Making GCash relatable to the ordinary Filipino
Cryptocurrency is such a hot topic lately. It seems like the Wild West from where we are sitting. From Tesla investing billions in BTC, De-Fi (Decentralized Finance) reaching billions of US dollars in locked-in value, and NFTs (nonfungible tokens) suddenly becoming a buzzword as millions of US dollars exchange hands buying digital art — it’s … Read more
It used to be hard to get your own QR code if you had your own small business. You needed to email iw**********@**nt.xyz and wait for your QR code to arrive before you could display it. There was no other way. For most small businesses, the only way to get GCash acceptance was via Send … Read more
It’s easy to link your GCash account to your Apple iTunes Account, just like what we can do with Google Play (and with any Google Service in general). This allows you to buy apps, games, music, movies using your GCash account. The advantage of this is you won’t need to link your GCash Mastercard or … Read more
Ragnarok M: Eternal Love is a game that is close to my heart as I was part of the first wave of Ragnarok Online players more than a decade ago. I still have the original CD given by Level-Up! and also some sealed top-up cards as well. When they announced Ragnarok M: Eternal Love, I … Read more
There are a lot of people consuming content in the form of videos. Chances are, today, you either watched a video on Youtube, Facebook, or in Tiktok. And this also includes Kumu, if you are an active follower of the TV show, Pinoy Big Brother (PBB), or in general like watching streams or joining in … Read more
You may have heard of Shein. I personally just learned about this from my wife recently. It’s becoming popular on Instagram and other social media. You would see women of all sizes endorse it and the prices often are affordable. What is Shein? Shein is a fashion brand from Nanjing, China, and is gaining popularity … Read more
GLife is an e-commerce platform built into GCash. It allows you to go to merchant stores and utilize GCash payment in buying products and services. You may have noticed a couple of new icons in your main GCash screen lately. One of those is named “GLife”. “But what is this for?” you may ask. This … Read more
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