Making GCash relatable to the ordinary Filipino
Some practical how-tos and tutorials
Call of Duty is one of the most popular mobile games lately. As such microtransactions are also aplenty within the app. In the Philippines, as the COD franchise is being operated by Garena, any microtransaction needs to use the Garena currency called “shells”. This post is for explaining how to buy Garena shells using GCash, … Read more
GInsure offers affordable insurance products within GCash and makes insurance accessible to all of its users. GCash now has a built-in insurance marketplace, the first of its kind in the Philippines. In its pursuit of being an all-around lifestyle app, just like Alipay, they’ve also delved into selling insurance products. This is quite timely since … Read more
Online selling and e-commerce have been experiencing a boon because of our unique circumstances lately. Each monthly sale from Shopee and Lazada has generated new ceilings in terms of e-money usage and also in the numbers of sellers and buyers who transact online. Lazada, being also part-owned by Alipay, has many advantages compared with Shopee … Read more
Bux is a payment gateway catering to all kinds of online merchants. Similar to Paymongo, they make payments easier especially for starting merchants and for side hustlers. How does Bux work? Payment gateways like Bux work around payment links. You can share this payment link with the buyer, this link opens a page that handles … Read more
The pandemic, with all its effects on society, has also provided a great catalyst for societal change. There is no other motivator that has really accelerated all manner of online shopping, virtual meetings, and cashless payments until now. We can even see its effect on transportation, as we see jeepneys setting up seating barriers and … Read more
A side-effect of the pandemic was the shift to online and cashless payments. Secondary to this is the boom of the gig economy as well as the proliferation of online shops. As such, Filipino freelancers and entrepreneurs have started to see the value of using Paypal and Payoneer to collect payments, especially for overseas transactions. … Read more
Online selling and buying have been really lucrative lately because of the number of people working and staying at home. We can see monthly sales left and right in the two biggest online marketplaces — Lazada and Shopee. But with these going on, there are also those who want to maximize their purchases by looking … Read more
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) is probably the most popular online multiplayer “battle royale” type of game. It practically made the genre mainstream. It became popular really quickly, that a competitor, Fortnite followed later in the year. Then In 2018, the developers released a free-to-play mobile version to accommodate mobile players and understandably it became even more … Read more
This post aims to explain why and how to do verification in the GCash app. You’ve installed GCash on your phone, and now you can do some basic functions in the app. Now, you’re thinking of Sending Money or Cashing out. Unfortunately, you will need to verify yourself so that you can use all of … Read more
As quarantine has become the norm all over the world, doing recreational activities like cooking or baking, playing Nintendo Switch, or watching Netflix at home has become the activity of choice for most people. Coincidentally, GCash minimum active user numbers have also skyrocketed during this quarantine. This is due to the fact that it is … Read more