MAIN PICTURE: Ding Arancon (owner of Craft Carrot) with Derrick Heng (Head of Globe myBusiness) at the recent WWG XI

The online community is getting more and more influential nowadays. With social media and new technologies that simplify business readily available to more and more people, it's no surprise that online shopping is now a trend. It's now foremost in the minds of entrepreneurs who are into eCommerce to stand out from the labyrinth that is the internet.

Last year, Globe myBusiness established a solid partnership with Shopify, the number one eCommerce platform in the world. With Shopify enabling business owners to have their own online shop and business eCommerce management platform, it gives them opportunities to expand businesses without the hassle.

This last quarter of the year, new add-ons for Globe myBusiness customers would be introduced through partnerships with logistics services (Xend), design and set-up services (Ropo), digital advertising services (AdSpark) and payment services.

“The main objective of this project is to reiterate advocacy of Globe to help improve the lives of every Filipino. Through this project, we are able to help our Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) consumers and customers to have a better marketing strategy to promote their brand,” says Barbie Dapul (Globe myBusiness VP). “And what better way to market their brand but to put them at one of Globe Telecom’s biggest event of the year - the WWG.”

Aside from Globe myBusiness partnering with several existing customers to set-up their store inside Globe Gen3 stores around the metro, existing Shopify sellers no longer need to look for external agencies for add-on services. Every eCommerce needs of each SME would be readily available though Shopify -  an all-in-one package for all Globe myBusiness customers!

Aligned with the Globe purpose, Globe myBusiness is definitely making businesses flourish. Their partnership with Shopify, Xend, Ropo and AdSpark strengthens business customers by creating an avenue for them to feature their products in a more diversified digital platform.

Neon Island, a Filipino online clothing store founded in 2013 by Aira Medina and Chi Gibbs, together with Craft Carrot Art Tools, Inc., a provider of quality art materials and craft supplies for professional artists, hobbyists, and DIY enthusiasts, are one of the businesses featured during WWG at the ICONIC store in BGC, Taguig City.

They are able to maintain a small footprint, thanks to Shopify. Their inventory is properly stowed and accounted for using an eCommerce app. Selling their products is simplified using a tablet for browsing products to closing the deal.