Original question: "If you have not purchased anything on social media, why not? (choose up to 3 of the most relevant answers)"
Number of respondents: China: 135;Â Hong Kong: 404; Indonesia: 676; India: 4,138; Japan: 289; South Korea: 1,499; Malaysia: 936; the Philippines: 610; Singapore: 1,032; Thailand: 702; Taiwan: 1,270; and Vietnam: 84.
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Reasons for not using social commerce APAC 2025, by country
According to a survey conducted by in February 2023, ** percent of respondents from China avoided shopping on social media because they did not trust the process of social media commerce. Moreover, ** percent of Malaysian respondents preferred purchasing from official stores to social commerce as of February 2023.
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