Shoppers enjoyed a rewarding shopping experience and
saved more with 60 million vouchers claimed in the first two hours of September
9
Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, saw great excitement for 9.9 Super Shopping Day, signaling a robust start to the year-end shopping season. Over 45 million items were sold within the first 99 minutes. Shoppers saved more with 60 million vouchers claimed in the first two hours of September 9 at the Mega Midnight Sale. With the widest variety of products from local sellers as well as trusted brand partners, shoppers found all they needed on Shopee.
Martin Yu, Director at Shopee Philippines, said, “We are extremely heartened by the strong enthusiasm for 9.9 Super Shopping Day. As many communities still grapple with the ongoing pandemic, we are humbled to play a part in providing shoppers more value, choices, and entertainment from the convenience of their homes, while helping more sellers and brands connect with their customers. We have even more exciting deals and activities lined up for this year-end shopping season, and we look forward to helping more businesses capture new growth opportunities and bringing joy to consumers with personalized, engaging, and social shopping experiences.”
Shopee brings joy to more shoppers, drives growth for more sellers
Every year, Shopee continues to delight more shoppers and sellers with its year-end shopping festivals. 9.9 was no exception as shoppers were treated to the biggest deals, with 1.5 million items available at flash sales for shoppers to meet all their needs at the best prices, along with unlimited entertainment.
9.9 Super Shopping Day also brought more businesses online and provided a boost to local MSMEs who have been impacted by the pandemic. Through Shopee’s integrated ecosystem and marketing support, sellers participating in 9.9 for the first time saw 8X more orders compared to an average day.
Shopee continues to delight shoppers with exciting
activities
Shopee created engaging and unique experiences for shoppers
this 9.9 Super Shopping Day with non-stop entertainment featuring popular
international and local celebrities, exciting games, and attractive rewards.
Live streaming continued to be a key part of the online
shopping experience and was the entertainment channel of choice for many shoppers.
In the three weeks leading up to 9 September, shoppers spent over 24 million
hours watching a series of different livestreams on Shopee Live, including an
exclusive interview with Jackie Chan and exciting performances by leading K-Pop
group TWICE.
Shoppers also spent more time playing their favorite games
on Shopee Prizes. One of Shopee’s signature games, Shopee Shake, had a unique
Jackie Chan-themed twist, making it a crowd favorite with 440 million shakes
recorded. Other games such as Spin & Win and Shopee Farm continued to be
well-received with a total of 4.5 billion gameplays recorded on Shopee Prizes
across the campaign period.
In addition to Shopee’s in-app features, shoppers were also
highly engaged and participated in a variety of fun challenges and exciting
giveaways on Shopee’s social media channels with a total of 70 million
engagements across the region.
9.9 Super Shopping Day
highlights in the Philippines
Filipinos welcomed the start of the year-end shopping
season with enthusiasm. At its peak, over 9.5 million items were sold in just
an hour in Metro Manila alone. The Mega Midnight Sale, held from 12 AM to 2 AM,
also saw a 3X uplift in shoppers compared to an average day as Filipinos
snapped up many unbeatable deals.
● Filipinos are purchasing a wide variety of products, ranging from
health essentials to home improvement products - This
9.9 Super Shopping Day, consumers primarily shopped for Home & Living items
to spruce up their homes and Health & Personal Care essentials to keep them
safe and healthy. Shoppers prioritized stocking up on a variety of face masks with over 1.9 million
items sold. Products such as wallpaper decor also saw over 300,000 items sold. Consumers
preferred to shop for home and fashion finds locally, with Filipino sellers
WILLET, grocerysale.no1, and ABUBOT_PH selling the most number of items.
● Shoppers enjoyed the biggest deals from personal care and tech brands - Uni-Care, Xiaomi, and NIVEA emerged as the top brands with the most
number of orders. Filipinos
enjoyed flash deals, discounts up to 50% off, and freebies from these brands.
● ShopeePay provides seamless service to Filipinos, online and offline - Shopee saw an increase in Filipinos embracing digital payment methods for greater convenience, security, and value, both online and offline. In fact, more offline merchants in the country such as Puregold, Potato Corner, Jollibee, BonChon, Gong Cha, and CoCo have adopted ShopeePay to provide a seamless payment experience. The Philippines saw a 57X uplift in the number of offline merchants at 9.9 Super Shopping Day, compared to the previous year.
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About Shopee
Shopee is the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia & Taiwan. Shopee connects shoppers, brands and sellers across Asia and other fast-growing markets, empowering anyone to buy and sell anywhere and at any time.
Shopee offers an easy, secure, and engaging experience that is enjoyed by millions of people daily. It offers a wide product assortment, supported by integrated payments and logistics, as well as popular entertainment features tailored for each market. Shopee is also a key contributor to the region’s digital economy with a firm commitment to helping brands and entrepreneurs succeed in e-commerce.
Shopee is a
part of Sea Limited (NYSE:SE), a leading global consumer internet company. In
addition to Shopee, Sea’s other core businesses include its digital
entertainment arm, Garena, and digital financial services arm, SeaMoney. Sea’s
mission is to better the lives of consumers and small businesses with
technology.
