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action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Source:https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/06\/29\/koreas-alwayz-aims-to-make-online-shopping-fun-again-with-46m-in-funding\/<\/a><\/br> Seoul-based e-commerce company Levit<\/a>, an operator of the shopping app Alwayz<\/a>, wants to make the shopping experience more entertaining and affordable. The two-year-old startup has recently raised $46 million in a Series B round of funding led by DST Global Partners with participation from new investor BOND and existing backers KB Investment, Mirae Asset Capital, Korea Investment Partners, GS Ventures, and Klim Ventures. With the latest round, Levit has raised a total of $67 million since its inception.<\/p>\n Alwayz offers a wide range of products, from daily groceries to home appliances and apparel to cosmetics. But it deviates from typical e-commerce platforms by incorporating social features like short videos and gamification into online shopping to draw customers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For example, users can earn rewards by playing games nurturing the pig character Don-Don-E, or receive crops in real life after successfully cultivating crops by playing a game called AI-Farm in its app. In addition, Alwayz recently introduced a \u201cShorts\u201d feature that allows users to watch short videos and, in return, get discounts when shopping.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It also attracts customers with low-price products. Users get discounts if they purchase products with other users or their friends on Alwayz. Alwayz\u2019s <\/span>C2M (consumer-to-manufacturer) model<\/span><\/a> eliminates layers of distributors, including logistics, inventory and other intermediaries, allowing the app to offer high-quality products at lower prices. Most sellers on Alwayz are producers or manufacturers, according to the company.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOur average product selling price is around 20% cheaper than the lowest prices on other e-commerce platforms,\u201d chief executive officer and co-founder of Levit, Jaeyun Kang, said. \u201cThis has been made possible because lesser-known brands, which traditionally spent nearly 30-50% of the selling price on marketing in search-based [e-commerce] platforms, can now sell their products more efficiently on Alwayz through <\/span>discovery-based shopping<\/span><\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Levit says games and social features help users enter the Alwayz app daily and be exposed to various products, even if they do not immediately intend to buy. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAs users enjoy the engaging experience on our platform, we leverage their high engagement to expose them to a range of items through our recommendation algorithms. This way, even if items are from lesser-known brands, customers can discover and buy them,\u201d Kang said. Levit describes this user experience as a \u201cdiscovery shopping experience.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n When asked about how it ensures low-priced products are high-quality, the company CEO said its recommendation algorithms assess all items on Alwayz, using factors such as conversion and customer repurchase rates. \u201cWe ensure an item isn\u2019t widely exposed until it has proven its quality, and this approach allows us to maintain the quality of items,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nKorea\u2019s Alwayz aims to make online shopping fun again with $46M in funding<\/br>
\n2023-06-30 22:03:07<\/br><\/p>\n