What is Galleon? Galleon Review

Basic Introduction

Galleon was founded by two young entrepreneurs, Jeffrey Siy, founder of group buying site Awesome.ph, and Chris Blanquera, founder of Openovate.com. The platform was launched in July 2012 and has gained popularity by capitalizing on consumers' novelty of discovering innovative products such as gadgets, apparel, electronics, and children's toys.

The company is affiliated with Sterling Galleon Corporation, and all products are sourced from the United States. It helps "overseas shopping" users solve a series of problems such as transportation, customs, taxes and delivery, which is different from other e-commerce. From a business perspective, Galleon is basically a platform that integrates payment portals, logistics and user support. Since there is no inventory (full shipping model), the website relies on a product database of millions of suppliers.

Selling Products

The website sells a variety of products from the United States and China, including appliances, art, craft, automobiles, baby products, beauty and personal care, books, mobile phones and accessories, clothing, shoes and hats, collectibles, electronics, health and home, home and kitchen, industrial science, magazines, movies and TV, musical instruments, office supplies, lawn and garden, pet supplies, sports and outdoor, tools and home improvement, toys, games, groceries and gourmet food, etc. What makes Galleon different is that all its products are sourced directly from American suppliers and shipped to consumers' doorsteps.

On Galleon, Filipino users can search and share specific products. Consumers can shop instantly by simply typing the product name in the search bar.

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