Journal
Notes from the desk.
What we learn building and running live stores, written down for founders who want straight answers about selling online in Malaysia.
Your link in bio is renting your followers
Bio traffic is your hottest traffic, and most brands send it to a page wearing someone else's logo. The fix costs less than a year of Linktree Pro.
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Leaving Shopify: the honest checklist
What to export, what breaks, how rankings survive, and how the switch happens in one evening without losing a single sale.
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QR ordering: own it or rent it?
Platforms charge RM 150 to 400 per outlet, monthly, forever. The math of owning your ordering system instead.
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Marketplace, Shopify or custom?
Shopee, a platform or your own build: what each stage costs, what each one owns, and when to climb the ladder.
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What SEO really costs here
Retainers run RM 1,500 to 5,000 monthly. What actually moves rankings, and what a one time fix covers.
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What a website really costs in Malaysia
Real numbers across templates, freelancers and agencies, the hidden charges each one carries, and how to compare quotes without getting played.
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Shopify or a custom store? An honest answer
We build and run stores daily, so this is not a sales page in disguise. When a theme is genuinely enough, and when it quietly taxes your brand every month.
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Your ads work. Your website leaks.
Why more ad spend cannot fix a store that loses trust in five seconds, and the order to fix things in before you touch the budget again.
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