Are your local food prices effected

nemo · Post by **nemo** » Thu Apr 22, 2021 7:18 pm

Yep, the technologically literate will source from the digital and farm direct market, aggregate the orders and perform fulfilment locally.
FB has been alive with this model for a couple of years now.
The platforms such as nham24 give them a permanent presence.

Phnom Poon · Post by **Phnom Poon** » Thu Apr 22, 2021 7:20 pm

nemo wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 6:39 pm Wholesalers like LSH won't drop ship.
You have to have an aggregator. Nham24 et al have occupied this position.
Chip Mong was among the first to get through the delivery hassles in lockdown
People buy the same 30 items from a supermarket again and again.
People are lazy.
Shopping takes time and costs money if away from work.
Online with a gateway for payment will boom.
All these FB sellers are proof.

yes delivery might increase
but i thought you were implying all the market stall holders would just go online
the delivery apps are centralized, and will possibly partner with wholesalers to further consolidate
and delivery is just one branch of retail
people, well, women, like to shop in person
and no-one wants to pay more for delivery than in person, even if the excess is negated by time saved and travel costs

nemo · Post by **nemo** » Thu Apr 22, 2021 7:37 pm

It is mostly opportunists moving into this space.
I know of 5 frozen pizza startups this last month and 4 are khmer.
Distro is through minimarts/supermarkets- mostly sino khmer.
So it is a good point you make about commodity goods vs value added stuff.
I am, however seeing an increasing amount of promoted beef and chicken- even eggs just the past few days.
I know another khmer lady selling fresh veg, dry seafood, and dry meat.
She started 5 weeks ago and got 79 orders yesterday.
Though these are wet market goods, she is finding a market. She is not a market seller.
The convenience factor will be a potent factor in return business.
The model is simple arbitrage- depends how well you can automate it.

I actually am employed in selling different things- partially on FB , and own a few different groups in this sector, both farm and resto so I get force fed products

Phnom Poon · Post by **Phnom Poon** » Thu Apr 22, 2021 7:57 pm

no surprise in the current environment
but will it stick?
for some maybe, but probably not for many

nemo · Post by **nemo** » Thu Apr 22, 2021 8:06 pm

Huge growth on FB for a couple years- it will only grow like it has in every other country.

Phnom Poon · Post by **Phnom Poon** » Thu Apr 22, 2021 8:10 pm

if you say so
what i see is that a trip to the market is not just for shopping
it's also to stop for soup or coffee and meet friends for gossip
slip in a quick lottery play
and so on
if you're going to the market anyway, you don't need to order eggs separately online

some new face cream, or thai fashions, or other mlm style scheme, yes of course

nemo · Post by **nemo** » Thu Apr 22, 2021 8:14 pm

True, it is central to the culture for most people.
Having said that, My GF orders crabs and squid sometimes from FB

Phnom Poon · Post by **Phnom Poon** » Thu Apr 22, 2021 8:21 pm

i think there's definitely a place for specialist online retail, build by reputation
the generalists seem to me doomed to high volume/low margin, and high costs to become/remain 'the place to go' online
of course if one becomes dominant, and then dicks with their suppliers to become more dominant, like amazon, that's a different thing

nemo · Post by **nemo** » Thu Apr 22, 2021 8:25 pm

For the minmarts it is just a logical next step in stock control that they already do, but they need pics for their items and the data entry skills ( vey low ) to put it on woocommerce.
FB has a plugin that ports the woocommerce straight to a fb shop
of course they are there already

Phnom Poon · Post by **Phnom Poon** » Thu Apr 22, 2021 8:35 pm

i really don't know why i'd go to a minimart online store
the whole premise of minimarts is that they have most essentials or spontaneous desirables
right there within a block or two of me, or on the way home from work or a bar, etc

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