Indonesia mulls ban on TikTok sales, drawing mixed reactions from shopkeepers

The potential ban comes at a time when live-shopping, a form of social commerce, is on the rise in Indonesia. - AFP

JAKARTA (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Promoting children’s clothes online, instead of to people passing by his stall in the Tanah Abang Market in Jakarta, was one of the best decisions entrepreneur Andre Oktavianus made.

Since he started selling on online platforms via live stream in 2017, nearly a decade after he started his business, Oktavianus, 37, said that his sales have increased.