Delivery Methods and Charges

1. Delivery service. It can be UPS (for large quantities of products) or the company's own delivery trucks (like how Amway has their own fleet of delivery trucks). This can mean that there will be an extra charge for having the stuff delivered to your doorstep, and the amount of extra cost will defer from business to business. For example, Amway is a direct-selling company that very strongly utilizes the Internet as a means to order their products, and Amway provides free delivery if your order exceeds RM300. Others might charge you extra depending on the amount of products purchased and how far away you stay from the seller's location.

2. Snail Mail. For small-scale, imperishable online purchases, most sellers would opt for sending it by express mail (PosLaju). The extra cost for this method varies depending on the product's size and weight. Of course, by using this method, your stuff should arrive within the week, and not within a day or two. Snail Mail is Snail Mail, after all.

3. Cash On Delivery (COD). Another method, especially for small-scale online purchases, is where the seller meets up with the buyer and they exchange the goods for cash on the spot. They usually meet at a common location that is easily accessible to both parties, like the McDonald's at the nearest shopping mall or something similiar. This can also apply for buyers who order products like handphones through sellers/suppliers. In this case, the buyers would be notified of when the product reaches the seller's store, and then the buyers would go collect.

For example, if I were to order a handphone from a seller online through lowyat.net, the seller would then notify me when the handphone has arrived in their shop, and then I might have to go to their shop personally to pay for my handphone.


That about wraps it up this week. What do you think about the delivery methods in Malaysia? Are there any ways we can improve this aspect of online shopping in Malaysia?

Posted by Essie

On stupid phone

My stupid, stupid handphone decided that his time on earth is over and that he needed to go to handphone heaven. And the said phone does not last for a year. What a waste of my money! I bought it because my old and most reliable Nokia N70 has lesser memory even with the memory card.

I wish I bought Nokia instead of Sony Ericsson.

But on the bright side of this whirl-wind SE handphone problem, my father dearest is going to buy me a new handphone. I might get Nokia or Samsung. I still don’t know but I’m gonna get the smart phone. Lol!

Tags: on phones

Posted by aceetheprincess

10 Million Nimbuzz Mobile Social Messenger Apps Downloaded from GetJar!

10 Million Nimbuzz Mobile Social Messenger Apps Downloaded from GetJar
GetJar’s Pay-per-download advertising platform a key part of success

London and San Mateo, CA – April XX, 2009 – GetJar, the world’s leading independent app store, announced today that Nimbuzz, the most comprehensive VoIP, presence and IM provider, reached 10 million downloads on its network. Nimbuzz achieved this milestone through strong brand recognition, an award winning application design and by effectively using GetJar’s Pay-Per-Download service to gain prominent visibility and significantly increase its downloads.

“As consumer’s recognition and use of app stores to personalise their mobile begins to soar, gaining visibility within an extensive app store, filled with tens of thousands of apps, needless to say, is a challenge for companies in the mobile space. We have always looked for ways to differentiate our brand from competitors, and GetJar’s Pay-Per-Download (PPD) service presents an opportunity to do just that.” stated Evert Jaap Lugt, CEO of Nimbuzz. “GetJar is our top outside source to increase mobile downloads and using their PPD service has exponentially increased our download rate since we started working with them two years ago.”

Nimbuzz is a mobile social messenger, combining instant messaging, (geo) presence, and VoIP that integrates effortlessly with an individual’s “hyper-connected” digital lifestyle. The free app supports popular communities including Skype, Windows Live Messenger (MSN), Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, GoogleTalk, AIM, and social networks including Facebook and MySpace. Recent additions such as Skype Out and SIP calling to its iPhone client and interface updates to the Symbian client, plus winning several awards including the coveted Red Herring Global 100 and Red Herring Europe 100, coupled with the impressive GetJar downloads, see Nimbuzz currently growing at the rate of one new user every three seconds.

Get Users

The GetJar pay-per-download advertising service is a one of a kind option for developers and brand owners to boost downloads of their apps and/or drive traffic to their mobile sites. This unique advertising tool allows them to bid for premium catalogue placement per download and set their own maximum daily budgets. This cost-per-acquisition (CPA) based service ensures quality visibility to millions of GetJar users and client’s pay only when consumers download the advertised application. Geo-targeting and reporting also allow clients to really focus and adjust their campaigns to ensure maximum ROI.

“Nimbuzz is an extremely popular application on GetJar and we are delighted to be a part of this milestone moment and to have been able to help them in achieving this,” adds Ilja Laurs, Founder and CEO of GetJar. “Our Pay-Per-Download service, the service that Nimbuzz has so effectively used to propel them to 10 million downloads, is used by developers of all sizes on GetJar – from independent developers, to established brands. Through this service, we offer an answer that no other app store in the world does – a way for mobile brands to control their own destiny.”
~ENDS~

About GetJar
GetJar is the world’s leading independent app store averaging over 35 million downloads a month. The company provides more then 20,000 unique mobile applications across all major handsets and platforms to consumers in more then 200 countries. GetJar is backed by marquee investors Accel Partners and is based in the UK, Silicon Valley and Lithuania. For more information: www.getjar.com.

About Nimbuzz
Nimbuzz is a mobile social messenger combining instant messaging, (geo) presence, and VoIP across popular communities, including Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, Google Talk, AIM, and social networks including Facebook and MySpace. The free application is available on the mobile, web and PC, for instant messaging, location sharing, (group) calling, file sharing, and chat rooms.
From one contact list users can call, chat, message and more, with all their friends in one place. Nimbuzz is a feature rich mass market product for the hyper-connected lifestyle.

by : pmork=>getjar

blogging from my handphone

I lent my darling laptop away to another darling person, so that’s why the lack of updates! Ops. I really miss my laptop. So here I am blogging with my handphone Wlan feature. Technology is freaking awesome. it’s 6am, and I haven’t slept a wink! Beat that! Woot. my biological clock is screwed so bad. and my mind now screams: nus, smu, nus, smu, nus, smu.. Haha.. I will decide tmr.. I’m never someone who does things super instantly. I procrastinate till I deem fit. I wonder if it’s an act of being cautious, or just a refusal to committing to a decision. Or Both. I think more of the latter.. Cos when I make a decision, I usually stay committed to it.. But before that, I must be darn darn sure I want it so darn badly, I’d be committed. I’d hate backing out. Hmmm, so the contemplation period for me takes pretty long. Oh, I very surprisingly managed to figured myself out.. And you all very much just read a post that I’m texting at 630+am, delirious state of mind, and pretty much talking to myself..

Posted by xiu1201=>Januarywinds

Sony Ericsson Partners with GetJar for PlayNow arena

Getjar provides expertise to ease app submission process, access to free GetJar apps

LONDON & SAN MATEO, Calif. – June 3, 2009 - GetJar today announced that the company’s library of over 45,000 free applications will soon be linked directly through Sony Ericsson’s PlayNow™ arena, its app store. GetJar’s “long tail” class of apps will complement a series of premium apps from Sony Ericsson in the PlayNow arena. Additionally, GetJar’s proven upload infrastructure will be used by Sony Ericsson to make the submission process for new applications easy for developers. Through the partnership, GetJar will provide a high performance platform that will give Sony Ericsson’s millions of customers easy access to a broad range of free applications available for its handsets globally. See Sony Ericsson’s news about the PlayNow arena announced today here [INSERT LINK TO SONY ERICSSON RELEASE].

“With its experience in delivering mobile applications to a wide consumer base, GetJar has demonstrated the value of choice, quality and performance when it comes to distributing mobile content,” explained Christopher David, Head of Developer & Partner Engagement at Sony Ericsson. “In the rapidly growing mobile content market, partnering with GetJar will allow us to complement the quality application offerings of our mobile content and entertainment service PlayNow™ arena.

GetJar, the world largest independent app store, has been providing mobile applications to consumers since 2005 and now receives over 1 million downloads a day across more than 200 countries. The company boasts over 200,000 developer accounts and has been delivering millions of downloads for leading applications developers and content owners such as Google, Facebook, YouTube, Nimbuzz, and eBuddy among others. It was recently nominated as one of 2009’s “Hottest Start-ups” by TieCon50 and is backed by VC heavyweights Accel Partners.

“Truly successful app stores need a platform which can cope with the enormous levels of consumer demand from day one, while also providing a deep and varied content offering for consumers across a wide range of handsets and platforms,” explained Ilja Laurs, Founder and CEO of GetJar Networks. “Sony Ericsson is able to draw on our track record and global experience of delivering apps for everyone, to ensure rapid growth and success.”

GetJar provides an open and free environment for application developers and consumers, with its catalogue of free applications available for anyone with a Java, Symbian, Windows Mobile, iPhone, Palm, BlackBerry, or Flash Lite-compatible phone. GetJar’s ‘Mobile Ecosystem’ connects consumers to developers through free access to applications, and connects developers to their market quickly, easily, and free of charge.

About GetJar Networks
GetJar is the world’s largest independent app store with over 450 million downloads to date. The company provides more than 45,000 mobile applications across all major handsets and platforms to consumers in more than 200 countries. GetJar is backed by marquee investors Accel Partners and is based in the UK, Silicon Valley and Lithuania. For more information: www.getjar.com and follow us on Twitter @getjar.

by : pmork=>getjar