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Carousell

Marcus Tan, Carousell

01-Jul-14 12:34

Carousell

According to eMarketer’s latest forecasts, worldwide e-commerce sales will increase by 20.1% this year to reach a whopping USD$1.5 trillion dollars. In 2014, for the first time, consumers in Asia-Pacific will spend more on ecommerce purchases than those in North Amercia, making it the largest regional ecommerce market in the world. Snap, List, Sell. Create free listings in less than 30 seconds. Carousell is a new mobile first C2C marketplace that snagged SGD$800k in November last year has made its way across the border from Singapore to Malaysia. We speak to Marcus Tan, the co-founder on what’s the big buzz?


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