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Most spending ends the same way: you consume, pay, and move on
Once you've paid for your meal or bought what you need, the transaction is usually over.
iBelanja wants to change what can happen next.
The newly-launched ecosystem connects consumers, Partners, and participating businesses by allowing people to take a more active role in everyday spending.
Essentially, it allows you to shift from the cycle of:
Consume → pay → move on
to
Consume → connect → participate → create value → grow together
In the iBelanja ecosystem, consumers can enjoy spending as usual or upgrade themselves to Partners
Traditionally, people have only participated in everyday consumption as consumers. With iBelanja, they now have the option to move beyond the role of a consumer and participate as Partners within the wider ecosystem.
As Partners, they can help build connections, introduce people and businesses to the ecosystem, and contribute to expanding participation within it.
Partners help connect people and businesses to the ecosystem, build connections between its participants, and contribute to growing the network. Applicable benefits and rewards are tied to this participation and activity.
On the other side are Merchant Partners — participating F&B businesses that form part of the iBelanja ecosystem and provide the dining experiences consumers already enjoy
Rather than every customer interaction beginning and ending with spending, iBelanja gives these businesses a way to remain connected to consumers and Partners within the wider network.
iBelanja sits between both sides, providing the platform where those connections and participation can continue.
In a nutshell, iBelanja's aim of "Redefining Consumption" works by creating win-win situations for everyone in the ecosystem
The idea isn't to convince people to buy things they don't need or spend more than they normally would, but about looking differently at consumption that's already happening every day and giving people another role they can choose to play within it.
Before, you could only consume. Now, you can choose to participate as well.
You can learn more about iBelanja here.
