Online StartUp Ready To Help Scientists in Asia Save

LabFriend, an online start-up company founded in Sydney Australia has recently opened two new web stores in Malaysia and Singapore with the aim of helping South East Asia's scientists and research organizations save on quality laboratory equipment.

LabFriend offers high quality lab products from over 360 brands letting customers order directly online, create formal quotes in seconds, compare products across brands, seek technical advice in real time via the Live-chat feature and many more time saving features traditionally not easily accessible. Perhaps the biggest advantage for these research organisations is the cost savings LabFriend is able to offer by being a 100% online business.

"After launching LabFriend Australia in 2013, almost overnight we started receiving inquiries from Asia. We don’t want these customer to miss out on all the advantages LabFriend can offer. Thousands of Australian scientists have benefited from the LabFriend prices and features and now research organizations in Singapore and Kuala Malaysia can too!” says Karl Wyzenbeek, the founder of LabFriend.

Both the Singapore and Malaysian web-stores are supported by local customer service agents and offer products for sale in local currency. All products are covered by a minimum 1 year warranty and are brand new from the manufacturer.

Since launch, LabFriend has shipped over 28,000 products to the Australian scientific community. With laboratory equipment stretching into hundreds of thousands dollars to purchase, the online model reduces many of the traditional costs layers that previously got passed from manufacturer to importer to distributor and then to the end user. Access to funding and grants is large hurdle for scientists looking to conduct research. LabFriend aims to make that hurdle lower.

"We are optimistic that we will receive the same positive response in Malaysia and Singapore that we have seen in Australia. We are constantly looking for new and creative ways to help scientists save time and money. We are close to launching a new rewards system that we think customers are going to love and we have many exciting developments already in the pipeline that will deliver even bigger time and cost savings." says Karl.

Scientists and research organisations in Malaysia can try LabFriend Malaysia by visiting: www.labfriend.com.my. 

The web address for scientists and research organizations located in Singapore is: www.labfriend.com.sg