Enterprise: CARAVAN DIGITAL EXPORT PLATFORM

Launched during the pandemic, Caravan (caravan.1export.net) is an e-commerce platform developed by 1Export, one of the leading digital exporters in the Philippines that has helped over 450 local micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) overcome export barriers and enter the world of international trade.

Caravan offers a wide variety of Filipino goods produced by these MSMEs on its tech-enabled platform and provides the local suppliers access to the overseas market, especially the growing community of Filipinos abroad who are looking to start and grow their own reselling businesses.

Currently, Caravan is in fifteen international markets and has been fully committed to championing Filipino entrepreneurship in the United States, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East, among others. Caravan ships to 800 online and offline storefronts globally. With Caravan’s export-compliant products and robust export solutions, coupled with its 100% port clearance rate, the initiative has consistently facilitated efficient partnerships between local suppliers and overseas Filipino resellers and businesses.

With a wide range of supplier partners from the Philippines, Caravan works with everything from social enterprises to legacy brands. Caravan was able to generate as much as USD20,000 worth of export sales for small businesses in just the 1st quarter of 2021. As a whole, it has contributed USD400,000 or PHP20 million in MSME export sales throughout the course of the pandemic. Through Caravan, what was merely a pipe dream for many partner suppliers, is now turning into reality.

Many MSMEs in the country have lost their local demand during the pandemic and suffered from substantial losses. Through Caravan, we provide these businesses opportunities to create new markets and to continue to grow, all the while creating and empowering more Filipino entrepreneurs overseas.

— Mel Nava, CEO & co-founder, 1Export