Carmana offers one-stop 

THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2017
Carmana offers one-stop 

Carmana Co has introduced Carmana.com, a one-stop online marketplace for used cars that connects buyers to sellers who are genuine car owners on a digital platform with no middlemen. 

Carmana.com is expected to have facilitated 30,000 transactions within three years, said the company’s chief executive officer, Napol Chaisilwattana.
He added that Carmana was inspired by the needs expressed by buyers and sellers of used cars in Thailand. They were looking for convenience, value and trustworthiness as well as end-to-end services, but no providers up to now had offered all these in one place. 
Meanwhile, consumer behaviour in the digital era has changed. People are increasingly connected to the online world to search for information, socialise and shop. The latest figures show that Thailand’s Internet penetration rate is 67 per cent of the total population, ranking it No 18 in the world.
 Thais spend 6.4 hours a day online, and e-commerce is expected to grow by 16 per cent as compared with 2016, with the uptrends continuing. 
Moreover, consumers nowadays like buying and selling various types of products including cars through the online customer-to-customer (C2C) model. It’s therefore a good time to offer an alternative way to buy and sell used cars on an online platform that will make the process more convenient and the prices fair to everyone, Carmana says. 
“Carmana helps buyers get the car they want at a reasonable price, thanks to our earnest screening process to ensure that every seller is a genuine car owner, and thus no mark-up by a middleman,” Napol said. 
“Listing a used car is free to the sellers. They can even enjoy a free photography service to ensure that their cars look great and will boost the chance of a sale.” 
Currently, there are more than 1,700 cars listed on Carmana.com including eco-cars, sedans in every price range, sport utilities, pickup trucks, vans and supercars. 
Carmana provides a 186-point detailed car-inspection service and a co-test-drive service with technical experts, as well as an advisory service prior to purchase. 
“We also offer financing packages and a closing financing service, car insurance, and a free ownership-transfer service. With all of these available at Carmana Hub on Rama III Road, Carmana.com is the one-stop site for everything needed to complete a transaction.
“Carmana clearly makes unique propositions to consumers that address exactly what they are looking for. We are therefore confident that Carmana will receive a favourable response from Thai consumers and bring a major change to the used-car market in Thailand.”