Shopee records its highest ever single-day sales

Prior to launching the Cahaya Raya campaign, Shopee also conducted a pre-Raya survey from April 2 to 9 to gain a better insight of Malaysians

KUALA LUMPUR: E-commerce platform Shopee achieved a new milestone with the highest-ever single day sales performance in its history with over 5.8 million orders recorded; amounting to three times more than an average day.

This was accomplished during its Shopee 9.9 Super Shopping Day, its biggest annual regional shopping event of the year on September 9, 2018.

In a statement, it said over 15 million items were sold within 24 hours.

It added that in less than nine minutes, the number of items sold across the region had exceeded 99,999.

“As the third instalment of Shopee’s annual regional shopping event, this year’s 9.9 Super Shopping Day is our biggest one yet.

“The performance of this year’s campaign far exceeded our expectations on all fronts, and we are proud to have achieved record breaking sales with the support of our loyal Shopee users, brands and partners,” Shopee regional MD Ian Ho said.

Shopee 9.9 Super Shopping Day saw the support of more than seven million sellers, and 10,000 brands across the region.