Over 300 businesses joined Online Shopping Day 2016

Over 300 businesses participatedthe annual Autumn Online Shopping Day 2016, which took place on Friday, September 30, according to the E-commerce and Information Technology Agencyunder the Ministry of

Nearly 61,000 promotion products were put on sale on the website OnlineFriday.vn and mobile app. A wide range of discount items on online and offline channels of firms including The Gioi Di Dong, Nguyen Kim, Vien Thong A, Lazada, Sendo, FPT Shop, Mediamart, Saigon Co.op, Adayroi, Vietjet, Jetstar Pacific, and Vincom commercial center joined this year event.

According to the E-commerce and Information Technology Agency, many changes has been made for the event including customers could report violations of businesses to the organising board such as incorrect information of product, quality and promotion prices and the board would handle consumers’ feedback via the Real-Time (the information updating and warning system).

In addition, the board launched supporting websites such as Websosanh.vn, Topgia.vn, and Chongiadung.com to help customers check information about promotional products and organizers use a price comparison system to check prices announced by participating enterprises.

As plan, Online Friday Deal will only take place in December for online purchasers; however, the organizers launched the deal earlier than the plan. The event is expected to record sales worth more than 1 trillion VND (44.4 million USD).