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Plasa Looking to Sell Its Ecommerce Biz to eBay

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It seems that eBay may jump directly into Indonesia’s ecommerce scene by acquiring Plasa.com‘s ecommerce business according to sources inside and outside of the companies.

Ecommerce may have been Plasa’s new direction under former CEO Shinta Dhanuwardoyo, but now that she’s gone and Plasa’s online marketplace is practically on autopilot, the company is said to be looking to cut its losses by selling it to eBay. This deal however is still not finalized and there’s a chance that it may not even happen. At the moment, both companies are still wrangling about the details of the deal.

Plasa.com has been having a rough time since the departure of former CEO Shinta Dhanuwardoyo and Chief Innovation Officer Andi S. Boediman. The company hired Iriana Muadz from Heinz ABC in March 2011 before she too left the company last month. In the meantime, Aris Siswoko from within Telkom’s management ranks is said to be running the company.

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Telkom and Microsoft bring PlasaMSN to Life

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After several months of rumors, PlasaMSN has finally gone live. PlasaMSN is a news portal that brings you curated content from multiple partners and works in a similar vein as Yahoo!’s portal. While Microsoft in other countries tend to partner with a media company to bring its news portal online, it decided to partner with Plasa.com in Indonesia, the Telkom subsidiary behind the struggling online store.

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Dailylicious Recap This Week

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Dailylicious recap comes back to share information in this two weeks. It is also completed by some news on DailySocial. Here is the recap:

The fist information is from Dailylicious about the research finding that most of the Twitter users feel okay to see the advertisements or promotion on their timeline. While this research is done by Lab24 on the US users, it can be interesting information to learn.

The next information is about the stock exchange in Indonesia which now become more interesting for foreign investor, according to PT Panin Sekuritas. It is dealing with the Indonesian economy globally but can bring effect to startups development and business. You may find the further information here.

Before we go to the information from Dailylicious, there is some news on DailySocial about events. There are two announcements for the winner of event has been held by Blaast and winners of Nokia DevStart Competition. Next is the events which are still open for registration; SparxUp Awards 2011 and Founder Institute. Further information can be read on each link mentioned.

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eBay Opens Office in Jakarta, ends partnership with Plasa.com

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We’ve just received an anonymous tip that eBay will end its partnership with plasa.com in just a matter of days. The company in fact has hired a representative and either has or will very soon open an office in Grand Indonesia in central Jakarta.

We’re expecting to receive more details on this in the coming days as the company prepares to officially announce its arrival and plans for Indonesia.

This puts the earlier announcement in a different light and will likely jump start the ecommerce scene in Indonesia. Whether the auction giant will prevail in the region remains to be seen as it certainly has a lot of barriers to overcome. Establishing an office in Jakarta however means the company is confident that the market is there to be seized and it will be able to deal with the challenges.

update: I should probably add that eBay Indonesia’s domain, which was registered to CV eBay Indonesia since 17 December 2004, expired on August 31, 2011. Thanks @gueamu for the tip.

eBay Appoints Edelman as Asia Pacific PR Agency, Gets Serious About the Region

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eBay just announced that it has appointed Edelman as its Asia Pacific PR agency to deal with cross border trade in the region as it represents 20 percent of the company’s sales in Q4 2010. The appointment follows the relationship between the two companies in the US. The PR agency is expected to “raise awareness of the opportunities to traders and entrepreneurs in Asia.”

Edelman will also provide counsel and guidance regarding strategic communications and approach to the online shopping site as it aims to learn more about the region and improve its adoption in Asia Pacific.

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Mojopia Gets Into Gaming, Mojogamon Went Live Silently

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Some of you might know Mojopia as the company behind the well-funded e-commerce marketplace Plasa.com, who has been very silent for the past few months about the progress of their service. Earlier today when I lurk around the website, I stumbled upon another website Mojogamon which kind of explains what Mojopia have been doing lately.

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Plasa.com’s New CEO and COO

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Iriana Muadz is officially appointed by Telkom’s Board of Directors to replace Shinta Dhanuwardoyo (ex CEO), and Ariadi Anaya as interim CEO at Plasa.com. At the end of 2010 (then) CEO Shinta D left Plasa.com and followed by resignation of Chief Innovation Officer Andi S Boediman at early 2011. During transition Ariadi Anaya was appointed as interim CEO until Iriana Muadz joins them March 2011.

Looking at her LinkedIn profile, Iriana previously held strategic positions in big FMCH companies such as Unilever and Bintang Toedjoe. Her experience is also prominent, especially on brand strategy, marketing, sales and even business operations.

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