16 DECEMBER 2021, KUALA LUMPUR – The wait is over as PGMall, the leading homegrownonlinemarketplace in Malaysia has finally unveiled its secret to success with the debut of the legendary book, “ConsuMerchant” written by Jonaina Nordin, a reputable Social Commerce Entrepreneur. The bookwasofficially launched by Dato’ Wira Louis Ng, Founder of PGMall together with Mr Yong Kai Ping, theCEOof SIDEC, Puan Jonaina Nordin, the book author, accompanied by Mr. Jerry Ng, Chief Operating Officerof PGMall here at Hilton Kuala Lumpur, today.
Ranked as the Third Most Visited Online Shopping Platform (by iPrice) among two other foreign-ownedbrands, with 4.09 million average web visits per month in year 2020 and 7.83 million average webvisitsper month in year 2021, PGMall remains as the No.1 Local Online Shopping Platformin Malaysia. Todate, PGMall has garnered over 7,830,000 network visits with a customer base of 3 million every month, and is still growing.
Based on a recent report by Similarweb, PGMall has recorded 10.95 million site visits in the monthof October 2021, a 39.45% growth from the previous month. Not only that, PGMall has also gaineda500%increase in Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) compared to the year before, from the recently held11.11Campaign. This rapid growth is a testament to the sharp increase in sellers and shoppers in thepast months. All in all, PGMall experienced a 300% growth in GMV in both year 2019 and 2020, and is ontheverge to double in growth to achieving RM600 million for the current financial year of 2021.
Established in 2017, PGMall aspires to bridge homegrown brands to global frontier through its veryownunique Sharing Economy business model called ConsuMerchant. Emphasizes on the ‘Shop, Share, Earn’ philosophy, the ConsuMerchant business model is aimed at creating a healthy and balanced economybusiness ecosystem by offering everyone an equal opportunity to earn legitimate income andbuildapermanent business empire with PGMall.
In this “ConsuMerchant” book, Puan Jonaina shares about her experience of discovering a local e- Commerce platform called PGMall that she not only could shop for the things she needs and likes, but she is also rewarded for every purchases she made on this platform. Puan Jonaina is surprised that shecould earn good incomes from just shopping. Apart from the exceptional personal shopping experience, she is also impressed that PGMall offers mind blowing long-term cashback as well as incentives forreferring new shoppers onboard. Never had any online shopping platform rewards its shoppers inlongterm basis, but PGMall does otherwise through their referral and customer loyalty programme.
The ConsuMerchant business model is the brainchild of the brand founder, Dato’ Wira Louis Ng, createdto provide an extraordinary trading and shopping experience for merchants and customers, wheretheycould buy and sell, and be rewarded with legitimate returns. This marks the first of its kindeverintroduced in the e-Commerce industry.
According to PGMall Founder, Dato’ Wira Louis Ng, “Shoppers are the value creators for thewholeeconomy chain. Based on the law of supply and demand, every goods (supply) must have buyers(demand) in order for goods to be valuable within the economy ecosystem. And with the ‘Shop, Share, Earn’ concept under our ConsuMerchant business model, existing shoppers who refer their friends andfamily onboard, or even other shoppers in general, they will be rewarded through the referral andloyalty programme. The more shoppers they refer, the more they will earn. Not just that, with thehightraffic onboard PGMall, the merchants will inevitably benefit from it too.”
Apart from the referral and customer loyalty programme where shoppers enjoy great cashbackandincentives, PGMall also hosts many other attractive sales campaigns to benefit shoppers fromtimetotime. Up next would be the Mega 12.12 e-Commerce Shopping Campaign, where shoppers get toenjoygreat savings through discount vouchers offered by sellers onboard as well as government initiativesvouchers such as ‘Belanjanwan’ and ‘Shop Malaysia Online’. Previously, PGMall had participatedinothermarketing campaigns too, such as Go e-Commerce, Kempen Beli Barangan Malaysia, Penang e-Bazar tosupport Penang sellers and the SAVE 2.0 program to encourage public to save energy by using energysavings appliances.
For more information about the ‘ConsuMerchant’ business model and how one could maximise ontheirshopping experience with PGMall, purchase the “ConsuMerchant” book at www.pgmall.my/Galeri-Cik- Jun or visit PGMall official Facebook page at “PGMallMalaysia” to find out more.
