Sri Lanka’s Postal Department aims at supporting small businesses through its Bepost.lk e-commerce site
Sri Lanka’s Department of Post is reportedly looking at supporting small businesses in the next few months by getting 1,000 entrepreneurs on to its ‘Bepost.lk’ electronic commerce site.
The Department of Post has stated that the Bepost.lk official e-business web application and the total trade facilitation software solution were developed by the department’s e-business and technology management centre.
Sri Lanka Post has been able to register over 200 entrepreneurs on the Bepost.lk application in the first three months after its launch and more than 1500 products by small and medium businesses.
According to reports, the target of this year is to register 3,000 entrepreneurs and more than 15,000 products on the platform from which the Department will earn commission income.
A statement by the Department of Post noted that the application was designed in accordance with the Global Trade Facilitation Programme introduced by the Universal Postal Union (UPU), the United Nations specialized agency for the postal sector.
The Sri Lanka Post platform will also have a products delivery facility through the Department of Posts island wide delivery channel and facilitate overseas delivery through the international postal network.
“The key beneficiaries of the 1st stage of this program are Micro, Small and Medium scale entrepreneurs,” the statement has further noted.
OSL take:
According to the release on Bepost.lk, businesses using the platform can reach online customers directly, bypassing intermediate resellers or middlemen. This would create a business conducive environment in the country. Given the Sri Lankan government’s commitment towards promoting online platforms for trade and payments, foreign businesses/investors could use the opportunity to set up their businesses in the country.
| Article Code : | VBS/AT/18042018/Z_7 |