Journal of the Community Development in Asia
Vol 5, No 3 (2022): September 2022

Enhancing Business Performance through Social Media Platforms Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study on Shopee in Malaysia

Gan, Kia Hui (Unknown)
Das, Abhijit (Unknown)
Puvaneswaran, Vivekka (Unknown)
Rajandran, Parindran (Unknown)
Cheng, Zhichai (Unknown)
Li, Zhengang (Unknown)
Alothman, Salem (Unknown)
Almutairi, Nojoud (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Sep 2022

Abstract

Since corona-virus disease (COVID-19) has caused a major economic shock, entrepreneurs such as small business owners, agents, and drop shippers face enormous obstacles to carry out their businesses. This study aims to investigate the extent of social media platforms such as Youtube, Facebook, and Instagram in attracting customers towards Shopee, leading its business performance. This brief discusses how the COVID-19 crisis is accelerating an expansion of e-commerce especially Shopee towards customers, likely involving a long-term shift of e-commerce transactions from luxury goods and services to everyday necessities in conjunction with driving users' satisfaction, leading to business performance improvements. An online survey questionnaire is used for data collection and the respondents consist of a total of 150 Shopee users (buyers) from Malaysia. The findings of this study serve a valuable insight and guidelines for businesses to integrate into social media platforms for effective marketing as well as potential future development.Keywords: Business performance, COVID-19, E-commerce, Entrepreneurs, Shopee, Social media.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JCDA

Publisher

Subject

Humanities

Description

JCDA aims to feature narrative, theoretical, and empirically-based research articles. The journal also accepts articles with data taken from reflections as well as experiences (qualitative research) relevant to community development in Asia. As it explores the community development broadly, the ...