asl-corp.com – On April 1^st, 2020, ASL Corp - Authorized Channel of Alibaba.com in Vietnam in collaboration with Binh Duong Furniture Association (BIFA) - co-organized an online seminar with topic “VIETNAMESE ENTERPRISES SHOULD INVEST IN E-COMMERCE?". This seminar was organized exclusively for furniture enterprises in Binh Duong province in particular and the Southern region in general, in order to promote brands and products to international markets and boost exports.

At the seminar, there was the presence of speaker Ms. Dong Thi Thuy - Director of Agenas Manufacturing & Trading Co., Ltd is one of the "Top Gold Supplier" shared: “Our company received a lot of orders from the e-commerce B2B platform Alibaba.com in the first year to become a Gold Supplier, more than 90% of the company's profits come from export activities. Currently, Agenas   products have been sold in 18 countries, bringing more than 1 Million USD revenue. At the same time, Ms. Thuy thanked ASL CORP's customer service team who were always ready to support Agenas in the pass year.

As we all know, E-commerce is increasingly strengthened in the situation of Covid-19 epidemic spreading in developed countries. The leading retail stores in the world such as Costco, Walmart, Target Ikea, ... are reducing opening hours or even closing some showrooms as recommended by the Government. Meanwhile, E-commerce B2B is being selected as the leading sales channel for exporters. At this webinar are provided with the following knowledge:

• Reasons to choose E-commerce B2B:

The opportunity on online business is huge and growing, supplier can search and deal with buyers around the world without having to go through traditional distribution channels. Through E-commerce B2B, Vietnamese companies, especially furniture enterprises, are being key businesses, which can:

- Online Business 24/7

- Building an international brand communication channel

- Self-seeking new customers in foreign markets with low costs

- Performing activities of negotiation, price fixing, ... with buyers almost immediately.

• Method of researching potential market before starting a business

Similar to the traditional business model, Vietnam enterprises should develop their own E-commerce business strategy to determine target customers and sales target from the beginning. We can apply the following methods to research potential markets:

- Clearly define who are the target customers of the company?

- Our target geographic area?

- What are characteristics of consumer?

- Competitive advantage of current products

• Why choose Alibaba.com?

Currently, Alibaba.com is selected as the largest E-commerce B2B platform in the world with more than 150 million members and more than 300,000 buying requests per day. The scale operates in over 200 countries and territories serving 40 industrial goods.

• The outstanding benefits that Alibaba.com bring to your company:

- Contact buyers directly & immediately

- Your company will receive many high quality inquiries, thereby increasing your chances of receiving formal orders.

- The company's products will be displayed on the top of the search results page.

- Create an international website with more than 16 languages.

- Building trust with customers through Authentication & Verification

- Use the market research data, consumer trends on Alibaba.com to make sound business decisions from time to time.

If you have missed this online event, please do not worry because we will also organize many other webinars to provide more useful knowledge about E-commerce.

If you are interested in, please follow ASL Corp's channels regularly to update the online courses information!

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