Buying something online? Watch out for these online scams

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Online shopping continues to be a part of everyday life for many Filipinos. According to a study by data firm Statista, the number of e-commerce users in the country is forecasted to continue increasing in the next five years, estimated to reach a new peak of 31.6 million users in 2029. But as the country with the highest rate of online shopping scams according to the 2023 Asia Scam Report, Filipino shoppers must remain vigilant against online shopping scams.

This Cybersecurity Awareness Month, CIMB Bank Philippines encourages everyone to exercise caution when transacting online. Be mindful of these online scams to continue make your shopping experience safe and enjoyable:

Package delivery scam

The most common way to receive goods ordered online is through delivery. However, be careful when receiving fake delivery updates due to the proliferation of “package scams.” This is when scammers send deceptive emails or text messages about an attempted or intercepted delivery to trick buyers into giving away their personal details, money, or data. To avoid falling victim to this type of scam, always verify the sender of these updates and do not entertain messages from unknown numbers. Do not click any links or attachments as well, and most importantly, do not share personal or financial information with these numbers and report them to the authorities immediately.

Fake online shopping websites

Fraudsters would also create fake or low-quality online stores to collect victims’ personal information. According to the security experts at Kasperksy, scams on these websites can be troublesome as they sometimes still deliver the products or services they offer to create the illusion of trustworthiness, but the quality delivered is usually subpar. More alarmingly, this becomes a gateway to obtain information about buyers for unpermitted use. Be wary of websites that use emotional language – meaning it uses words that make you feel an elevated level of urgency, optimism, or fear. Avoid websites that also have poor design quality and use odd grammar, alongside the lack of a ‘Contact Us’ or ‘About Us’ page. If they seem to want to avoid verbal contact, there’s probably a reason.

Payment redirection

Scammers may also ask for payments outside of secure platforms, such as through direct money transfers, with promises of discounts or faster shipping. Once the money is sent, the scammer vanishes. To keep your money safe, check for secure payment processing options. Reputable e-commerce platforms usually offer payment protection for transactions done within their system, such as Shopee Guarantee and Lazada Protect, so it would be best to stick to these platforms.

Be sure to exercise safe online shopping practices to attain financial security, which can, in turn, help you live your life purpose. For online transactions, you can opt to use the CIMB Virtual Debit Card to conduct your business online safely and securely. All you need is an existing CIMB deposit account to request for a free Virtual Debit Card directly on the CIMB PH mobile app.

Opening your own CIMB account only takes a few minutes on the app. Filipino citizens who are at least 18 years old need to prepare only one valid ID. This gives you access to CIMB’s groundbreaking deposit and loan products as well as special offers with record-breaking high interest rates.

CIMB Bank PH is the Philippines’ most awarded digital-only commercial bank. To know more about CIMB Bank PH’s offerings, visit cimbbank.com.ph.

Unpack joyful gifting opportunities this holiday season with Pluxee, a Sodexo company

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Over the past two decades, Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services has enabled rewarding experiences for over 4,000 corporate clients and their employees in the Philippines. This year, the company brings an extra sparkle to gift-giving with its first Christmas campaign carrying its new brand, Pluxee.

Pluxee, a Sodexo company, launches the “Magical ConneXions” campaign

for a more joyful holiday season

Pluxee, a Sodexo company, ushers in the holiday season with a range of promotions to make it easier for corporate clients to upgrade their rewards and recognition efforts, and open up a world of opportunities for their recipients.

Dubbed "Magical ConneXions," the campaign aims to bring more joy to employees, partners, and consumers with a focus on convenient, relevant digital gifting solutions. “As Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services transitions to Pluxee, clients can count on our heritage of expertise and global perspective on innovation to elevate employee experience and engagement. The wordplay in Magical ConneXions is an ode to the ‘X’ in Pluxee which represents the importance of our relationships with clients, merchants and consumers in everything that we do,,” said Marketing Director Sharon K. Velasco.

Discounts on top of rebates and waived fees for corporate clients

New clients can enjoy up to 75% on service fees, rebates on total orders, waived portal fees worth Php 30,000, plus free API integration if required. Additional discounts are also available with Christmas products such as vouchers for ham, baskets, and cakes. Existing clients can enjoy all these, plus flexible pay later terms.

Ham-azing Deals at GC Regalo

From October 9 until December 31, Consumers and MSMEs ordering as low as P4,500 from Pluxee’s e-commerce store, GC Regalo, at www.GCregalo.sodexo.ph, can get free digital gift certificates (GCs) of Purefoods Ham.

Next-level gifting by Pluxee

As the pioneer of paper gift certificates in the country, Pluxee, a Sodexo company, was also the first to offer SMS and email based gift certificates and the only provider of app-based GCs. The email and SMS based GCs sent as codes to recipients’ mobile numbers and inboxes via user-friendly web portal. These are API enabled for easy integration with clients’ systems and can be customized for specific products and brands. Additionally, the app-based GCs can be partially redeemed, sent as credits to other users, and used to redeem vouchers at popular e-commerce stores like Grab, Lazada, and Shopee.

“In keeping with our tradition of launching industry milestones, we continue to evolve together with our stakeholders in a fast-paced digital landscape. We put in careful thought in enhancing UX across our products and platforms, actively expand our merchant network and touchpoints in key cities nationwide, and invest in technologies to develop solutions for tomorrow. Today, we are investing in the brand to let the world know that the best is yet to come from the most trusted rewards and benefits provider,” CEO Mert Cetin shared.

In the Philippines, Pluxee is a proud partner of the country’s largest retail network, SM. Pluxee powers SM’s official GC, the SM Gift Pass, and has recently launched the digitally-powered SM Gift Pass Choice, accepted at all SM Store branches and affiliates.

This Christmas, let your recipients enjoy what truly matters with Pluxee, your global partner in gift-giving this season and beyond.

RUSH launches eStore Charge, the ultimate affordable solution for efficient social selling

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RUSH Technologies Inc. (RUSH) introduces eStore Charge, their most affordable eCommerce package that empowers busy entrepreneurs to accept orders and payments from all social pages and messaging apps through one user-friendly platform. It elevates social selling to make order management and fulfillment as efficient as possible.

The solution is tailor-made for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the early stages of digital commerce which rely on Facebook or Instagram shops and similar online platforms. These entrepreneurs often lack the time or resources to maintain their own sales channels.

With eStore Charge, merchants can create checkout links that they can send to their clients to simplify the checkout process. From this link, customers can review, modify, and complete their orders on one web page.

Although conversational commerce helps social media sellers without any cost, the limited features of these free tools still present various challenges, including extensive message exchanges, prolonged checkout processes, and laborious manual order monitoring, among others. Through eStore Charge, businesses can offer an easy shopping experience to their customers and grow with RUSH without moving out of their free platforms- until they are ready to launch their own digital storefront.

"We understand the struggles of micro and smaller enterprises. Social media sellers in particular are keen on growing their online business, but maintaining their own sales channel, even a sales website, is intimidating for them. We are so excited to introduce the cart-linking capability of eStore Charge to address these pain points and help these budding entrepreneurs scale their social media selling without breaking the bank," said Jeferson Cruz, RUSH Chief Commercial Officer.

Julianne Fernandez, RUSH Chief Product Officer, added: “Making digitalization easier for entrepreneurs is at the core of what we do, and we want to make every feature as intuitive as it can be. We developed eStore Charge with starting entrepreneurs in mind, making sure that they can operationalize a seamless checkout and order fulfillment process across their existing sales platforms,”

For an introductory price of Php 250.00 per month, merchants can create unlimited checkout links for order and payment acceptance. The offer is valid for sign-ups until May 30, 2023, with a one-year lock-in period. For more information, visit https://www.rush.ph/promotions/estore-charge-offer.

RUSH eStore Charge also grants access to a content management system, where sellers can upload unlimited products, activate secure payment options, build their customer base, and keep track of transaction history. Additionally, the RUSH Merchant app enables inventory updates, order management, and instant delivery rider booking.

David Tse, Rakuten Viber SVP in Asia Pacific, noted in a 2022 statement that conversational commerce will continue to rise in the coming years. RUSH eStore Charge is designed to help entrepreneurs capitalize on this trend.

RUSH, a portfolio company of 917 Ventures, Globe’s corporate venture builder, powers more than 1,000 brands and serves over six million customers across various industries in the Philippines. RUSH aims to help businesses of all sizes thrive in the competitive eCommerce space without the need for additional platforms and software solutions.

For more information about RUSH Technologies Inc. and its services, visit https://www.rush.ph/. Learn more about 917Ventures and its startups by visiting https://917ventures.com/.

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About RUSH

RUSH is the all-in-one eCommerce solution that takes care of the whole path to purchase from Discovery to Delivery. As the leading loyalty solutions provider in the Philippines, it has over 5M registered users, over 160 merchant partners, and has served over 6,000 doors. RUSH is a portfolio company under Globe’s corporate venture builder, 917Ventures.

Multimedia Superstar Anne Curtis as Newest Brand Ambassador offers 11.11 Lazada’s Biggest Sale

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eCommerce pioneer Lazada is taking its 11.11 Biggest Sale to new heights with multimedia superstar Anne Curtis, who is headlining its mega sale happening from November 11 to 13, 2022. 

In Lazada’s latest campaign, Lazada’s newest brand ambassador, Anne, reveals how her favorite fashion and beauty Lazada finds on the platform inspire her to be her best self. The campaign also illustrates how Lazada, as an online shopping destination for lifestyle needs, enables shoppers to turn their passions into actions by giving them access to some of the best deals and the widest range of trendy products. And with the 11.11 Lazada’s Biggest Sale coming up, there is no better time to go all out.

With the help of Lazada, Anne as an actress, host, singer, model, and business owner is able to do it all. Beyond being one of the most adored and timeless celebrities in the country, Anne’s commitment to her craft, ability to constantly reinvent herself, and care for the Filipino community as a goodwill ambassador resonates with Lazada’s brand purpose of providing better opportunities and supporting consumers through its services and innovations.

“Anne Curtis is an inspiration to many of us. With the energy that Anne brings to the Lazada family, we are inspired to unlock more value for Filipinos— as a platform for sellers and brands to reach their customers, and buyers to turn their passions into actions, and for our ecosystem to uplift more lives,” says Lazada Philippines CEO Carlos Barrera.

With Lazada’s fast and free shipping, trendiest assortment, and branded LazFlash deals, shoppers can now go all out and bring their passions to life in no time. Exciting deals and offerings are yet to come; don’t miss out on Lazada’s updates in the coming days.

For more information about 11.11 Lazada’s Biggest Sale, visit Lazada, https://www.facebook.com/LazadaPhilippines, https://www.instagram.com/lazadaph/, and https://twitter.com/LazadaPH.

Shopee Ranks 3rd on YouGov’s Global Best Brand 2021 List in the Philippines

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With more consumers heavily relying on e-commerce, Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, constantly bridges the gap between consumers and sellers through its integrated ecosystem. With its continuous efforts to tailor and adapt to users’ needs, Shopee now ranks 3rd on market research firm YouGov’s Global Best Brand 2021 list in the Philippines, the only e-commerce platform on the list. Shopee was also recognized as the sixth-best brand globally.

YouGov is an organization that’s considered a pioneer in online market research, and for this year’s Global Best Brands ranking, YouGov used data from 54 markets from customers around the globe. They tracked brands for at least six months — and another six months in the prior year’s period to support rankings. All brands are also currently being tracked to reflect the results under the improved brands category. YouGov’s ranking are based on its Index score, which measures overall brand health calculated by taking the average consumer Impression, Quality, Value, Satisfaction, Recommend, and Reputation. It also considers the perceptions of a brand’s reputation, whether consumers would recommend the brand to others, and whether it represents good value and quality.

Martin Yu, Director at Shopee Philippines, said, “It is humbling for us to see organizations recognize our efforts to connect with more Filipinos. As we head to a new year, it is our mission to continue innovating and serving our stakeholders in the best way we can. For 2022, we are committed to supporting businesses and reaching more consumers, helping them benefit from the growth of the digital economy.”

Ervin Ha, Head of Commercial at YouGov Asia Pacific, said, “Despite the global pandemic, Shopee made into the prestigious list of 10 companies in YouGov’s Best Brands Rankings 2021 in Indonesia (#2), Malaysia (#1), the Philippines (#3), Singapore (#4), Thailand (#3), Vietnam (#3) and across the globe (#6). These rankings recognize brands that are best perceived by consumers across the region. YouGov’s unrivaled panel and always-on data allow us to provide the most accurate and comprehensive picture of how consumers perceive the organizations operating in the region. Shopee, which ranked high in our rankings across the key APAC markets, represents a brand-consumer seen as high quality, value, and has strong levels of consumer impression and satisfaction, which they would recommend to others.”

This recognition is the result of Shopee’s deep commitment to making e-commerce accessible for everyone. Along with its monthly sales that have become part of the lives of Filipinos, Shopee pushed for initiatives that allowed more MSMEs to go digital easily along with new platform features that can help all kinds of businesses thrive in the digital economy. These initiatives also include financial inclusion through its integrated mobile wallet ShopeePay, which helps more Filipinos access digital transactions and go for cashless payments.

Download the Shopee app for free via the App Store or Google Play.

Robinsons Bank launches RBank Biz and QR facility to help businesses move forward to the next normal

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With the new normal set in place, many Filipinos have begun exploring online market spaces as alternative means for their livelihood. From baked goods, handcrafted masks, electronics, and more, the e-commerce landscape has been thriving with unique business ventures.

Despite the struggles brought by the COVID-19 situation, they quickly found creative and innovative ways to help them during these challenging times.

As the e-commerce landscape surges  and the global trend for contactless transactions continues to grow, Robinsons Bank is introducing the RBank Biz Portal and capability – new safe and efficient ways to help buyers and sellers manage their business during this crisis.

Wider choices mean greater opportunities

Take your business to greater heights with RBank Biz. Here’s a business solution that’s guaranteed to provide you ease and convenience!

RBank Biz is an online platform where business owners, even online sellers in Facebook, can take advantage to help them in managing their cashflow.  Interested e-commerce sellers and micro business owners can easily apply to become an RBank Merchant through its digitized application process. The application process can take as short as three (3) days, depending on their type of business.  With RBank Biz, not only does it provide more payment options to customers, but also ease and safety in completing their transactions.

No matter how small or big the business is, RBank offers online and offline payment channels such as Point-of-Sale (POS) terminals for debit and credit cards, E-Commerce Payment Solutions, and QR Code payments for cashless, cardless, and contactless transactions.

This will allow business owners to reach a larger customer base since this platform will be able to accept payments from other local banks. What's more, it gives their business added visibility in RBank's website.

Soon, RBank Biz will enable a Merchant Dashboard where RBank merchants can easily track their receivables, providing a robust sales monitoring facility for their business. And the greatest part of this service to its clients, RBank Biz is all FREE!

Just visit www.bit.ly/RBankBiz and become an RBank Merchant today.

Enjoy the QuickR way to pay and receive payments via QR

With the gradual shift to contactless transactions, RBank QuickR is the perfect solution to get your hands off handling cash and remain safe from the covid virus.

RBank’s QR (QuickR way to pay) is a cashless payment solution that allows RBank accountholders to send and receive digital payments from other RBank accounts or RBank Biz merchants via QR code, and without investing in any hardware.

Furthermore, RBank’s QR promises a contactless payment, ensuring minimized contact between merchants and customers. Through RBank’s QR, payments received are credited to the RBank account in real-time ensuring efficient cash flow. Users need not worry about security since all information transferred via QR code is encrypted and secure. In a few months, expect RBank QuickR QR code to have the capability to receive payments from other banks! 

To cater to the market's changing needs especially as the world adjusts to the new normal, Robinsons Bank is committed to its promise to expand its products and services to serve you better and to be your partner towards a brighter future

Robinsons Bank is the financial services arm of the JG Summit Group of Companies, one of the largest conglomerates in the Philippines. It currently ranks 18th among universal and commercial banks in the country, with assets amounting to Php 131.088 Bn as of December 2019.

For inquiries and concerns, you may reach Robinsons Bank through its Customer Care Center at (02) 8637-CARE (2273) or domestic toll-free 1-800-10-637-CARE (2273); or visit its website at www.robinsonsbank.com.ph. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/robinsonsbank. Stay updated and join RBank’s Viber Community at https://bit.ly/RBankCommunity to know the latest announcements.

Dragonpay and Oro China Share Online Selling Tips for Starters

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Everyone can easily start a business now, with just a click of a screen, but maintaining it is another challenge. Dragonpay and Oro China Jewelry share tips for e-commerce starters. 

The e-commerce industry is more important than everyone think it is. 

Last 2018, Statistica has reported that the Philippine e-commerce market revenue has shown massive value, amounting to $840 million or about P44 trillion It is without a doubt the most in-demand platform for Filipinos to communicate and transact goods and services.

Although everyone can conveniently enter e-commerce as fast as a click of a screen on mobile gadgets, it still requires the more traditional practices of maintaining a business.

A great advice by Dragonpay and Oro China Jewelry for e-commerce starters is to find a way to be engaging with your target consumers, and consistent at being so. 

Dragonpay, a pioneer and market leader in alternative payment solutions in the Philippines, has partnered up with the Cebu-based jewelry brand Oro China Jewelry to give advice to Filipinos wanting to develop their craft in e-commerce. 

Being in the business for over 50 years, Oro China Jewelry found their new success by expanding their brand online, at one point skyrocketing their monthly online sales to 7 figures.However, transitioning from a physical store to eventually, an online store in their website, have its own challenges. Oro China was unsure whether their jewelry items would be something that would pique interest to the online market given its price. 

“We decided that we wanted to be a pioneer in the jewelry e-commerce industry,” Oro China Jewelry Marketing Manager Jewel Jalandoni said. “Real gold jewelry is tricky to sell online because of its value. We analyzed our online market's interests first so we know what kind of items we can sell online.”

Having a secured and convenient payment gateway is the best way to build credibility to your online business. 

Here are Oro China’s useful tips for Filipino e-commerce starters:

The customer comes first.

As a provider of goods and/ or services, you must show high priority for customer satisfaction. Offer the best experience for them. You will be surprised to see them come back for more. 

Make sure to put some thought on your posts.

Marketing is an essential element in getting your company name out there, but the process in doing so requires a lot of creative juices, and most importantly, positioning your brand as a credible one. Double check your social media posts and do another round of proof-checking. 

By being error-free and extra-sure, you can avoid the most extreme of problems.

Engage your audience.

Listen to what they want. Listen harder to what they don’t want.Oro China has always put communication as a valuable rule of thumb in its processes. With this, you will have the chance to learn what you need to improve on your operation and offerings. 

If your first campaign flops, it’s okay.

The first few times are the best times to fail since you are still testing the waters with your audience. Every business, including Dragonpay and Oro China, have their failures at the start. But failures should not mean a discouragement, but an opportunity for development. 

Keep your goal in mind.

Everything you do in your business should be done to reach that goal. You can expand your horizons, but always remember to stay focused on what you are aiming for in the first place.

Most importantly, be consistent.

After running a couple of experiments, develop a strategic digital marketing plan and follow through in everything. On top of that, take care of your customers as they take care of the business. Sometimes, consistency in terms of quality of work trumps everything.

Build credibility by having a secured and convenient payment gateway

Jalandoni shared that like other entrepreneurs, they experienced challenges along the way.

Meet the The Oro China Women. Brand Ambassadors Iza Calzado and Chesca Garcia-Kramer pose together on Oro China Jewelry’s most recent campaign.

“Our big challenges were brand trust and payment gateway. We were pretty much unknown outside of the Visayas Mindanaoarea so customers, especially, from Manila were wary of us until we’ve proven that we were legit. Online customers were unsure to trust in sending us their hard-earned money. But all is well that ends well,” said Jalandoni.

Aside from accessibility, offering a convenient and reliable payment option is crucial to your online business. Oro China uses Dragonpay as one of their payment platforms for online transactions. With this, customers of Oro China can pay their orders through thousands of Dragonpay’s partner merchants across the country. 

Dragonpay boosts the brand trust for businesses like Oro China with their more secure procedure for every transaction. Once payment is accomplished by the buyer, the order will be shipped by the seller immediately, creating a trustworthy middle ground to the entire process. Having a platform sellers and buyers alike can entrust their payments on is essential, especially for Oro China, who ships items with their partner courier in several countries aside from the Philippines. 

As a leading partner in Filipinos’ online payment needs, Dragonpay recently launched the SureTayo mobile app as a response to the growing need of the customers today especially those who rely their businesses on mobile phones. The mobile app is designed to cope with the demands of every transaction giving the sellers an opportunity to easily facilitate and manage customer payments. SureTayo App’s UI is straightforward, has no complicated processes, and provides the customers what they exactly need.

To know more about SureTayo, visit www.suretayo.ph or follow /SureTayoPH on Facebook. You can also download the SureTayo app in the App Store and Google Play.

ShopBack Brings New Era of Smart Shopping

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Shopback, Singporean-headed e-commerce, cashback reward company aims to to bring a new era of smart shopping here in the Philippines.

Since its launch last year, ShopBack, the Philippine franchise of Southeast Asia's largest and fastest growing online loyalty platform has been making a good thing even better for thousands of online shoppers. 

Offering rebates they call “Cashback,” ShopBack has been returning up to 30 per cent of what consumers pay for a specific item or service. This is on top of any discount the online store is already offering. 

Easy Steps to use Shopback

• Register for free using their app or website
• Shop any store thru ShopBack
• Get cashback account in 48 hours
• Wait for validation of order from the merchants
• Pay your cash back to your bank accounts

How exactly does an online shopper save with ShopBack? 

“When you shop on Lazada or ZALORA, GoodsPH via ShopBack, we give you a portion of your purchase back within 48 hours in your ShopBack account even if your mode of payment is cash on delivery to the store. This means extra, unlimited savings whenever you shop online,” says Kristina Ay-ay, country head of ShopBack, who’s been in the eCommerce industry for several years now.

Cashback is made possible through commissions earned by ShopBack from partner merchants with every completed sales transaction. ShopBack then shares a portion of its commission with the shopper.

“Our partner merchants reward us with a commission for referring you to shop on their site. But instead of keeping the commission to ourselves, we are sharing them with our consumers,” Ay-Ay revealed. 

Although ShopBack employs a loyalty scheme similar to other point system rewards programs and credit card rebates, what sets ShopBack apart from the rest is that the cashbacks are immediately credited to registered users. 

Once the amount of cashback accumulates to a certain point, it is then deposited to the shopper’s bank, GCash or PayPal account which he or she can either withdraw or use as payment for future purchases.

Such cashbacks are not only given to shoppers of Lazada and ZALORA but also to over 350 other popular online shopping destinations. 

As ShopBack enters its second year in the Philippines with more online shopping partners than ever before, buying from online stores like eBay, and even online service providers like Foodpanda, Booking.com and South East Asia’s online korean beauty store, Althea, is literally worth your while when you expect some of your hard-earned cash to return to you. And just recently, cashback on GrabCar rides booked via the ShopBack Mobile App has rolled out to everyone in the Philippines. With every ride taken on GrabCar services (GrabCar Premium, 6-seater Economy and 6-seater Premium) and GrabShare, there is a P5.00 cashback. Such a sweet reward for all the GrabCar riders!

Now with almost half a million subscribers within a span of one year, ShopBack is obviously a big hit for Filipino consumers.

While all shoppers like this system, Ay-ay has emphasized that Pinoy millennials seem to love it most. It’s no mystery, since the youth make up over 60 per cent of the Philippines’ 100-million-plus population, the median age of a Filipino Internet user is 24, and a third of Pinoys on the Web spend their time shopping online.

But Ay-ay is not stopping there as she intends to make ShopBack an even more indispensable shopping portal and further evangelize on the benefits of its cashback system. ShopBack will soon provide aggregated reviews and head-to-head comparisons in order to provide consumers with more informed decisions when they shop on the site. 

“We want every Filipino to be able to save as much as they can when shopping online. That’s ShopBack’s promise,” Ay-ay concluded.

Aside from their website, interested ShopBackers may download ShopBack app on IOS, Google Playstore or Apple Apple Store. 

For more info, visit https://www.shopback.ph/.

Cebu Pacific launches an online travelmart via Takatack

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Takatack, the shopping discovery platform from Voyager Innovations has now become the eCommerce partner of Cebu Pacific, enabling Filipinos to complete the traveling experience by getting the right travel essentials.

Anyone who has ever traveled knows that booking a flight is only one part of the equation. To truly enjoy the experience one would need to prepare all the essentials for the journey. If you’re vacationing to a cold weather climate like Japan, you will want the perfect jacket, whereas if you’re going to a tropical location like Boracay, you will want the best and trendiest swimwear.

With great travel comes great...shopping

Getting the right clothes is just one example of how you might need to prepare for a trip. Luckily, shopping discovery platform Takatack can help you with whatever you might need. Through the partnership between Cebu Pacific (CEB) and Voyager Innovations, Takatack brings eCommerce to the airline’s website as visitors will see a banner that redirects to a special portal in Takatack.

“We’re happy to provide our guests with a hassle-free shopping experience for travel essentials through the CEB Online Shopping page on Takatack.com,” says Candice Iyog, Cebu Pacific Vice President for Marketing and Distribution.

The CEB Online Shopping portal in Takatack carries everything you might need for your next trip with categories that address the typical traveler’s needs including travel essentials in Change Time Zones, Not Comfort Zones; luggage and bags in Bags are Packed, I’m Ready to Go; and pet travel items in When Pets Fly.

Each of these categories offers amazing deals on products that will make your traveling experience a delight. For example, Traveling, Music to My Ears has headphones of every shape and size, so that you can comfortably listen to your favorite artists every leg of your journey, while Ahead of the Pack(ing) provides a selection of organizers that make things easier to store, and much more importantly, find.

Aggregating these disparate categories into a single portal makes it easier to plan your next trip, as Rebecca Ricalde, the Assistant Vice President for Digital Commerce of Voyager Innovations, explained.

“Most online marketplaces are organized into product categories. If you’re planning a trip, this means you’ll have to scour different corners of a website to even begin to find what you want. With Takatack’s new CEB Online Shopping portal, you can quickly choose the items that you need in a single, easy-to-use interface,” Ricalde said, adding that she has already bought items from several of the categories, including Traveling, Music to My Ears, When Pets Fly, and Ahead of the Pack(ing) - in anticipation of her next trip to Palawan.

The Philippines like never before

The partnership between Takatack and CEB represents a powerful one-two punch.

“Flying affordably, which Cebu Pacific enables you to do, is the first important step in traveling. The next crucial part, which is often overlooked, is making sure that you have the right things - sometimes even the right things to do. As such, the portal even offers travel packages that help you experience the Philippines like never before,” said Ricalde.

“As much as we love traveling, it can be hard to plan. With Takatack’s new CEB Online Shopping portal, we want to help travelers buy the essentials and maximize their trip,” she said.

“Voyager has been enabling enterprises like Cebu Pacific to grow their business and accelerate their digital transformation by providing a robust eCommerce platform that will allow them to easily sell online,” Benjie Fernandez, COO of Voyager Innovations, said. “Cebu Pacific has been an established game-changer in the airline industry, and we are happy to be taking this flight with them as we jointly expand eCommerce opportunities in the country.”

Interested travelers can now shop for their travel essentials at https://www.takatack.com/pages/cebu-pacific.

ABOUT TAKATACK.COM

Fueled by Voyager Innovations, the digital innovations arm of Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and PLDT, Takatack.com aggregates many trusted online stores, together with the thousands of merchants who established their own online shops through the TackThis! platform.