Six Years Of Operation, Telkom Shuts Down E-Commerce Site BLANJA.com
JAKARTA - Telkom officially closed the BLANJA.com marketplace platform. The online buying and selling shop which was pioneered six years ago through a joint venture with eBay, must be closed as of September 1 yesterday.
"As of October 1, 2020, Telkom will only focus on the e-commerce business in the corporate and MSME segments through Business to Business (B2B) transactions. This is part of the company's strategic steps to develop e-commerce business in a better direction," said Director of Digital Business Telkom, Fajrin Rasyid in his statement, Wednesday, September 2.
In his statement, Telkom said they would focus on several initiatives to take advantage of e-commerce opportunities in the enterprise market. One of them is the UMKM Digital Market (PaDi) program which seeks to drive the local economy by utilizing digital applications.
"TelkomGroup expresses its deepest gratitude for the trust of the public and stakeholders who have joined and utilized the BLANJA.com retail transaction facilities, especially business players throughout Indonesia," explained Fajrin.
The announcement was first known through the official BLANJA.com website, his party also confirmed regarding the closure of this marketplace, "With the change in business strategy made by BLANJA.com, we say that starting September 1, 2020 all purchasing activities at BLANJA will be stopped. "
In addition, for users who still have a balance at BLANJA.com, they can withdraw their money by withdrawing the balance from the BLANJA Wallet before September 30, 2020.
How to withdraw BLANJA.com Wallet balance, users can visit the BLANJA.com page and click the link in the notification on the top tab on the site, or can send an email to support@BLANJA.com with an email registered with BLANJA and attach a personal identity file (KTP and copy of account book).
For information, BLANJA.com is a collaboration between Telkom Indonesia and the e-commerce site company eBay, which was launched in December 2014. This is realized through an online-marketplace concept that has thousands of merchants and millions of products in various categories according to user needs.