The South Pacific Mega Mall (SPMM) will benefit Pasifika businesses in many ways. First and foremost, it will bring the South Pacific region to the world stage of online shopping.

The digital infrastructure will provide a solution for both business owners and shoppers by enabling the abilities to:

1. Reach a global audience.
2. Be found by local and international consumers easily and effortlessly in one location.
3. Shop online from overseas for delivery to relatives on your island nation of choosing.

The world that we once knew before COVID-19 has completely changed. Even though the South Pacific region has been successful in containing the spread of the virus, the economic impact has been devastating across all sectors from tourism, hospitality, restaurants, and retail; to name a few.

Due to this severe change, the way we buy and sell across the world has altered as well. Shopping online for both essential and non-essential items has dominated the way we shop in our post-COVID world.

The South Pacific region is no different and we need to pivot how we do business in order to stay relevant!

Doing business online in the Pacific is on the rise and it will continue to be on the rise as people get more savvy. So, it is paramount for Pasifika merchants to adopt the tools and techniques of trading on a digital platform.

The traditional business slogan use to be, “build it and they will come.” Now, in this new post-COVID world, it is “build it online and take it to the people.”

The hub is extremely easy to use:

• If you’re looking for a certain product or service from a particular country, simply click on that nation’s flag and all the available merchants will appear for you to choose from.
• If you’re searching businesses that will accept a certain type of credit card or payment method, simply click on the payment type and businesses who accept that method will be shown to you.

And the best part? You can do it all from the comfort of your own home, from anywhere in the world.

In essence, the South Pacific Mega Mall is a one-stop portal of online merchants from 24 island nations – bringing together our region under one roof!