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Mixed experienceTwo women selling clothing on Facebook, in a Prothom Alo report

More than 5 lakh taka lost in the days Facebook was down

Two women run a fashion page that sells entirely through Facebook. During the July 2024 shutdown they could take no orders at all, and put their losses at more than 5 lakh taka.

Two women run a fashion page on Facebook and sell entirely through it, describing themselves as small traders rather than a company. During the July 2024 internet and Facebook shutdown they could not take a single order, and one of them put their losses at more than 5 lakh taka. With no shop and no website of their own, the full cost of the platform being down fell directly on them. The report does not say the page closed. Their capital, how long they had been trading, their normal monthly sales and their location are all absent from the report.

Lessons

  1. 1.With no shop and no website, a platform's downtime comes back as a direct cash loss - here more than 5 lakh taka
  2. 2.Calling yourself a small trader does not make the exposure small: the whole business stood on one page

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