Enthusiastic : International Journal of Applied Statistics and Data Science
Volume 5 Issue 2, October 2025

Recommending E-Commerce Platforms for MSMEs: A Sentiment Analysis Approach

Adiyana, Imam (Unknown)
Kurniawan, Angga (Unknown)
Rahmatika, Alfilia Hilda (Unknown)
Setiono, Nisrina Hanifa (Unknown)
Gumelar, Satya Fajar (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Dec 2025

Abstract

The rapid growth of e-commerce in Indonesia presents significant opportunities for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), yet the diversity of marketplace platforms complicates the selection of an optimal sales channel. This study addressed this challenge by developing a data-driven recommendation system based on sentiment analysis of user reviews. Utilizing a dataset of 80,000 reviews scraped from four major platforms on the Google Play Store (Shopee, Tokopedia, Lazada, and Blibli), two classification approaches were implemented and compared: support vector machine (SVM) and long short-term memory (LSTM). Both models demonstrated a competitive performance, enabling effective sentiment categorization. Furthermore, multinomial logistic regression was employed to analyze the influence of key variables rating, number of likes, and marketplace brand on sentiment outcomes. The analysis revealed that Shopee yielded the highest probability of receiving positive reviews (97.82%) and showed no significant association with negative sentiment. Consequently, this study recommends Shopee as the primary platform for MSMEs to enhance their digital presence and sales performance. The primary contribution lies in integrating machine learning-based sentiment analysis with statistical modelling to generate actionable, evidence-based marketplace recommendations for MSMEs.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ENTHUSIASTIC

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance Engineering Mathematics

Description

ENTHUSIASTIC is an international journal published by the Statistics Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Islam Indonesia. ENTHUSIASTIC publishes original research articles or review articles on all aspects of the statistics and data science field which should be ...