Priceza
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Priceza is a shopping search engine and price comparison tool, with local websites in six Southeast Asian countries: Thailand (since 2010), Indonesia (since 2013),[1] Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines[2] and Vietnam.[3] The company was started in January 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand, by three computer science engineers: Thanawat Malabuppa, Vachara Nicatatphand, and Wirod Supadul.[4][5][6] It is Thailand’s first, and currently ranked at number one with 85% market share in the e-commerce business.[7]
Operations
The company runs 6 local websites as follows:
Priceza Thailand - www.Priceza.com
Priceza Indonesia - www.Priceza.co.id
Priceza Malaysia - www.Priceza.com.my
Priceza Singapore - www.Priceza.com.sg
Priceza Philippines - www.Priceza.com.ph
Priceza Vietnam - www.Priceza.com.vn
Priceza operates in its markets by establishing business partnerships with merchants and retailers to provide information and price lists on a wide range of products. The company is partnered with companies like Lazada, Zalora, Central Group, Groupon, Rakuten, which has products in their price comparison database.[8] As of 2014, the website has 5,000 stores on Priceza Thailand and another 5,000 stores on Priceza Indonesia, with a total amount of 1.6 million products in Thailand and two million products in Indonesia.[9]
Investments
In 2013 CyberAgent Ventures, a Japanese venture capital company, invested in Priceza.[5][10]
In 2016 the venture arm of Hubert Burda Media, Burda Principal Investments invested in Priceza.
References
- ^ "Priceza comparing prices from Thailand to Indonesia". TechinAsia. Retrieved September 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Thailand-based Priceza to enter Philippine Market and other Southeast Asian Countries". Kabayantech. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ "Priceza taps Southeast Asia". Bangkok Post. Retrieved August 2014.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Team". Priceza Group.
- ^ a b "Meet Priceza, CyberAgent Ventures' first investment in Thailand". E27. Retrieved September 2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Thai Price Comparison Startup Priceza.com Hits Over 1.2 Million Unique Visitors". TechinAsia. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ Cunningham, Susan. "Priceza, PricePrice, PricePanda - Who's Winning And Losing SE Asia's Price Comparison Races?". Forbes. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ Huang, Elaine. "Thailand's Priceza wants more of that Southeast Asia pie". E27.
- ^ Huang, Elaine. "Thailand's Priceza wants more of that Southeast Asia pie". e27.
- ^ "CyberAgent Ventures, Inc. invests in Priceza Co., Ltd. Thailand's leading price comparison service". CyberAgent Venture. Retrieved 17 September 2013.