Shopee wraps up a record-breaking 2018 on 12.12 Birthday Sale

Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, wraps up a record-breaking year with its highly successful Shopee 12.12 Birthday Sale. On 12 December, Shopee saw ​over 12 million orders across the region, surpassing all past records including the recent Shopee 11.11 Big Sale.

Supported by ​more than 450,000 brands and merchants​​, Shopee recorded ​48million visits as users shopped ​60 million deals across all categories, and the highest number of items sold in 1 minute was ​73,519​​. Shopee’s highly popular in-app game Shopee Shake was played 46 million times​​ throughout the campaign.

In Singapore, Beauty & Personal Care, Home & Living and Mobile & Gadgets were the top three most popular categories. Leading brands including Laneige, Kao and JBL emerged as favourites amongst users.

Zhou Junjie, Chief Commercial Officer, Shopee​​, said, “Shopee 12.12 Birthday Sale marks another significant milestone as Shopee celebrate a year of exponential growth. Following the success of Shopee 11.11 Big Sale in November and Shopee 9.9 Super Shopping Day in September, it has been an exciting and fulfilling quarter as past records are surpassed and set new benchmarks to reach next year.

Since launching in 2015, Shopee has seen tremendous growth across its seven markets, achieving over 195 million downloads across Southeast Asia and Taiwan.