Time to prepare your credit cards, shoppers! Singles’ Day Shopping is here and we are excited to show you the top spots in Malaysia for unbelievable deals including up to 90% deals and promo codes for discounts!
Before we introduce these shopping spots, let’s take a step back and learn a little about the history of Singles Day’s Shopping Festival. This festival is widespread among young Chinese people to celebrate the fact that they are proud to be single. The date, 11.11 (Nov) is chosen because the number “1” resembles an individual that is single.
This festival has become the largest online shopping day in the world, with sales in Alibaba’s sites Tmall and Taobao at US$5.8 billion in 2013, US$9.3 billion in 2014, US$14.3 billion in 2015 and over US$17.8 billion in 2016.
Malaysians Can Celebrate Singles’ Day Too
This year, Alibaba’s B2C platform for brands, Tmall, has brought its 24-hour 11.11 Global Shopping Festival event to the Malaysia market. As part of this initiative, Tmall will bring 100 Chinese brands overseas during 11.11. It will also offer special promotions targeting more than 100 million overseas Chinese consumers in Southeast Asia and around the world.
In June this year, Alibaba Group Holdings invested another US$1 billion in Southeast Asian e-commerce company Lazada Group, increasing its stake in the company from 51% to approximately 83%. It also rolled out Tmall World in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Taiwan to allow the 100 million Chinese citizens residing overseas, to purchase items from its retail site Tmall. That means, we all can shop in the world’s largest e-commerce site now too!
Best Shopping Sites For Single Days’ Deals
1. TMall
You are going to need a friend who can read Mandarin because this largest e-commerce site is in the Chinese language. But for what it’s worth, you will tap into thousands of deals and products that you can’t find in Malaysia.
Shopping categories are very comprehensive on TMall, covering fashion clothing, accessories, electronic gadgets, home & living products, kitchen necessities, food & beverages, baby products, and much more.
Click here and see for yourself!
2. Lazada
It will be absurd not to include Lazada in this huge shopping festival. Most of the urbanites should be familiar with this marketplace as you can almost find anything on Lazada today. To make things more exciting, Lazada has even dedicated a segment for TaoBao collection inclusive of fashion items, home accessories, smartphone covers and more.
So plan your wish list by visiting Lazada now and get your promo codes ready too! Banks are collaborating with Lazada for this special festival and you can use promo codes as provided for additional discounts such as CIMB (15% off) and Maybank (12% off). However, you will need to have a credit card from any of these banks to be eligible for these discounts.
Get the best credit card for yourself to enjoy more discounts before it is too late!
3. Shopee
This e-commerce site which is another local online shoppers’ favorite will be participating in the festival by promoting RM11 deals and up to 90% off on selected products. On top of that, Shopee has already introduced Super Sale from 1 to 5 Nov here, with discounts as high as 85% and extra 15% off with this promo code: NOV15, capped at RM10 for a minimum spending of RM30.
Stay tuned to this site and get vouchers of 30% discount for Nestle products by 11 Nov 2017. If you have a credit card from AmBank, Maybank, Public Bank, RHB Bank or CIMB Bank, you can enjoy additional 10% discount too.
Lastly, Shopee is also currently promoting its ‘Spin To Win’ contest, where you can win a cash prize of RM2,000 or other exciting prizes by:
- Play Spin To Win on your Shopee mobile app
- Share your spin on Facebook
- Hashtag #ShopeeMYSpins
- Spin and share daily to increase your chance of winning!
4. Zalora
A popular site for fashion items including clothing, shoes, bags, and accessories, Zalora is celebrating Singles Day no only on 11 Nov, but from 9 to 12 Nov.
Here’s a sneak peek of what you can expect from Zalora on the super deals:
If you have a budget, just visit the segment of ‘Everything under RM150’ and get your good look from there! Find out everything you need to know about Zalora’s Singles Day deals here.
5. Watson
Instead of just celebrating Singles Day on 11 Nov, Watson has launched pre-celebration deals on its online shopping website with 11% discount (Promo code: W1111) if you purchase RM111 and above.
You can find skincare (Eucerin, Nano, Hada Labo and more), cosmetics (L’Oreal, Maybelline, and Kiss Me), hair care (Sunsilk, Pantene, and Liese), healthcare and personal care products at discounts up to 80%. Delivery is free if you purchase RM50 on its online store, so start grabbing your daily care products here and go crazy now!
Best Credit Cards For Online Shopping
1. Maybank 2 Gold Card
With this card, you can enjoy both 5% cashback and 5X Treats Points for every spending on the weekends (for Amex card). On top of that, you should remember that you can get special discounts at certain sites such as Lazada and Shopee with exclusive promo codes as mentioned above! You can also leverage on the 0% interest instalment plan if you are planning to buy expensive items such as furniture or TV.
Minimum Requirements: RM2,000 monthly
Annual Fee: Free for life
2. Alliance Bank You:nique Rebates
Enjoy unlimited cashback up to 3% with this card, even for your online shopping! The best thing is, you can personalised this card with your preferred picture. How cool is that?
The cashback structure for this card is as below:
- 3% Cashback for RM2,001 – RM3,000 monthly spend
- 5% Cashback for RM1,001 – RM2,000 monthly spend
- 5% for RM0 – RM1,000
- 3% for less than RM3,000
Minimum Requirements: RM2,000 monthly
Annual Fee: RM148
For those who want to save more money, find out more on which credit cards are the best for online shopping here. Have more tips to share? Leave them in the comment and we can’t thank you enough.
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