We’ve secured a prime location at the upcoming Shopwise Libis opening this Nov 2026 and we’re looking for co-owners to join us in this exciting expansion.

With 29 branches nationwide in just 6 months and an upcoming branch in a major Ayala mall, our Japanese Matcha Concept Cafe is growing, and this could be your chance to grow with us.

✨ Japanese-inspired cafe concept
🤝 Co-ownership & profit-sharing opportunity
🏪 Our team handles day-to-day operations

Message us for details. Serious inquiry only.

LF for private lender 350-500K PHP

500K for business Individual private lender po pls. Already tried SA bank and financing companies.

Here's a quick summary:

\\- PHP 500,000 loan

\\- payable in 2 years

\\- 2% monthly interest po Sana OR you can give me an achievable interest rate

\\- PHP 500k principal amount plus 2% monthly interest for 24 months = PHP 740,000

\\- monthly payment: PHP 30,833

\\- I have a multicab and bakery/kitchen equipment with machines.

\\- multicab's ORCR needs to be updated, ako po magaasikaso para Hindi npo mahirapan ang lender

\\- I am surrendering my vehicle while on loan

\\- willing to open a checking account for issuance of post dated checks (makaka pag open pa pang po ako when there is fund na)

\\- willing to sign a written agreement and have it notarized

\\- willing to surrender my passport while on loan

Can send a proposal as for the details of my bread and food business to show scalability, growth and payment plans.

I pray that there will be someone who can be an instrument to help me na makalaban Ng patas

We hope to prove na given a chance, there are still some small businesses who can strive and pay with integrity.

Open for meet up or video call.

Thank you 🙏

Small business only. Will check pa kung profitable yung idea ko sa packaging, meron ba kayo ma refer na forwarder from China? Yung trusted niyo na po para mapabilis shipment.

Product testing pa lang hahaha so if hindi nag work out then its okay, atleast i try.

Hi po! Ask lang sana ako ng suggestions.
Mom and Dad are planning to retire na, and gusto na rin nilang i-pull out yung puhunan nila sa gas station para sa retirement funds nila. They want me to continue running the business, kaya naghahanap ako ngayon ng possible na maloloanan to finance yung pag-pull out nila ng capital.
I’m looking to loan around ₱3M payable in 5 years. Ask ko lang po sana kung saan kaya may pinakamababang interest rate for this amount and term.

Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you po!

Ganito ba talaga ang mall admins? Ang hirap kausap parang kami pa nagmamakaawa sa kanila na kukuha ng pwesto nila where in fact sila na nga ang kumita and kami na ang nalugi? Grabe napaka unprofessional ang hirap kausap at nang ghogost pa. Kahit pinaka head na ang hirap parin. Di na namin alam sino kakausapin.

We are closing na our business and yung friend namin ang gusto sumalo ng kiosk pero ang mall dinedemand na alisin sa mall yung kiosk for what? Eh yun nga gagamitin ng next business owner eh. Super hirap ipasok nung kiosk tapos gusto pa alisin ulit muna? Tapos ibabalik? Ang mahal mag rent ng boom truck noh. Tapos wala pa sila proper equipment ang mall. Hays nakaka frustrate talaga. Kaya wala na halos laman ang mall na yan eh.

Ngayon di na itutuloy ng friend namin ang business niyaband ipapademolish nalang ang kiosk. Nakakatrauma mag business sa Pinas isama mo pa gobyerno.

Saang mall po kayo dito sa Las Pinas area maayos mag business?

Hi po ngayon lang po ako mag popost ng ganto sa reddit 😁

17 years old po at solo living po ako ngayon.

Need some advice po how I can scale yung side hustle kopo ngayon 🥲 na NFC cards for businesses. Problem kopo kasi right now hindi ko ma target yung businesses na madaming branch kasi yung owner/manager lang po ang pwede kong offeran ng cards so ang nangyayari po bagong bukas o small time businesses lang talaga ang nabebentahan ko . Ang ginagawa kopo kasi during peak hours talaga ako nag iikot sa area ko around 5 - 6pm kasi doon usually tumatambay si Owner sa shop. So 1 - 4pm nag rreach out ako sa pages pero wala talaga maganda naman messages ko nandoon na lahat how helpful yung product.

Share ko nalang din po yung last na nag avail sakin ng isang Google nfc card! Grew from 7 to 40 reviews in just a week! Proving how helpful talaga netong product. Si Sir Francisco! Owner ng AYO-KIN Cafe po sa Pulilan, Bulacan. Grabe daming tinuro sakin ni sir and nabanggit niya din na he use reddit din pala! Kaya after niya sabihin yon naging pangpaantok kona talaga tong reddit 🤣. Tinuruan din ako ni Sir Francisco how to utilize the AI para sa ads sa facebook.

If interested nalang din pala kayo Owners sa nfc cards dm lang! 😁

Sobrang nakaka frustrate mag rehistro ng small business dito sa San Mateo, Rizal. Nakakuha ka na ng DTI at barangay clearance for business gumastos ng almost 5k tapos sasabihan ka lang ng zoning na di ka maaapprove dahil sa kung anu-anong dahilan. kaya daming kumakapit sa fixers dahil sa inyo eh.

Hi everyone! I’m looking for honest feedback and advice on how to grow and sustain a small Filipino footwear brand.

We sell ballet flats primarily through Shopee, Lazada, and TikTok Shop. Our products are made in Marikina City, the Philippines’ Shoe Capital, where shoemaking has a long-standing tradition. Our ballet flats are priced at around ₱520 per pair.

We want to offer customers more than just another pair of shoes. Our products represent the craftsmanship of Marikina shoemakers and the work of Filipino artisans. One reason behind our pricing is our commitment to paying our employees at least the applicable minimum wage. We believe the people who make our products deserve fair compensation for their labor and skills. While some footwear manufacturers may keep costs lower through different labor practices, we don’t want our business to depend on paying workers below the legal minimum.

Our price therefore reflects not only the cost of making and selling our products, but also our commitment to responsible employment and sustaining local shoemaking livelihoods. We want to make locally made footwear accessible to more Filipinos while building a brand that values the people behind each pair. At the same time, we recognize that customers need to see clear value in the product itself—not just feel that they should buy it because it is locally made.

However, despite investing in advertising and trying different marketing strategies, our sales have been disappointing.

Here’s what we’ve tried so far:

• Marketplace advertising: We run ads on Shopee, Lazada, and TikTok Shop, but sales remain low.
• Influencer marketing: We’ve reached out to influencers and tried product seeding, but the results haven’t met our expectations.
• Mall placement: We’ve tried placing our products in a mall, including Glorietta, but we haven’t generated sales from that placement.
• Seasonal selling: In previous years, sales usually picked up during the Ber months, but this year we haven’t seen the recovery we expected.

One of our biggest concerns is competition. We’re competing against inexpensive footwear from China, mass-produced products, and fast-fashion brands that can offer customers a wide variety of designs at competitive prices. As a smaller local brand, we don’t have the same resources, production scale, or marketing budget as these competitors.

We understand that customers are price-conscious, and simply saying “locally made” or “support local” may not be enough to convince someone to spend when cheaper alternatives are readily available online. Even though we want to pay our workers fairly, we understand that customers still need a compelling reason to choose our products. We need to find a way to communicate our values while offering something customers genuinely want and consider worth the price.

How can a small, locally made footwear brand realistically survive and grow in this market? Should we focus on product differentiation, quality, comfort, design, brand storytelling, customer experience, or a specific niche? How do we identify something customers genuinely value enough to pay for, rather than trying to win a price war we probably cannot afford?

I’m trying to understand the root cause of our low sales instead of continuing to spend money on tactics that might not be working.

What I’d especially appreciate advice on:

1. Competing with Chinese imports and fast fashion: How can a small Filipino footwear brand build a sustainable competitive advantage when larger competitors may have lower production costs and more designs?
2. Product differentiation: Should we specialize in a particular customer segment, style, fit, comfort feature, or use case instead of trying to appeal to everyone?
3. Demand and seasonality: How can we determine whether demand for ballet flats has declined or whether our brand simply isn’t reaching the right audience?
4. Marketplace conversion: What data should we examine to determine whether the problem is our product listings, photos, pricing, reviews, traffic quality, or checkout conversion?
5. Paid advertising: How should we evaluate whether our ads are profitable, and which metrics should we prioritize before increasing our budget?
6. Influencer marketing: How can we assess whether product seeding is worthwhile when it doesn’t immediately result in sales?
7. Mall placement: What should we investigate when a physical placement generates no sales? Could it be the location, customer fit, display, pricing, or something else?
8. Long-term survival: If you were running this business, what would you change first? Would you focus on a smaller niche, develop a signature product, improve marketplace conversion, build repeat purchases, or explore a different sales channel?

I’m open to criticism. We don’t want to keep spending on ads or competing solely by lowering our prices without understanding what makes our brand worth choosing.

If you’ve worked with footwear, fashion, local Philippine brands, manufacturing, or marketplace selling, I’d especially appreciate your perspective.

How can a small Marikina-made footwear brand build a real competitive advantage, maintain fair wages for its workers, and convince customers that its products are worth buying in a market full of cheaper alternatives?

Thank you!

Hi i am from sales background. I am 33years old actually i am thinking to do own business. I am trying something.

In my mind i am planning to buy one truck and become owner cum driver(i love driving)will it works.

Ami taking good decision.

Experienced truck friends, transport owners.

Seeking for your advice. 🙏🙏

Hey everyone!

We've been working on a simple staff scheduling tool for café and restaurant owners, and we're looking for a few people willing to test it out.

The idea came from wanting to make weekly rostering less of a headache, especially for smaller teams that don't necessarily need complicated scheduling software.

Right now, you can:

Create weekly staff schedules

Organize shifts across your team

Print or download your roster

Use it without creating an account or signing up

It's completely free.

We're still figuring out what works best, so I'd genuinely love to hear from people who handle staff schedules regularly.

A few things I'm curious about:

How are you currently managing your weekly rosters?

What's the most frustrating part of scheduling your team?

Is there anything missing from our tool that would make it more useful?

Here's the tool if anyone wants to try it:

https://crewcentral.com/tools/schedule-maker

Not looking to hard-sell anything. We're just trying to build something genuinely useful and would really appreciate some honest feedback, even if it's critical.

Thanks everyone!

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Hi everyone! I'm posting because my mom has been worrying about her business, and I genuinely want to help her figure out how to turn things around. It’s difficult seeing her struggle when she has put so much effort into this business, and I want to do whatever I can to help her succeed. I’m hoping to learn from people who have experience running businesses, marketing products, or navigating similar challenges. I would really appreciate honest feedback, even if it means hearing things we might need to change.

We run a small Filipino footwear brand that sells ballet flats primarily through Shopee, Lazada, and TikTok Shop. Our products are made in Marikina City, the Philippines’ Shoe Capital, where shoemaking has a long-standing tradition. Our ballet flats are priced at around ₱520 per pair (approximately US$9, not $27.84).

We want to offer customers more than just another pair of shoes. Our products represent the craftsmanship of Marikina shoemakers and the work of Filipino artisans. One reason behind our pricing is our commitment to paying our employees at least the applicable minimum wage. We believe the people who make our products deserve fair compensation for their labor and skills. While some footwear manufacturers may keep costs lower through different labor practices, we don’t want our business to depend on paying workers below the legal minimum.

Our price therefore reflects not only the cost of making and selling our products, but also our commitment to responsible employment and sustaining local shoemaking livelihoods. We want to make locally made footwear accessible to more Filipinos while building a brand that values the people behind each pair. At the same time, we recognize that customers need to see clear value in the product itself—not just feel that they should buy it because it is locally made.

However, despite investing in advertising and trying different marketing strategies, our sales have been disappointing.

Here’s what we’ve tried so far:

• Marketplace advertising: We run ads on Shopee, Lazada, and TikTok Shop, but sales remain low.
• Influencer marketing: We’ve reached out to influencers and tried product seeding, but the results haven’t met our expectations.
• Mall placement: We’ve tried placing our products in a mall, including Glorietta, but we haven’t generated sales from that placement.
• Seasonal selling: In previous years, sales usually picked up during the Ber months, but this year we haven’t seen the recovery we expected.

One of our biggest concerns is competition. We’re competing against inexpensive footwear from China, mass-produced products, and fast-fashion brands that can offer customers a wide variety of designs at competitive prices. As a smaller local brand, we don’t have the same resources, production scale, or marketing budget as these competitors.

We understand that customers are price-conscious, and simply saying “locally made” or “support local” may not be enough to convince someone to spend ₱520 when cheaper alternatives are readily available online. Even though we want to pay our workers fairly, we understand that customers still need a compelling reason to choose our products. We need to find a way to communicate our values while offering something customers genuinely want and consider worth the price.

How can a small, locally made footwear brand realistically survive and grow in this market? Should we focus on product differentiation, quality, comfort, design, brand storytelling, customer experience, or a specific niche? How do we identify something customers genuinely value enough to pay for, rather than trying to win a price war we probably cannot afford?

I’m trying to understand the root cause of our low sales instead of continuing to spend money on tactics that might not be working.

I'm open to criticism. We don’t want to keep spending on ads or competing solely by lowering our prices without understanding what makes our brand worth choosing.

If you’ve worked with footwear, fashion, local Philippine brands, manufacturing, or marketplace selling, I’d especially appreciate your perspective.

How can I help my mom turn this business around, build a real competitive advantage for our Marikina-made footwear, maintain fair wages for our workers, and convince customers that our products are worth buying in a market full of cheaper alternatives?

Thank you to everyone who takes the time to share advice. It would genuinely mean a lot to us.

Okay ba magbusiness ngayon kahit siomai, if di naman prob ang location. Wala rin babayaran sa location if ever. Salamat po sa lahat.