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\r\n\r\nSINGAPORE, 2 December 2020 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Carro, Southeast Asia\u2019s largest automotive marketplace, successfully sold a car via livestream for the first time via Facebook Live on the 11.11 Singles\u2019 Day sale, marking a new milestone in the company\u2019s journey to transform how cars are sold. The live event was hosted by online shopping show Haikel\u2019s House of Deals, a partnership made possible by global digital talent management company Gushcloud International.\r\n\r\nSome 4,744 unique viewers tuned in on Facebook for the special Singles\u2019 Day show, which saw Singaporean rapper, actor and radio personality Sheikh Haikel, actress and entertainer Anna Belle Francis and actress Elfaeza Ul Haq take viewers through a first-hand review of four selected cars on Carro\u2019s sales platform \u2013 a Honda Vezel 1.5X, a Toyota Estima Aeras Premium 2.4A, a Toyota Wish 1.8 and a Toyota Wish 1.8X. At the end of the 85-minute session, the Toyota Wish made\u00a0Carro\u00a0<\/a>history as the first car sold by the company through a social media livestream event.\r\n\r\n\u201cAs a technology-first company seeking to transform the way cars are sold, we are always trying new and innovative distribution channels. We have noticed that social commerce \u2013 livestream selling in particular \u2013 is striking chords with consumers since the pandemic began, and we decided to see if Singaporeans are ready to purchase big-ticket items such as cars through such channels. The team at the Haikel House of Deals and Gushcloud did a fantastic job reviewing the cars for a live online audience and the response has been very encouraging. I even shared the behind the scenes experience through a\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0post and received fantastic feedback from the community. We will continue to experiment further to determine if social commerce can be a permanent sales channel,\u201d said\u00a0Manisha Seewal, Group Chief Marketing Officer of Carro<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nTo leverage the live selling platform, the hosts provided close-up exterior and interior views of the cars, tested and demonstrated the vehicles\u2019 features, reviewed important details such as age and mileage.\r\n\r\nBased on the statistics, the live show is estimated to have reached almost 15,000 people organically and the Facebook post garnered over 1,000 engagements, which is by industry standards considered high. Tracked social media data showed that Carro experienced a threefold increase in inbound traffic to the company\u2019s car-buying website pages compared to the same day in the previous week as a direct result of the increased exposure. This upward trend continued for several days post the livestream session, indicating sustained interest.\r\n\r\n\u201cCommerce cannot be achieved without connections, and that is where the strength of social media lies \u2013 it is the crucial bridge between businesses and customers, which is especially important as the pandemic is restricting walk-in visits. This collaboration between Carro and Haikel\u2019s House of Deals exemplifies that having the right digital channel, and the right talent to talk to the audience, and also the right product that appeals to the audience; that can make a world of difference to a business\u2019s exposure. We foresee more brands following suit in the future,\u201d said\u00a0Althea Lim, Group Chief Executive Officer of Gushcloud International<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nCarro is already gearing up to experiment with holding livestream car sales in other Southeast Asian countries that it has a presence in \u2013 such as Indonesia \u2013 for the upcoming 12.12 sale period. The company expects to target a much wider audience and highlight a broader variety of cars through these sales, aiming to achieve a sales growth target of ten times the 11.11 event.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SINGAPORE, 2 December 2020 \u2013\u00a0Carro, Southeast Asia\u2019s largest automotive marketplace, successfully sold a car via livestream for the first time via Facebook Live on the 11.11 Singles\u2019 Day sale, marking a new milestone in the company\u2019s journey to transform how cars are sold. 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