{"id":59673,"date":"2023-11-09T19:24:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T11:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=59673"},"modified":"2023-11-09T21:11:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T13:11:36","slug":"micro-entrepreneur-hybrid-sells-with-help-of-fiber-broadband-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2023\/11\/09\/micro-entrepreneur-hybrid-sells-with-help-of-fiber-broadband-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"Micro-entrepreneur \u2018hybrid-sells\u2019 with help of fiber broadband connection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The post-pandemic environment demands flexibility and adaptability from everyone but most especially entrepreneurs who are slowly recovering from the pandemic slump. One online Facebook seller is employing her business acumen not just in the virtual marketplace but in real life, as she does \u201chybrid selling\u201d of her consumer goods.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rogelia Dasco, a Cebu-based homemaker who buys and sells imported goods from the US, does her trade mostly online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe items, like lotions and perfumes, are from the US. My sister sends them, I take a picture of them, and I post them on Facebook Marketplace,\u201d she shares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, unlike most online sellers, she doesn\u2019t stop in the virtual world; When she gets to her buyer\u2019s address, she then goes house to house in the community. The strategy pays off &#8211; she is able to sell out her goods in one afternoon instead of waiting for online sellers to finish off her inventory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen someone buys from me, for example, I go to their house but I bring my other items too. After I deliver to the buyer, I go to the neighbors and offer my other goods. Right now, I\u2019m all sold out. The next shipment will come at the end of the month,\u201d Dasco proudly says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supporting this diligent hybrid approach is BIDA fiber, the new mass market offering of Converge targeting the lower C and D income classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BIDA fiber is the most affordable postpaid broadband plan in the market today, and the cost savings makes a difference for smaller entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s so affordable and I\u2019m able to save too. My old plan was priced at P 1,299 with an additional P 200 every month so that\u2019s P 1,499. With BIDA, I\u2019m able to save more than P 500,\u201d said Rogelia Dasco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reliable connection &#8211; that can go up to 35 Mbps &#8211; also makes sure Rogelia keeps her ties with her supplier sister strong as every night they call each other through video. Even with a 3-hour video call, her husband watching YouTube videos, and her son playing Mobile Legends with friends at home, Rogelia\u2019s connection never falters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve really maximized my connection. It\u2019s really good, even if we all use the internet at the same time,\u201d she added. BIDA fiber is now available in more than 300 cities and municipalities in the Philippines and has more than 40 partner distributors selling the postpaid plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rogelia Dasco, a Cebu-based homemaker who buys and sells imported goods from the US, does her trade mostly online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":59679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[4837,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-59673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-converge-ict-solutions","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}