KUALA LUMPUR (June 21): GadgetMan, the world’s first end-to-end M-Commerce Licensing Programme was launched on Tuesday.
GadgetMan Sdn Bhd CEO Raymond Woo in a statement Tuesday said GadgetMan was a mobile shopping and payment platform which offers a specially structured programme to support Malaysian entrepreneurs and second income aspirers,
“GadgetMan is a unique business platform which will create income opportunities for hundreds and thousands of business minded entrepreneurs in Malaysia," he said.
“In an increasingly competitive environment GadgetMan is supporting entrepreneurs who want to provide consumers with a fast, affordable and secure way to purchase gadgets anywhere any time, including the comfort of their own home,” said Woo.
He added that GadgetMan would create a new global standard for M-Commerce for secure mobile shopping with instantaneous cashless payments between individuals, merchants and banks, using tablets as credit/debit card terminals".
"There is a high demand for providing customers with mobile solutions for shopping via tablets with secure mobile payment services and GadgetMan has been created to provide the highest possible levels of personal service in a mobile environment”.
“Our vision is to enable entrepreneurs around the region to utilise the GadgetMan platform to provide products from the GadgetMan directory,” said Angus Ogilvy, GadgetMan’s Vice President of Marketing.
“When customers experience the GadgetMan service we are hopeful shopping behaviour will switch permanently from conventional stores and E-Commerce to the human touch in M-Commerce through GadgetMan,” he said.
GadgetMan builds on the strength of Arori (M) Sdn Bhd which has 29 years of experience selling consumer electronics in Malaysia, he said.
It also has a partnership with Maxis, who will be providing data plans and Samsung Tablets for the service.
Maxis’ Head of Business Services, Fitri Abdullah said, “We are excited at the future prospects of GadgetMan. At Maxis, we are committed to supporting the growth of the business community through M-Commerce, by offering innovative data plans and devices”.