Facebook is currently one of the most popular ways of online shopping in Bangladesh. There are around 2.5 lakh Facebook merchants in Bangladesh.
In the last two years, Facebook-based e-commerce expanded in Bangladesh like other countries as the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns turbocharged digital shopping, reads a press release.
According to Meta, more than 70% of women-led businesses in Bangladesh were set up on Facebook since the pandemic began.
However, one of the main problems faced by these Facebook merchants is sourcing products.
Around 35% to 40% of the merchants on Facebook conduct business with products from India, Thailand, UK, Korea, US, China, and some other markets in Southeast Asia.
Most of them depend on different importers or wholesalers to source their products. Some of the major problems they face are purchase rates of the products, timely delivery, and…
