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In Southeast Asia, Facebook is the main or only online presence for many, many businesses. They don't have their own websites, just a corporate Facebook page, a
by jzwinck 7y ago
In Southeast Asia, Facebook is the main or only online presence for many, many businesses. They don't have their own websites, just a corporate Facebook page, a phone number (for Whatsapp/SMS mostly) and a Google Maps entry. I'm not saying all these businesses would disappear if Facebook did, but it's not clear how they'd be online. Most of them have zero IT.
- JohnFen 7y agoI'm certain that given the size of that market, some enterprising company would step up to fill it.
- jzwinck 7y agoOne might expect Garena to do it, but why haven't they already? Maybe Grab can.
- siruncledrew 7y agoWow I didn’t know that. What are some examples? That’s interesting to think about compared to so many companies I’ve seen having their own url, even if their website is all html tables and css rules from 10+ years ago.
- jzwinck 7y agoHere's an example: https://facebook.com/BelimbingSuperstar/ https://facebook.com/BelimbingSuperstar/ That is a midrange restaurant in tech-savvy Singapore, opened a few months ago by people who already had another successful restaurant. And here is their website: http://belimbingsuperstar.com http://belimbingsuperstar.com As of this writing the website is literally a GoDaddy placeholder page. They use the domain for email only, they didn't even bother to redirect it to Facebook.
- int_19h 7y agoIt's increasingly common for small businesses in US. Many restaurants, for example, have a Facebook page, a Yelp page etc, but they don't have a website.