Bukalapak Expands the B2B Segment, Presents BukaProcurement [UPDATED]

Bukalapak begins to enter the B2B segment by launching the latest features OpenProcurement, to increase loyalty for users, while realizing its ambition to become a leading marketplace service.

Targeting this segment, the Head of Sales for Bukalapak, Tri Bagus, emphasized not as a shift in focus from C2C ​​but as a complementary form or complement to Bukalapak's vision itself. Bukalapak wants to invite business people in corporations to participate in growing Indonesian SMEs through BukaProcurement through one of Bukalapak's affiliated companies.

"BukaPengadaan is a procurement system provided by Bukalapak to assist corporations in meeting the solutions for the company's procurement needs with ease and the best price," said Tri to DailySocial.

BukaProcurement is intended to meet procurement needs for companies. Procurement is made by making a list of goods. The list will be entered into Bukalapak and will then be searched by the Bukalapak team. Then, Bukalapak will send an offer to the recommended item in the Bukalapak database to the client.

After selecting the goods, the client can choose the available payment methods, namely prepayment (cash) or payment after goods received (term of payment/TOP). Ordered goods will be sent later with the length of time according to the regulatory reference in Bukalapak.

This service, he explained, can be enjoyed throughout Indonesia. It's just that for corporations located in the western part of Indonesia, it will be served by Bukalapak Jakarta, while for the eastern part it will be served by Bukalapak Surabaya

In addition to targeting corporate clients as consumers, BukaPengadaan also provides offers for partners who want to become vendors providing goods. It's just that, continued Tri, the vendor must be registered with Bukalapak as a seller. Plus, the vendor is legally registered and has completed the registration documents.

Based on data revealed by Bukalapak, as of now the company has collected more than 100 million products available on Bukalapak with more than 1,8 million sellers.

BukaPengadaan completes the list of innovative services that Bukalapak has presented this year, after previously launching OpenMutual, OpenCarand OpenGold.

The presence of BukaPengadaan directly enliven the B2B e-commerce market in Indonesia. Some of the names of players who are quite big include Bizzy, Mbizand ClickMRO.

- *We added the results of an interview with the Head of Sales Bukalapak Tri Bagus