Ramai Kabar TikTok Shop Akan Beroperasi Lagi di Indonesia, Kemendag Beri Jawaban

There are many rumors that TikTok Shop will operate again in Indonesia, Kemendag provides an answer.

Dream - TikTok Shop service in Indonesia apparently only stopped for a moment. The proof is that TikTok Indonesia is reportedly going to reopen the selling service for users on November 10, 2023. TikTok Shop was officially closed on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, to comply with the regulations of the Indonesian government.

"The Director of Trade through Electronic Systems and Trade Services, Directorate General of Domestic Trade, Ministry of Trade (Kemendag), Rifan Ardianto, admitted that he could not confirm the accuracy of the circulating information. According to him, so far TikTok Indonesia has not communicated about the plan to open TikTok Shop."

"Regarding the opening of TikTok Shop on November 10, I haven't heard anything."

He said in the office of the Ministry of Finance, quoted from Merdeka.com, Thursday, October 12, 2023.

Rifan added, his ministry will recheck the information regarding the validity of the service. Kemendag also has not received a request for permission from TikTok Indonesia to operate the TikTok Shop e-commerce business. "The e-commerce permission has not been received by us. We will review it later," he said.

The return of TikTok Shop is being widely discussed by netizens on social media X (Twitter). Netizens are curious about the truth of this matter. "They say TikTok Shop will reopen on November 10th? Is it true?" wrote the account @anothernana****. "TikTok Shop has an application update, is it likely to really come back?" wrote the account @selp***.

Indonesia is the largest TikTok market in Southeast Asia and the second-largest market globally with 125 million users after the United States (US).

The Indonesian government prohibits e-commerce transactions on social media platforms through Minister of Trade Regulation Number 31 of 2023. This new regulation poses a significant challenge to TikTok's ambitions in Southeast Asia.

Quoting Liputan6.com, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew previously stated that TikTok will invest billions of dollars in the Southeast Asian region as an effort to diversify its business globally, in line with increasing pressure from the US.

"Sachin Mittal, Head of Telecommunications, Media, and Technology Research at DBS Bank, said that TikTok 'operating as a standalone app might still be challenging.' According to him, the introduction of TikTok Shop into a separate app might lead to a significant drop-out rate as most purchases on TikTok are impulsive purchases."

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