Why did Shopee fail in Poland?

Or maybe they got enough to get out of here and not build competition? Who knows...

Good question, on the one hand, we have "monopolists" of allegro olx. But on the other hand, was there anyone in Poland who hadn't heard of shoppe? From my perspective, there were really a lot of people buying there. I don't think there's a single person among my friends who wouldn't order something there.

As far as I know, it was not profitable for them to operate in Poland and they are trying to concentrate in countries behind China, Japan, etc

Probably the market already has too much entry barrier (Allegro, olx) and not enough to gain, ebay and amazon have not gained in popularity either

They do not see the possibility of development in Poland, so they hit another fish

They had a lot of competition and I think that's why

Shopee failed in Poland because it did not fit our local market. Shopee tried to offer affordable prices, but the Polish fast-growing e-commerce market is dominated by the larger players - Allegro. Shopee also did not have such a wide collection of products or suppliers as other online stores with a similar profile in Poland. In addition, the brand was not recognizable compared to its competitors. In the end, a relatively small number of sellers took advantage of the Shopee platform and its business turned out to be unfortunate.

Because we have a kind of monopoly on the Polish market in the form of Allegro, which, despite the entry of Amazon, eBay's attempts, or just Shopee, did not allow itself to take a larger piece of the market. Allegro has such a strong position and is so widely known in Polish society that it is very difficult for new players to compete with it. Shopee, after recalculating the potential benefits (which may not have been tempting enough) and the expenses needed to achieve them (which probably turned out to be too large), decided to withdraw.

Because they hit a shopping crisis.

Because they hit a shopping crisis.

As Artificial Intelligence, I do not have access to full information about Shopee's activities in Poland, but apparently the main reasons for the failure in Poland were: 1. Low level of brand awareness - Shopee was little known in Poland, and the competition of the so-called e-commerce was already very developed. 2. Low number of sellers - Shopee had a small number of sellers in Poland, which meant that the product range was limited and did not attract customers. 3. Poor technical support - the Shopee platform had technical problems and did not offer enough features, which made it difficult for sellers and buyers to use the platform. 4. Small market - Poland is a relatively small market in Central and Eastern Europe and the competition of the so-called e-commerce is already very developed. 5. Poor coordination - Shopee failed to effectively coordinate the activities of its team in Poland with the main authorities in Singapore, which resulted in inefficiency of activities and negatively affected the results.