Duriana: A new location-based P2P marketplace app from Alps Ventures
Named after the King of Fruits, Duriana will show users products in their immediate vicinity and provide instant communication between sellers and buyers
A new mobile location-based peer-to-peer marketplace app is in town. Named after the King of Fruits in Southeast Asia, Duriana announced its public release today on iOS and Android platforms.
Duriana was first founded in October 2013, and jointly started by Alps Ventures, an incubator with offices in Singapore and Vienna, and former Managing Directors of Rocket Internet in Latin America, Camilo Paredes and Amanda Ernst.
Prior to its public release, Duriana had a three-week long beta testing period where it invited sellers to list their items on the platform. While Ernst declined to disclose the number of listings available on the app, she tells e27, “We have now officially launched but we are still working to improve the product and users will see ongoing improvements.”
一般公開に先駆けて、Durianaは3週間のベータテストの期間を設け、彼らの商品をプラットフォームに載せるために販売者が招待された。Ernst氏はアプリで利用できるリストの数字を公表することは拒否したが、彼女はe27に「我々は今公式にローンチしましたが、まだ商品の改善に取り組んでいます。ユーザは進行中の改善を経験するでしょう。」と語った。
公式リリースの前に、Durianaは3週間ものベータテスト期間を設けており、このプラットフォーム上に売り手を招き品物を並べてもらっている。Ernst氏はこのアプリケーション上で買うことができる品物の数の公開を拒んだが、彼女はe27に対して「我々は公式にローンチしましたが、まだ製品の改善に努めております。ユーザはこうした改善をご覧になるでしょう。」と語った。
As a mobile-first marketplace, the app will show users products in their immediate vicinity, and provide instant communication between sellers and buyers. Instead of registering directly, users can also log in through Facebook or Twitter.
Competition? What about Carousell?
Ernst says that when they had first started designing Duriana in April, the team was not aware of Carousell, another local peer-to-peer mobile-first marketplace app.
競合?Carousellはどうか?
Ernst氏は、「4月に設計を始めたときにはチームメンバーは、もう1つのローカルP2PモバイルベースのマーケットプレイスアプリであるCrousellのことを知らなかったのです。」と言う。
She adds, “We know we are still at the beginning and this brings beauty but also challenges. We will focus on quality and niches to break the liquidity challenges of every market and hope to delight our users with the offering we have.”
Meanwhile, Duriana will not be expanding to other geographies soon; Ernst shares that the team believes in focus and will play it one market at a time.
そして、Durianaはしばらくは他の地域に拡大することはしない。Ernst氏によれば、このチームはフォーカスすることを信じ、一度に1つのマーケットに取り組むとのことだ。
