Jakarta, 13 July 2022. PT XL Axiata Tbk (XL Axiata) through XL Axiata Business Solutions continues to provide services that can facilitate micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to take advantage of digital means to increase sales. Collaborating with AVANA Indonesia as the provider of the AVANA platform, XL Axiata Business Solutions introduced the “BIZ AVANA” card. With this innovative card, MSME players can integrate and optimize sales more easily through social media and online stores. This new product can be purchased starting in July 2022.
This collaboration is in accordance with XL Axiata's efforts to realize the vision of becoming the leading converged operator in Indonesia, including providing the fastest internet services for customers and the public. "XL Axiata is for Indonesia".
Chief Enterprise & SME Officer of XL Axiata, Feby Sallyanto, said, "Based on the data we have, there are approximately 60 million MSMEs in Indonesia that need faster digital transformation in order to survive in the post-pandemic period. We believe that this BIZ AVANA card will have a quite significant impact on increasing the sales of MSME players because this service makes it very easy for them to maximize the use of social media and online stores integrated with the AVANA platform.”
Feby added, XL Axiata and AVANA Indonesia have the same commitment in supporting government programs for economic recovery in Indonesia through real solutions that have a positive impact on the surrounding environment. This partnership with AVANA Indonesia is oriented towards optimizing the profits of MSME actors in Indonesia by optimizing the use of social media and online stores as a means of selling. The BIZ AVANA card allows for the integration of social media assets belonging to MSMEs and/or their online stores with the AVANA platform equipped with many payment options and courier/logistics options.
COO & Co-Founder of AVANA Group Yienyee Soh said, “AVANA sees XL Axiata Business Solutions as having the same vision and mission to be able to provide innovative solutions that understand every business character. Business owners can enjoy a broader and more adaptive service and quick and easy access to continue growing and advancing together. AVANA is excited and committed to working with XL Axiata Business Solutions to participate in Indonesia's economic recovery through real solutions that have a positive impact on the surrounding environment. We hope AVANA can become a new locomotive in the Indonesian economy.”
BIZ itself is a mobile connectivity service from XL Axiata Business Solutions intended for the business segment, including MSMEs. BIZ has quite a lot of product variants adjustable to the choice of telecommunications costs of the business. BIZ services focus on productivity quotas and also ease of customer business communication.
Meanwhile, AVANA is a social commerce platform that can be used by business people in optimizing sales through websites, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. By using the latest technological innovations and systems integrated with social media, this platform has helped more than 100,000 users.
BIZ AVANA can be obtained with prices starting from Rp.125 thousand. With this price, customers can get a postpaid BIZ card with a 30GB quota to access AVANA and various e-commerce. There is also a special quota to access Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Telegram. In addition, there is also the main quota of 20GB to access websites or other internet services.
By subscribing to BIZ AVANA, customers also get a license for AVANA apart from getting a productivity quota. Thus, customers can enjoy the conveniences provided by AVANA in the delivery process of goods to consumers because AVANA has been directly integrated with various logistics transportation services and payment systems.
MSME customers who already use BIZ AVANA can also participate in free digital marketing training to help increase their sales and have unlimited access to webinars organized by AVANA.
“This collaboration further encourages XL Axiata Business Solutions as a provider of integrated ICT solutions for the business or B2B segment to open more interactions with business actors and facilitate more digitized MSMEs. This collaboration is expected to accelerate the growth of other MSME customers and open up new opportunities for business actors who want to improve their business performance more practically, easily, effectively, and efficiently," added Feby.
Those who activate BIZ AVANA during the July period will get the opportunity to advertise for free on the Facebook and Instagram platforms for 1.5 million for free. So what are you waiting for, register now to get BIZ AVANA.
This solution for MSME actors can be obtained by filling out the form on the website page of https://www.xlaxiata.co.id/bisnis/contact, via WhatsApp Business at 08170000765, telephone to 817 (only for XL users), or 021-57959817 (other operators); and can also contact our Account Manager at 087716289595.
XL Axiata Business Solutions has a variety of services related to corporate internet connectivity, enterprise productivity driving services, as well as the Internet of Things along with exclusive consulting services. XL Axiata Business Solutions also continues to increase the diversity of its product portfolio according to client needs and also improve the quality of services to global standards by winning several international certificates including the MEF 3.0 CE Certificate, ISO 9001: 2015 Certification, and ISO/IEC 20000-1: 2018.