Tag: Ninja

  • Ninja Van expands network in Vietnam

    Ninja Van expands network in Vietnam

    Ninja Van has introduced PUDO (Pick-up Drop-off) franchising into Vietnam, providing local small-cap entrepreneurs a profitable opportunity.

    Ninja Van’s Agency Sales Network, the official name for Ninja Van Retail’s revolutionary PUDO business, is now expanding, with over 200 agents entering the network.

    To keep up with the changing pace of the e-commerce market, Ninja Van Vietnam, a fast-growing and leading e-logistics company in the market, is steadily becoming a favorite courier brand. Thanks to its well-built ecosystem, Ninja Van’s agency sales network with PUDO points is expanding its presence across the country, promoting quick and precise delivery to end-users and boosting the revenue of business partners.

    The company has been offering new businesses its agency sales network – PUDO point franchising – to reduce risks in the logistics market. Ninja Van’s agency sales network is an initiative to assist inexperienced partners in launching their first firm, maximizing their profits in the e-logistics market with minimum investment. With more than 200 PUDO points deployed by agents since 2020, the network has grown faster than expected thanks to its appealing policy and high return on investment rate.

    Partners with a small amount of capital for a new business can open a well-prepared branded agent for as little as VND25 million.

    Ninja Van Retail’s team will take all the responsibility for store renovation and support partners from all provinces despite geographical barriers to innovate logistics improvements.Ninja Van Retail provides new partners with important assistance in deploying their first business in e-logistics with standardized operation, relevant to PUDO management and profitable services. One of the most significant features of Ninja Van’s agency sales network is that the PUDO partners will be one of the important links in Ninja Van Retail’s complex technical network and excellent customer services nationwide.

    The team will provide operation training to agency sales network partners, and the PUDO agent will be looked after by Ninja Van’s personnel directly to ensure quality services across the network are synchronized. On the other hand, the team assists PUDO agents in evaluating operation quality on a quarterly basis in order to maximize business effectiveness. Ninja Van’s agency retail network promotes manual threading, reducing agent labor while providing a stable income for partners.

    The investment in Ninja Van franchising is refundable. Ninja Retail’s partners can decrease their financial risk because the franchiser will not impose fines or business pressure on its agents.

    Compared to the previous period in 2021, the scale of e-commerce in Vietnam has increased by 53 percent despite Covid-19, and nearly 60 percent of Vietnamese consumers continue to shop online since social distancing.

    According to VECOM, e-commerce business in Vietnam might be worth $52 billion in 2025. The results confirm the potential of e-commerce in the near future, and PUDO points are expected to be its spine to continue the momentum by 2025.

    One can become a Ninja Van Retail partner by registering here. The joining fee is refundable. Ninja Van Retail will reward agents for expanding with more profitable costs and discounts; agents who refer others will receive VND5 million in cash and a 5 percent commission on income in two months.

  • Alibaba joins Ninja Van’s US$578 million funding round

    Alibaba joins Ninja Van’s US$578 million funding round

    Logistics provider Ninja Van added Alibaba as a new investor as it raised $578 million in a late stage funding round, the Singapore-based firm said on Sunday.

    Existing investors to participate in the round included Europe’s GeoPost/DPDgroup, B Capital Group and Monk’s Hill Ventures.

    The funds will be allocated towards infrastructure and technology systems that “will support a sustainable long-term cost structure,” Ninja Van, launched in 2014, said in a statement.

  • Vietnam’s Flappy Bird creator is back with a new Ninja game

    Vietnam’s Flappy Bird creator is back with a new Ninja game

    The unexpected success in 2014 has turned Nguyen Ha Dong into a star of Vietnam’s startup scene in recent years. Just one week after its debut, the latest mobile game from Nguyen Ha Dong, the creator of Flappy Bird, has become the new addiction of many people around the world.

    The fast-paced Ninja Spinki Challenges has won many positive reviews from users on Apple’s App Store and Google Play.

    The new game, which is free, is a collaborative effort between Nguyen Ha Dong’s Gear studio and Japanese game maker Obokaidem.

    Staying true to the familiar 8-bit style found in Flappy Bird, it requires game players to have a good mix of dexterity and fast reactions to tap and swipe through levels.

    “The game is entertaining and brain-teasing at the same time,” said Huy Can, a gamer.

    “What should I do when it comes to the point of frustration?” a player asked sarcastically, referring to the game’s difficulty.

    Flappy Bird was released in May 2013 with little fanfare. By February 2014, the sleeper hit topped the charts in more than 100 countries and had been downloaded more than 50 million times. Dong reportedly earned an estimated $50,000 a day.

    The Vietnamese government has seen successes like Flappy Bird as an encouraging sign. It is trying hard to cultivate a startup scene where tech entrepreneurs can create products and services that will go global.

    The overnight success of Flappy Bird seemed to overwhelm its creator, who later decided to pull the game from the app stores.