BUSINESS name registration for online businesses surged during the quarantine period compared to January to March as the pandemic hastened digital adoption in government transactions, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said Tuesday.
Some 75,876 online businesses registered their business name as of Sept. 2 from just 1,753 in the period of January to March 15, the DTI said in a statement.
The total number of business names registered as of Sept. 2 is now 712,657, up 12 percent compared to the entire 2019 total of 637,690, the agency said.
“The silver lining in COVID-19 is the accelerated adoption of ecommerce. Hence, the DTI is also increasing efforts to promote ecommerce by building trust between consumers and merchants, and focusing on the digitalization of our micro, small and medium enterprises,” Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said.
He said the entire online registration only lasts for eight minutes. Migration to online registration is part of the government’s efforts to cut red tape under the ease of doing business law.(with reports from ABS-CBN/PN)
