TODAY

With increasing demand on their time both at work and outside in their social lives, some people nowdays have practically little time for shopping. But the Internet can do a lot to help them in this situation, for example, by helping make an effective use of what little time they have_that is online shopping. If you want to buy foodstuff, household items, consumer goods, dried fish, etc, you simply go to dailymart.com.mm, Online Grocery Shopping Site. The Site is meant mainly for expats here in Myanmar, said Executive Director Ko Htut Thant Zin and Operation Director Ma Zin Mar Lwin in an inteview with TODAY. Ko Htut Thant Zin said for the moment he is taking care of running the whole operation, including business development, with Ma Zin Mar Lwin doing her work as Operatin Director. The following is what they say.

Ko Htut Thant Zin

First Started

It started out on June 2, 2014 _ but not in full operation. On Jaunary 2, 2015, we started the operation online. The aim is to do away with difficulties of shoppers such as expatriates, workers with little time for shopping, those who find it difficult to carry their purchases down the stairs, because, you know, not all shops have elevators. It is also targetted at helping those busy housewives with children to take care of at home. For such busy women we have products for children which are available on our Site. The site is more convenient for foreigners, who are already familiar with online shopping.

Product available

There are five categories: food and drinks; healthcare and beauty; household goods; and products for children. The food and drinks category includes rice, edible oil, salt, chillie, etc. besides dry noodle, eggs and breakfast serials. We have a plan to add bread to the list, We have a fair variety of dry foods, but no meat, fish and vegetables.

Drinks include purified water, milk, beer, etc. Healthcare and beauty includes shampoo, body soap, toothpaste, tooth brush, etc. Household goods include detergents, cleansing liquids for floor and toilet, tissue, kitchen roll, shoe-shining stuff, mosquito coil. For children, we have diapers, milk powder and toiletries.

Ma Zin Mar Lwin

Delivery area

Our delivery area covers 24 townships in Yangon_ the most populars parts of Yangon. They meet our target market needs. We’re now delivering as far as Panhlaing and FMI housing estate, Hlaingthaya.

How fast is delilvery?

Delivery is made within 24 hours. The day is divided into three parts: from 9 am to 1 pm at midday; from 1 pm midday to 5 pm in the evening; and from 7 pm to 10 pm at night. If you want to have your purchase delivered during the 9 am to 1 pm midday period you can post your order on the Site at about 8:30 am. If you want to have it delivered during the second part of the day, you can place your order an hour earlier. Once your order is confirmed, we make the delivery. Orders can be placed 11 days a head .

Method of Payment

For the moment it is cash on delivery, with a future plan for online payment through MPU Visa and Master. We also have a plan for overseas delivery service. For the moment this service applies only to at least 10000 kyats worth of goods. Delivery is still free.

Promotion and Marketing

For markting we use facebook mainly. We have plans for the use of social media. But no billboard as yet. For the moment we already have got a social media team.

Stock Management

Products we deliver are safe to use in terms of expiry and packaging . We have a warehouse of our own, We only deliver those products we already have in stock, not those things from somewhere else. This eliminates the need for customers to keep waiting until delivery is ready. If we’ve run out of stock we’ll say ‘out of stock’ on the website.

Customers

Most of the customers are foreigners. They also include mothers. Once they buy, they’ll do so every week. Things They buy are usually fairly heavy, difficult for them to carry_things like purified water bottles, large bundles of diapers, etc.
website: dailymart.com.mm
Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/DailyMartOnline
Hotline Number: 09799246163

Trans: by Nyunt Thaung