Star Business Report

Local e-commerce platforms are organising a 20-day online shopping festival featuring quality products and services in a bid to regain consumer trust in the industry, which has been shrouded by recent controversy.

Dubbed “10-10”, about 20 established e-commerce, logistics and payment companies are going to take part in the festival starting from today.

“E-commerce is not a fraud or Ponzi scheme. It’s all about good products and seamless service for consumers and there are some real players in the industry with good reputations,” said AKM Fahim Mashroor, chief executive officer of AjkerDeal, one of the participating e-commerce platforms.

But due to the existence of some fake e-commerce platforms, a negative notion has been created about this industry.