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Thinking of starting an e-commerce business? Here's what you need to know

Michelle Zhu
Michelle Zhu • 2 min read
Thinking of starting an e-commerce business? Here's what you need to know
SINGAPORE (Mar 26): Despite being a population of active mobile users, more Singaporeans are still preferring to shop online using desktops rather than their smartphones, according to a new report released by Picodi.
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SINGAPORE (Mar 26): Despite being a population of active mobile users, more Singaporeans are still preferring to shop online using desktops rather than their smartphones, according to a new report released by Picodi.

Based on the global e-commerce platform’s internal data for 2018, just one out of three (35%) online retail transactions made in Singapore was made with the use of a mobile device last year, with the remaining using desktops to make their purchases instead.

This makes Singapore among the countries where desktop shopping takes the lead out of the 35 countries which Picodi analysed data from, as opposed to Peru, which tops the ranking of the other spectrum of the other spectrum with 76% of online smartphone purchases.

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