Online selling platform for MSMEs launched

FREE FOREVER LAUNCHED. Anchanto co-founder, Chief Operating Officer and Country Head for the Philippines Abhimanyu Kashikar discusses to members of the media during a roundtable discussion held at Contis Greenbelt, Makati City on Monday (Apr 29) the company, its mission and expansion plans in the Philippines. (PNA photo by Gladys S. Pino)

MANILA – Global e-commerce selling and logistics platform provider, Anchanto, launched Monday its “free forever” platform meant to boost the micro, small and medium enterprises’ (MSMEs) eCommerce capabilities.

Anchanto co-Founder, Chief Operations Officer (COO) and Country Head (Philippines) Abhimanyu Kashikar, in a roundtable discussion with media at Contis Greenbelt, shared that this free, basic online platform, can serve as gateway for the start-up businesses to market and sell their services, products to multi, cross-border channels online such as Lazada, Zalora, Qoo10, Shopee, MyStore, Shopify, Magento, and more with ease.

Given the MSMEs vital contributions to the country’s economic growth, this free service is offered “basically, to address the barriers they have with the technology and improve their (operational) efficiency,” he said.

Open to all interested MSMEs, Anchanto can accommodate as many who wish to be on board the free e-commerce platform.

Abhimanyu said he also hopes to also meet with concerned government agencies to offer Anchanto’s free online service.

“Requests (to meet) were sent, am just waiting for the decision makers’ availability so we can discuss how we can serve more.”

But, aside from the free plan, Achanto also offers subscription options depending on the businesses’ needs, “those who have already expanded and scaled up” for a minimal fee, under its business and SME plans.

Achanto, headquartered in Singapore, with operations across over 14 countries, has been enabling brands, retailers, online sellers, 3PLs, warehousing players, postal associations and eDistributors equip themselves with the best-in-class eCommerce capabilities through its propriety SaaS products and strategic partners, he added.

The company, which currently serves a massive customer base comprising of global players such as Nestle, Pos Malaysia, Telkom Indonesia, 3M, Luxasia, among others, integrates its customers seamlessly with 43+ online marketplaces across Southeast Asia to push inventory, digital content, promotions and receive customer orders – all in real time.

It’s current offerings include the eCommerce Warehouse Management System (eWMS) and SelluSeller (SS) where eWMS enables B2B & B2C eCommerce for 3PLs, Warehouses, Brands, Retailers, Distributors, and Postal Associations (with 43+ eCommerce marketplace integrations and 20+ strategic partnerships, the platform readily enables inventory, order and warehouse operations management), while SS is an online multi-channel selling software that offers a one-stop solution to manage selling on multiple local and cross-border sales channels.

It will soon have its Retail Space Service, targeting its launch during the 1st quarter of 2020.

Anchanto is also expanding its business in the country, planning to open its Cebu and Davao offices by 3rd and 4th quarter of the year respectively, citing investments in logistic technology have an enormous potential to improve the e-commerce landscape in the Philippines.

Their business presence here aims to enable thousands of local SMEs, Micro-SMEs to be onboard the e-commerce platforms by providing online sellers the tools to scale up their revenue massively, and empowering the local entrepreneurs to grow their businesses in Southeast Asia’s thriving eCommerce market, it was explained further.