THE PANEL OF JUDGES
Yong Kai Ping
Chief Executive, SITEC
“This prestigious award seeks to inculcate the spirit of competition and the provision of high service quality among merchants, where the most successful, creative, and innovative homegrown E-Commerce merchants will emerge as champions who pioneer standards of excellence in the E-Commerce industry.”
About SITEC
The Selangor Information Technology and E-Commerce Council (SITEC) is an initiative by the Selangor State Government, under the secretariat of Invest Selangor. SITEC aims to spur the development of Selangor as the E-Commerce trading hub for Southeast Asia, as well as nurture tech startups and uplift the startup ecosystem.
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Chan Kee Siak
Founder and CEO, Exabytes Group of Companies
“To qualify to be Malaysia’s Top E-Commerce Merchant, there are a few things to bear in mind. First, you need to have good branding. Second, you need to provide good service to your customers. Third, you need to promptly respond to your customers. Fourth, you need to be able to sell quality products. Fifth, you need to be innovative in terms of your overall packaging and product selection. Last but not least, you need to have minimal revenue commitment.”
About Exabytes
Exabytes is Malaysia’s largest web hosting provider, as well as the second largest in neighbouring Singapore. Having started in 2001, Exabytes has developed from a one-man company to a company that manages over 1,000 servers for over 65,000 clients in over 121 countries.
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Hans-Peter Ressel
CEO, Lazada Malaysia
“The main criteria to win this award, is for merchants to show their product of great quality of service, as well as the great customer experience they can provide.”
About Lazada Malaysia
Lazada Malaysia is part of the Lazada Group, which was founded in 2013 by Rocket Internet. The Lazada Group is Southeast Asia’s largest online shopping and selling destination in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Through its bold offerings, Lazada Malaysia provides customers with an effortless shopping experience previously unavailable.
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Hoseok Kim
CEO, 11street
“The e-commerce market in Malaysia is at its tipping point to boom with the high speed internet or mobile connectivity, as well as the safe and mature payment and delivery infrastructure. For those who contribute to e-commerce in Malaysia, we are here to witness your success.”
About 11street
Operated by Celcom Planet, 11street is a joint venture between Celcom Axiata and SK Planet. The Malaysian marketplace, established in 2014 and launched in 2015, also prides itself as the first e-commerce education centre in Malaysia.
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Adrian Foong
General Manager, Lelong.my
It is not all about the figures. It is also about how well you run and manage it for the continuous improvement of your online business.”
About Lelong
Lelong started in 1998, but quickly established itself as the most popular local e-commerce marketplace. Lelong prides itself on having the largest subscriber base among e-marketplaces, and aims to present a wider range of products, as well as nurturing a strong community.
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Bernard Yap
Chief Digital Officer, Logon.my
“A picture says a thousand words. Sharpen your photography skills and take at least 8 pictures of your product, and let the pictures sell for you.”
About Logon.my
Logon.my is a local e-marketplace operated by MCIL Multimedia, a subsidiary of the Sin Chew group. Launched in January 2015, the e-marketplace offers a variety of goods across a wide range of categories, and aims to explore the 600 million strong ASEAN market with the merchants under its banner.
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Chan Kok Long
CEO, iPay88
“There are so many web and mobile portal business models in Malaysia that are as good as the world’s best, and some that can even beat some business models that were born in Silicon Valley. Go for it and surprise the world!”
About iPay88
iPay88 is one of the leading payment gateway providers in Southeast Asia that also prides itself on becoming the first and only local regulated payment service provider that provides internet payment processing for e-commerce in foreign currency. Founded in 2006, iPay88 was awarded MSC status by the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) a year later in 2007.
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Eng Sheng Guan
CEO, MOLPay
“This award is a very good opportunity for e-commerce players to gain awareness in the public sphere.”
About MOLPay
MOLPay, founded in 2005, prides itself as the leading payment gateway in Southeast Asia that provides complete coverage of payment methods, as well as offering a wide range of e-commerce payment solutions. MOLPay also holds one of the lowest dispute transaction ratios in the online payment industry.
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CK Wong
Co-Founder, eCommerceMILO
“For me, the Top E-Commerce Merchant is not only about getting a lot of sales, or being brilliant in fulfillment or customer service. Personally, I feel outstanding e-commerce merchants are those that build their own brand, be it putting in effort in their own app store, or developing their own brand product.”
Adrian Oh
Co-Founder, eCommerceMILO
“It is of utmost importance for every online merchant to build their own brands online so as to stand out in this competition and command customer loyalty. SITEC’s Top E-Commerce Merchant Awards are designed to reward merchants who put in the hard work to do so.”
About eCommerceMILO
eCommerceMILO prides itself as the leading content site on e-commerce insights in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, with a newly-launched news site. With content written by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, the co-founders of eCommerceMILO stand among the 12 judges of the Malaysia Top E-Commerce Merchant Awards 2016.
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Andy Lau
CEO, Youbeli
“The Malaysia Top E-Commerce Merchant Awards 2016 is an encouraging move for the sector, but the success of an e-merchant is not just about the volume sold. Rather, it is about the number of transactions resulting in happy customers, which would show the quality of customer service. At the same time, the e-merchant’s commitment to e-commerce will be tested, and can be seen in how diligently they present their product.”
About Youbeli
With a name made up of “you” and the Malay word for buy “beli”, Youbeli is direct in its goal, which aims to deliver as long as there is a buyer. Incorporated in 2009, Youbeli launched their platform in 2011, and is now one of the top B2B2C marketplaces in Malaysia.
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Goh Boon Peng,
EC Class Manager, SITEC
“Malaysia has many homegrown merchants that are striving to achieve greatness with their innovations. We want to honour their hard work with a fun and joyful event. We promise the Malaysia Top E-Commerce Merchant Awards will be a memorable night.”
About SITEC
The Selangor Information Technology and E-Commerce Council (SITEC) is an initiative by the Selangor State Government, under the secretariat of Invest Selangor. SITEC aims to spur the development of Selangor as the E-Commerce trading hub for Southeast Asia, as well as nurture tech startups and uplift the startup ecosystem.