo positioning data for: (more…)