Devin Wenig, CEO of online shopping giant eBay, has called Pakistan a hot destination and expects online shopping in the country to explode. He went as far as to say that Pakistan is one of the fastest growing e-commerce markets in the world.
“It’s the fastest growing markets we have around the world. Anywhere where wealth is growing and technology is being adopted, e-commerce is being adopted like crazy,” – Devin Wenig, CEO eBay
He made the response in a Facebook Live Session during the ongoing World Economic Forum, when he was asked a question about Pakistan’s prospects in the online shopping space and about emerging markets.
He made this prediction based on how much wealth is expected to be generated in territories like Pakistan and how the country is still hungry for more goods, based on its lack of access to many products currently.
He believes that the success of online shopping in Pakistan is poised to change all that. It should be mentioned that the growing interest in online shopping, rising mobile adoption rates, increase in 3G/4G users amongst Pakistanis (nearly 36 million and rising), all these aspects indicate a market that is ripe for the arrival of more e-commerce and payment juggernauts such as Amazon, PayPal, eBay and more.
The continued use of AliExpress is also indicative of the trend, as is the rising volume of purchases during Black Friday sales by e-commerce giants here (with Daraz claiming it made Rs. 1 Billion in that period as an example).
He was even asked the one question that many Pakistanis needed answered – why is eBay not in Pakistan?
He said that even though eBay did not have a version geared for buyers/sellers from Pakistan, the service was still extensively being used by Pakistanis on various eBay sites.
He concluded, “We absolutely encourage you to shop, and we will get our goods and services in Pakistan for sure. Go and use eBay in Pakistan.”
how we can start selling on ebay because we dont have allow to use paypal in Pakistan yet
Ak dafa Ebay ajay pakistan me pher daikhna wo payment ke boht sy rasty nikal lay gay visa card bhi chal jata hs ebay par me shoping karta raha hun but wo uk sy mangvata hun
Ebay Pakistan main main Any K Bad
Sub Se Pehly Sub Se Aghe telenor EaisayPaisa Waly Apna introduction kar wa dengy
Agar Ye Nahi to Online Banking Payment Solution System to Hai Na State Bank ne Approved kiya howa hai
User Online Bank Account or Bank Apps Se Payment Kar Rahi hai.
Like, Daraz, Khymu, etc ye sub bhi bahar ki investment hai.
Yeah Mr Ceo thanks for your kind words please kindly bring PayPal to Pakistan.
I see people making their OWN versions of PayPal in near future. But, let’s see what happens…
lot of issue will be occur if somebody with out license enter in this business..parallel banking ,hundi , money laundering.My thought is may be some company like zong, jazz will lunch mobile payment type solution,
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“territories” sarcasm?
:P
Do you know what that means?
Waiting for E Bay coming to Pakistan Official!
Thank you “Noon League”.
Ye sirf unki waja se hi howa hai k eBay k CEO ne ye baat ki ;)
Thank You, Zardari! Ye sirf in ki wajah se hua hai k inho ne itni corruption ki k Noon League ko chance mila aur phir eBay k CEO ne ye baaki ki ;)
baat to sach hai magar baat hai ruswai ki
Yes, that’s exactly why he doesn’t plan to launch eBay or PayPal in Pakistan! That’s exactly the reason why big brands like Daraz keep begging others for discounts so that they can make some sales! #bubble
Really appreciative… Even mobile app development also grows in Pakistan. Majority of that work is being outsourced.