Tanah Abang Traders' Revenue Drop Due To TikTok Shop Complaints, Heru Budi Finds Solutions

Illustration of Tanah Abang Market (Theresia Agatha/VOI)

JAKARTA - Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono admitted that he would find a way out of complaints from traders, especially in Tanah Abang Market whose income decreased due to losing to competing with TikTok Shop sellers. Heru admitted that he would summon the ranks of Perumda Pasar Jaya to explain the portrait of the problems that occurred among traders. "Yes, it will be discussed with PD Pasar," said Heru when met at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Monday, September 25. One solution, according to Heru, is the adaptation of market digitization. MSME actors will later receive socialization to have witnesses digitally in selling their wares. "Yes, that's right (market digitization). It will be discussed with markets, MSMEs, e-commerce friends, tomorrow," said Heru. Tanah Abang Market traders are now complaining about their condition of experiencing a decline in income due to the rise of online platforms, one of which is TikTok Shop. How not, sellers on TikTok Shop import goods from abroad and can get cheaper prices to reduce the cost of buying merchandise than buying local products. This was revealed by a member of the PDIP faction of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Wa Ode Herlina after checking the condition of Tanah Abang Market with the PDIP faction group of the DKI Jakarta DPRD. "The price in Tanah Abang is far more than TikTok Shop. TikTok Shop, he said, goods are from China, Malaysia, Vietnam. The price is also very cheap than Tanah Abang," said Wa Ode, Friday, September 22. Meanwhile, Tanah Abang Market traders still have to pay kiosk rental fees to levy in order to sell. Like it or not, they have to adjust the selling price of their products to make a profit. "They (the Tanah Abang traders) cannot compete. If you talk about convection, here it is more expensive than China. That's why people prefer to convection to China than Jakarta," said Wa Ode. Therefore, Wa Ode asked the government to immediately issue policies that protect business actors in the market so that they can compete with sellers through electronic platforms.

"They must be studied specifically, yes, so that the government protects or has a fence, there are limits so that TikTok Shop does not dominate," said Wa Ode. "There needs to be a new online website for shopping for Tanah Abang, that's one solution. The second is that the government needs to strive so that people return to Tanah Abang, but it's a bit difficult, yes, people just buy vegetables online," he continued.