Asean has two top-30 universities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025

Asean has two world top-30 universities for the first time ever in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2025. The National University of Singapore (NUS) moved up to 17th place, up from 19th last year, while Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) is 30th, up two places from last year.

Other highlights include:

- Universiti Teknologi Petronas is Malaysia’s highest ranked institution and joins the top 250 for the 1st time in band 201–250, up from band 301-350 last year.

- Chulalongkorn University and Mahidol University are Thailand’s highest-ranked universities, both in band 601–800 (unchanged from last year). Maejo University debuted this year in band 1201-1500 – ahead of eight Thai universities.

- The University of Indonesia, has remained in band 801-1000 since last year and retained its No. 1 position in Indonesia.

- Ateneo de Manila University is the highest-ranked university in the Philippines in band 1001–1200, and is also the country’s highest-ranked university since joining the rankings in 2023.

- Vietnam’s UEH University debuted in band 501–600 while Universiti Brunei Darussalam in Brunei Darussalam is the country’s highest-ranked institution, in the same band.

- Australia’s top five universities have all slipped down the rankings.

Asean universities in the top 800 of the THE World University Rankings 2025

University	Country	Rank 2025	Rank 2024
National University of Singapore	Singapore	17	19
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Singapore	30	32
Universiti Teknologi Petronas	Malaysia	201–250	301–350
University of Malaya	Malaysia	251–300	251–300
Sunway University	Malaysia	401–500	601–800
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Malaysia	401–500	401–500
Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia	401–500	401–500
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Malaysia	401–500	401–500
Universiti Utara Malaysia	Malaysia	401–500	401–500
UEH University	Vietnam	501–600	NR
Universiti Brunei Darussalam	Brunei Darussalam	501–600	401–500
Chulalongkorn University	Thailand	601–800	601–800
Duy Tan University	Vietnam	601–800	601–800
Mahidol University	Thailand	601–800	601–800
Ton Duc Thang University	Vietnam	601–800	601–800
Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA)	Malaysia	601–800	601–800
Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris	Malaysia	601–800	601–800
Universiti Putra Malaysia	Malaysia	601–800	501–600
Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN)	Malaysia	601–800	601–800

Source: Times Higher Education World University Rankings. See the full list at https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking

Three new countries have joined the top 200, including KSA and the UAE, bringing the total to 30 countries.

A record 93 Asean universities were ranked this year, up from 80 last year. Indonesia boasts the most newcomers with seven new universities ranked; the highest-ranked is Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta in band 1201-1500.

Indonesia also has the most-ranked universities from Asean, with 31 institutions represented. Malaysia has the second-most ranked institutions with 23 in Asean, and Thailand is third with 20.

Of Malaysia’s 23 universities, four rose in the rankings, with Sunway University in Malaysia jumping forward to join the top 500 in band 401-500, up from band 601–800 last year. Meanwhile, newcomer Management & Science University (MSU) joined the rankings in band 801-1000. Elsewhere in Malaysia, three universities had lower rankings, and 15 stayed in the same position.

The number of Thai universities increased from 19 last year to 20 this year, with Maejo University debuting strongly in band 1201-1500 – higher than eight other Thai universities.

The Philippines had six universities ranked this year, up from five last year.

The rankings assess research-intensive universities across 18 performance indicators, which are divided into five pillars, covering the core missions of teaching, research, knowledge transfer and internationalisation. Pillarwise, Malaysia scored well in the research excellence and research influence metrics, and it is particularly successful in the international metrics.

The industry pillar, which measures the exchange between academia and industry, was Thailand’s strongest pillar, however, this has been declining over time relative to the rest of the world. Conversely, its research quality and research environment pillars have been improving since 2019.

While three out of the 31 Indonesian universities fell in the rankings, none improved their position. There were seven new entrants this year, and 21 remained in the same band.

Compared with last year, Indonesian universities, on average, improved by 0.6 points, most of which is driven by research influence and research excellence. Compared with the Asian average, Indonesian universities underperformed in all metrics except two – studying abroad and international staff. Its worst metrics were patents, research strength and research excellence.

Philippine universities underperformed against the Asian average across most metrics except student-staff ratio, studying abroad and international co-authorship. Its worst-performing metric compared with the Asian average was research strength.

The industry pillars have been growing significantly in Singapore, as have research quality and research environment. However, the international pillar has been declining in the last five years relative to the rest of the world.

Across most of Asean a lack of qualified effective academics, who are equipped to lead universities there, has contributed to holding back higher education in those countries. Phil Baty, Times Higher Education Chief Global Affairs Officer, said: 

Singapore

“Singapore’s status as a world-class hub for higher education, research and innovation talent is well and truly established, with Times Higher Education’s data now showing that the dynamic city state has two world top-30 universities for the first time ever. It is a remarkable achievement and testament to strong support for universities and R&D as fundamental to the success of the nation and the centring of human talent as Singapore’s greatest resource.”

Malaysia

“Transformations are taking place in Malaysian higher education, including attracting more international students as part of its efforts to globally promote its universities as well as growing research strength, which is paying dividends as a university breaks into the top 250 of the THE World University Rankings 2025. As Malaysia emerges as a strengthening global education hub, we expect to see further success in the world’s most comprehensive and rigorous university rankings in the years to come.”

Thailand

The Thai government is supporting its universities to deliver maximum social and economic impact, and they are emerging as world leaders on the sustainable development goals, which bodes well for their international partnerships and their global academic standing. However, concerns have been raised about a ‘publish or perish’ mindset in Thai research, with too much focus on the quantity of research outputs over their quality. Our rankings methodology values quality over quantity, so we look forward to supporting the sector with data insights and practical support to strengthen the research base."

Indonesia

"It is fantastic to see the participation of Indonesia who have 31 institutions represented, the most in the Asean region and who boast the most newcomers with seven new universities ranked."

The world’s highest-ranked higher education institution is the UK’s University of Oxford, which has maintained the top spot for a record nine years in a row. Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US is the second highest ranked university in the world and in third place is Harvard University.

The THE World University Rankings started with 200 universities. The 21st edition of the rankings has 2,092 universities ranked – up from 1,907 last year – from 115 countries and regions.

This year 2,860 institutions submitted data, up 6.9% from last year, representing 133 countries and territories. The remaining 768 institutions gained “reporter” status, which means, although they submitted data, they did not meet THE’s eligibility criteria to receive a ranking.

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View the full World University Rankings 2025 results at https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking

Southeast Asian universities rise in the Times Higher Education university rankings

Tsinghua University in mainland China has topped Times Higher Education’s (THE's) Asia University Rankings 2024, retaining its No. 1 spot for the 6th year in a row. In second place is Peking University, which is 2nd for the 5th year in a row. 

Taking third place is National University of Singapore (NUS), which has also maintained its position for the 5th consecutive year. Besides NUS, Singapore has Nanyang Technological University in the ranking. The university up one place, from 5th to 4th this year. 

Meanwhile, mainland China’s representation in the top 10 has increased to five, up from four last year. The advances come at the expense of Hong Kong universities, with one fewer institution in the top 10 against three last year.

Japanese universities had significantly higher scores in this year’s research quality pillar due to the addition of a new research influence metric. Institutions such as the University of Tokyo moved from 8th last year to 5th, and Kyoto University jumped from 18th last year to 13th.

Top 10 universities in THE’s Asia University Rankings 2024

1 Tsinghua University, mainland China (2023 1st)

2 Peking University, mainland China (2023 2nd)

3 National University of Singapore, Singapore (2023 3rd)

4 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2023 5th)

5 The University of Tokyo, Japan (2023 8th)

6 University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (2023 4th)

7 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, mainland China (2023 tied for 9th)

8 Fudan University, China (2023 tied for 9th)

9 Zhejiang University, China (2023 12th)

10 Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (2023 6th)

Source: Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2024 

Seventeen of Thailand’s 19 universities either moved up or maintained their position in this year’s ranking. The country’s top three institutions are: Chulalongkorn University, which is ranked 117; Mahidol University, ranked 139; and King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, ranked 192. All rose from 201–250 rankings last year.

While most of Indonesia’s 24 universities maintained their position in the ranking there are two notable exceptions. The University of Indonesia jumped up from 251–300 last year to 201–250 this year, and Universitas Gadjah Mada shot up from 401–500 last year to 351–400 in 2024.

Seventy more universities are ranked this year than last, totalling 739 this year. This is a 10.5% increase, from 31 countries/regions, while a further 388 are listed as having reporter status*. Many of the newly-ranked institutions are in west or south Asia.

Phil Baty, Times Higher Education’s Chief Global Affairs Officer said: “We have tracked the impressive rise of China in the global rankings for two decades now, but what we can clearly see now is that the rising tide in Asia is lifting all boats.

“While China’s leading universities now compete at the very top of the world rankings, our data shows a strengthening across Asia, where a healthy competition, more collaboration, more investment in research and university capacity and more internationalisation is driving up performance. It all amounts to hugely positive tectonic shifts in higher education from the west to the wast, with real excellence demonstrated in East Asia and Southeast Asia in particular and well beyond.

“Another significant highlight is the growth of other regional powerhouses including India, Japan and increasingly Thailand, all of which show a continuous improvement in Asian countries’ higher education systems, which must be seen against the backdrop of an increasingly highly competitive higher education environment in the region.”

This is the 12th edition of THE’s the Asia University Rankings. Japan had the most universities in the rankings with 119 entries, followed by India with 91, up from 75 last year. The country’s highest-ranked institution is the Indian Institute of Science at 32nd place, up from 48th. In 3rd place is mainland China with 86 universities. 

Turkey has 75 universities, up from 61 last year. The top two – Koç University and Middle East Technical University – share 69th place, while Istanbul Technical University rose from joint 149th to 92nd. Iran is the fifth-most represented country with 73 universities.

Details

The methodology behind the Asia University Rankings is based on the same framework as the World University Rankings, but the weightings are recalibrated to reflect the priorities of Asian institutions. Check the Asia University Rankings 2024 methodology. THE revised and improved its methodology for its World University Rankings 2024, adding new metrics relating to research quality and patents. The methodological change has highlighted performances from universities in research that were not previously completely visible.

The addition of the new patent metric, part of the industry pillar, allows the transfer of knowledge from academia to industry to be measured. Nineteen Asian universities scored 100 on this metric, with four institutions each from Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea achieving this. 

*Reporter status means that although the institution submitted data, it did not meet THE’s eligibility criteria to receive a ranked position.

Zhaopin shows shifts in entry-level job market in China

Zhaopin, a career platform in China focused on connecting users with relevant job opportunities throughout their career lifecycle, has discovered shifting trends in its 2017 career survey* of college graduates in China. The research has found that Chinese college graduates are facing a more challenging labour market and declining average monthly salary, a dismal combination for the record 7.95 million graduating students joining the labour force this year.

2017 labour market for college graduates
Difficult and very challenging	40.8%
Difficult, but acceptable	47.0%
The market was OK	9.4%
Not difficult at all	0.8%
Not clear	2.0%

The good news is that the overall labour is showing signs of strengthening in line with overall economy gaining momentum. This has been shown by the CIER index compiled by Zhaopin and China Institute for Employment Research (CIER) at Renmin University, which tracks the ratio of job vacancies to job seekers in a variety of industries and cities across the country, rose to 1.91 in Q117, compared to 1.71 in Q116. The rising index is an indication the labour market had improved with the economy.

However, the labour market is strengthening unevenly. The record size of this year's graduating class is posing unique challenges for graduates. With such a large graduating class this year, new job seekers still face a daunting challenge, especially those from less well-known universities outside the top tier.

In trying to secure a job, 41.3% of graduates submitted 11 to 30 resumes this year, and 11.7% even sent more than 51 resumes to potential employers. It was also more difficult to get interview opportunities this year. Zhaopin found that 31.9% of college graduates landed one to three interviews, and 27.1% had four to five interviews. About 8.3% of graduates did not get any interviews this year, up from 3% last year.

By the end of April this year, 27.7% of college graduates had not received a job offer, higher than the 24.8% seen last year. Meanwhile, just over half of the graduates (50.2%) had received one to three job offers, lower than the 55.4% last year. For graduates who had job offers but declined to sign contracts, the top reasons were "salary/welfare did not meet expectation" (35.5%), "did not like position/work" (32.4%), and "not satisfied with work  location" (27.7%). To help address some of these challenges, Zhaopin has developed the National Employability Test to both help graduates and employers identify suitable talents.

Job offers for college graduates
No offer	27.7%
One offer	15.5%
Two offers	18.9%
Three offers	15.8%
Four offers	9.1%
Five offers	6.0%
Six offers	4.9%
Seven or more offers	2.0%

Highlights of Zhaopin's research:

• About 40.8% of graduates believe the labour market has been "very challenging" this year, up from 36.5% last year. A further 47% of graduates thought the job market was acceptable, even though difficult.
• A quarter of college graduates (26.7%) signed employment contracts this year, down from 35.4% last year.
• The average monthly salary for college graduates declined by 16% this year to RMB4,014.
• The average monthly salary for male graduates was RMB4,374, higher than RMB3,624 for female graduates.
• The IT/telecom/electronics/Internet sector offered the highest monthly salary of RMB4,867, followed by RMB4,692 in the financial sector and RMB4,457 for the traffic/transportation/logistics/warehousing sector.
• For the first time since Zhaopin started the survey in 2014, "opportunities to learn and grow" overtook "good salary and welfare" as the most important factor for college graduates in assessing jobs.

Reasons for not accepting job offers
Salary/welfare did not meet expectation	35.5%
Did not like position/work	32.4%
Not satisfied with work location	27.7%
Waiting for better offers	22.2%
Poor outlook for career development	21.2%
Work environment did not meet expectation	19.6%
Poor industry outlook	11.1%
Choosing among multiple offers	10.1%
Company reputation did not meet expectation	6.7%
Ready to sign contract	6.4%
Startup company with high risk	5.7%

Both the expected and actual monthly salary for college graduates declined this year, Zhaopin survey found. The average expected monthly salary was RMB4,875 this year, a drop of RMB110 from last year. The average actual monthly salary for college graduates declined by RMB751 to reach RMB4,014 this year.

Average monthly salary for college graduates
	Expected (RMB)	Actual (RMB)
2014	4,357	3,945
2015	5,265	4,793
2016	4,985	4,765
2017	4,875	4,014

The average actual monthly salary for male graduates was RMB4,374, higher than RMB3,624 for female graduates. The IT/telecom/electronics/internet sector offered the highest monthly salary of RMB4,867, followed by RMB4,692 from the financial sector and RMB4,457 from the traffic/transportation/logistics/warehousing sector.

Sectors with highest average monthly salaries for    college graduates (RMB)
IT/telecom/electronics/Internet	4,867
Financial	4,692
Traffic/transportation/logistics/warehousing	4,457

Among graduates who already signed employment contracts, 33.5% choose to work in first-tier cities and 33.1% would go to emerging first-tier cities. Emerging first-tier cities were actually more attractive to college graduates as 37.5% of them wanted jobs there.

Cities selected by college graduates
	Preferred	Actual
First-tier cities	29.9%	33.5%
Emerging first-tier cities	37.5%	33.1%
Second-tier cities	21.3%	19.0%
Third-tier cities and  below	11.3%	14.4%

The IT/telecom/electronics/Internet sector was the most attractive sector with 19.4% of college graduates preferred to work in this field. One in five (20.3%) found related jobs.

Sectors selected by Chinese college graduates
	Preferred	Actual
IT/telecom/electronics/Internet	19.4%	20.3%
Culture/media/entertainment/sports	9.6%	3.3%
Financial	9.3%	7.8%
Professional service (consulting/finance and accounting/legal, advertising/PR,  authentication/outsourcing)	9.1%	5.6%
Real estate/construction	8.0%	11.2%
Services (healthcare/nursing, beauty, hotel/restaurant, travel/vacation)	6.9%	8.6%
Automobile/manufacturing/processing	6.7%	15.3%
Trade/wholesale/retail/leasing, FMCG/durable consumer goods	6.2%	7.5%
Education/arts and crafts	5.7%	4.3%
Government/non-profit organisation	5.0%	0.7%
Energy/mineral/environmental protection	3.4%	3.6%
Traffic/transportation/logistics/warehousing	2.9%	4.2%
Farming/forestry/animal husbandry/fishery	0.9%	1.2%
Others	7.0%	6.5%

Students planning to go on to further education in China dropped to 6.3% this year, from 16.5% last year. Students planning for further education overseas also declined to 3.4% this year, from 4.8% last year. Nearly 10% of graduates said they do not intend to work immediately after graduation. They would like to take some time off to travel, volunteer, or spend time with parents.

Intentions after graduation
Looking for a job	73.5%
Further education in China	6.3%
Further education overseas	3.4%
Start own business	6.3%
Take some time off	9.8%
Others	0.7%

About 55.9% of graduates preferred jobs with "opportunities to learn and grow", while 52.2% chose "good salary and welfare". It was the first time since Zhaopin started the survey in 2014 that "opportunities to learn and grow" has overtaken "good salary and welfare" as the most important factor for assessing a job.

Job aspirations for Chinese college graduates
Opportunities to learn and grow	55.9%
Good salary and welfare	52.2%
Growth potential of industry/company	34.9%
Harmonious company environment	25.2%
Fit with personal interests	22.8%
Room to perform with abilities	20.5%
Suitable position	19.1%
Clear career development path	17.8%
Balance of work and life	16.2%
Freedom in workstyle	13.5%
Others	0.3%

College graduates also said they would work overtime when necessary to complete urgent projects, finish their own work, or improve their skills. About 40.3% of graduates would accept two to five hours of overtime a week, and 23.1% could work overtime five to eight hours a week.

Acceptable amount of overtime for Chinese college  graduates
Under two hours a week	24.5%
Two to five hours a week	40.3%
Five to eight hours a week	23.1%
Eight to 10 hours a week	8.6%
No overtime	3.5%

Zhaopin has over 135 million registered users** at various stages of their careers. In the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016, approximately 36.9 million job postings*** were placed on Zhaopin's platform by 509,813 unique customers.

*Zhaopin's survey analyses the employability of college graduates based on their perceptions of the labour market, job-hunting efforts and results. About 93,420 college graduates participated in the survey this year, including junior college graduates, undergraduates and graduate students.

**A "unique customer" refers to a customer that purchases the company's online recruitment services during a specified period. Zhaopin makes adjustments for multiple purchases by the same customer to avoid double-counting. Each customer is assigned a unique identification number in the company's information management system. Affiliates and branches of a given customer may, under certain circumstances, be counted as separate unique customers.

***Zhaopin calculates the number of job postings by counting the number of newly placed job postings during each respective period. Job postings that were placed prior to a specified period - even if available during such period - are not counted as job postings for such period. Any particular job posting placed on the company's website may include more than one job opening or position.

Shopee goes all out to attract community members for its e-commerce platform

Feng charts Shopee's growth in Southeast Asia and Taiwan since its launch late last year. 

Source: Shopee. Feng shows off the Shopee e-commerce platform on a screen replicating what is on his phone.

Shopee, Garena’s* e-commerce platform, today launched two initiatives—Shopee Free Shipping, now in beta, and Shopee University, at its inaugural Biannual Press Conference. The moves mark the beginning of a major growth strategy that the mobile-first social marketplace is commencing on for the months ahead that includes streamlining buyer and seller experiences as well as building a community around Shopee.

At the event, Chris Feng, CEO, Shopee, who is also the Head of Mobile Business, Southeast Asia and Taiwan for Garena, disclosed that the company aims to build a more holistic and robust customer-to-customer (C2C) social marketplace to further empower individuals to buy and sell on its platform. These plans come on the back of Garena’s recent announcement that it raised US$170 million in Series D funding, to be used on accelerating its regional market leadership across its digital content, payment, and e-commerce platforms, including Shopee.

“Since the official launch** version of our platform, Shopee has seen tremendous growth with our sellers, buyers, product listings and orders now in the millions. To ensure this growth rate continues, we are committed to invest more in constantly enhancing our ecosystem through innovation and developing initiatives such as Shopee Free Shipping to empower individuals, especially budding entrepreneurs, to start their business journey on our platform by first removing the hassles of shipping costs," said Feng. "This in turn elevates mobile commerce standards and further strengthens our regional market leadership position, bringing us closer to achieve our aim in becoming Southeast Asia’s mobile commerce destination of choice.”  

Shopee has seen 10 million downloads, 12 million product listings as well as 1.2 million social media followers across the region. Singapore accounts for 500,000 of the downloads and 300,000 of the listings as well as 600,000 of the social media followers - all in just a few months**.

Ander Orcasitas, Managing Director of Shopee Singapore said, “Shopee University is an entrepreneurship development initiative aimed at empowering individuals to grow their businesses on Shopee and enhance their e-commerce management skills. With this new curriculum developed based on the best practices of Shopee’s top sellers’ entrepreneurship skills, we are very excited to be able to impart valuable knowledge to other sellers within the community. With more in-depth topics around Shopee’s extensive features as well as tips on online marketing and photography, we are confident that these classes will benefit our sellers greatly.”

Shopee free shipping goes into beta. Registration is open.

Shopee Free Shipping (beta)

With Shopee as a free-to-use platform***, Shopee Free Shipping further lowers barriers to entry for all participants. The beta for Shopee Free Shipping will reimburse shipping costs**** for sellers who register in-app for the initiative, enabling to pass on the savings to buyers. 

Shopee University

Shopee University aims to help sellers develop business skills around e-commerce. It will also jumpstart a community for sellers so that they can share their experiences with each other. "We want to form a community behind this ecosystem where people can really learn and share with the other sellers," said Feng.

The revamped curriculum was developed based on the best practices of Shopee’s top sellers’ entrepreneurship skills. Compared to the curriculum at the soft-launch in December the new offering features more in-depth topics including online marketing and photography. These classes are organised every two weeks and members of the public as well as Shopee sellers can register to attend, as well as receive more information in-app. 

Shopee prides itself on ease of use. Sellers can list products for sale in a handful of steps using their mobile phones – snap a picture, fill in product details and set the price, upload the listing, and share with friends. A shop can be set up in less than 30 seconds. For peace of mind, payments are held in escrow - buyers' payments are held by Shopee and only released to the seller when the buyer sends an update that the item was received in good condition. There are no listing fees and no commissions for sellers. Product enhancements made to Shopee’s platform since its official launch version include:

A summary of key product innovations introduced since the launch: improvements in social features, discovery - being able to find items that would be of interest to the buyer - and more help for sellers.

More social features

 A Live Chat feature supports person-to-person (P2P) conversations 

 Search now supports hashtags so users can easily discover what is trending as well as the latest deals (trending hashtags of the day included #koreanfashion #nyx, and #flyknit)

 The home page allows users to view real-time updates from sellers they follow as well as sellers recommended by Shopee

Improved discovery

 The Daily Discover feature recommends items a visitor might like based on browsing and purchase history
 A two-level Category feature allows users to search and discover products more easily  

 New Search Filters enable users to explore products by discounts and surfaces products with free shipping 

Assisting sellers

 Product Boosting feature allows sellers to push their products to the top of a product category 

 Featured Sellers provides greater exposure for selected sellers with different categories of products. A one-click follow-all function allows buyers to pursue categories of interest 

 Chat Response function indicates how responsive a seller is in terms of how many responses, and response times

 Product Variation allows sellers to manage multiple models of a single product under one listing, such as the same product in different sizes and colours

Seller management console

 Seller Centre allows sellers to more easily manage their products and orders, as well as support their customers. This feature is designed for web usage and is batch-oriented, as against updating products one by one on a mobile device

Logistics

 Integrated Logistics now includes additional support from Shopee Singapore’s third-party logistics provider Ninja Van

Top sellers on Shopee share their experiences: from left, Wong, Lee and Foo.

Lee Yi Hui from HushSG, one of Shopee's top sellers, is focused on e-commerce full-time. Lee did not start using Shopee immediately after finding out about it, he disclosed, but decided to give it a try as the platform added more functions. "It worked quite well for us," he said. "We started to list more and more of our products on Shopee, and have quite a huge chunk of revenue from there."

Brydan Foo, GameProSG, deals mainly with PC gaming peripherals and laptops, which typically has a niche customer base. Foo said Shopee had helped him locate more customers. "They (Shopee) don't just view us as just a seller on a platform," he added. "They have a strong working relationship. I have learned about e-commerce from Shoppee. This is why I enjoy using Shopee as my preferred platform."

Lee added that with Shopee it is quite easy for a small seller to begin uploading and selling. "There's not much paperwork involved. Even if you're not a full time seller, you can just take a picture, take it in well-lighted areas, and immediately start selling, If you are a serious seller you can upload your products en masse - that's one concern for those who have a lot of products, it's very tedious to list your products one by one... a lot of platforms are still manual, that's what got me started," he said. 

He added that Shopee's community is particularly responsive. "Shopee has the most reviews. The community is very involved and really give feedback after they purchase," he said.

Valerie Wong of ReverendRabbit, which sells men's apparel, praised Shopee's initiatives for sellers. "Sellers get to meet one another, it creates a whole seller ecosystem," she said. "It's not like you're alone. The more sellers there are, the more people will be shopping in the industry."

All three sellers noted that Shopee has been very responsive to feedback as well.

Interested?

Register for Shopee Free Shipping

Hashtag: #shopeeSG

*'Garena' refers to Garena Interactive Holding. 

**Shopee was officially launched in Singapore in November 2015. 

***Shopee is a free-to-use platform with no hidden costs.
****Shipping costs applies to normal mail which is capped at S$2 per shipment. 

 

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