{"id":51891,"date":"2020-01-05T17:00:13","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T09:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=51891"},"modified":"2020-01-03T17:43:36","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T09:43:36","slug":"duty-free-and-bi-launch-new-online-shopping-validation-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2020\/01\/05\/duty-free-and-bi-launch-new-online-shopping-validation-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Duty Free and BI Launch New Online Shopping Validation System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the present time, internet users much prefer to purchase their essentials from various online shopping sites to prevent heavy traffic and long queues in malls and supermarkets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Thankfully, the <strong>Duty Free Philippines Corporation (DFPC)<\/strong> in collaboration with the <strong>Bureau of Immigration (BI)<\/strong> will launch a new validation system this January, which\u00a0will verify legitimate Duty Free shoppers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36382\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/11\/Duty-Free-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/11\/Duty-Free-11.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/11\/Duty-Free-11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/11\/Duty-Free-11-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Duty Free Fiesta Mall<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In line with the new system, online customers must make an account at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dfp.com.ph\/\" target=\"_blank\">dutyfreephilippines.ph<\/a>. After this, the buyers need to upload their passport and boarding pass, which will serve as proof of travel.\u00a0Upon uploading, BI will be the one verifying the information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-51893\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/duty-free-1-1024x432.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/duty-free-1-1024x432.png 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/duty-free-1-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/duty-free-1-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/duty-free-1.png 1347w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cConvenience is the main factor why many prefer to shop online, and that\u2019s exactly our customers will experience when they shop through our online store,\u201d said DFPC chief operating officer Vicente Pelagio Angala.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">He added that the products sold on the Duty Free&#8217;s website are at the same prices as what they have in their physical stores. Additionally, promos and travel exclusive also apply online.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The online shopping website launched in early 2019 highlighting brand of perfumes, cosmetics, liquor, groceries, and stores. Some of the featured brands are Estee Lauder, Bvlgari, Calvin Klein, Ferrero Rocher, Jack Daniels, and Toblerone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Also read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/business\/2018\/11\/12\/duty-free-fiestamall-in-paranaque-city-a-walk-through-in-the-countrys-ultimate-shopping-destination\/\" target=\"_blank\">Duty Free Fiestamall in Para\u00f1aque City: A Walk-Through in the Country\u2019s Ultimate Shopping Destination<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Since 1987,\u00a0Duty Free\u00a0Philippines remained as the top provider of the world-class shopping experience in service to the Filipino international travelers, OFWs, and foreign tourists.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\/articles\/1089460\" target=\"_blank\">Philippine News Agency<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Images grabbed from Duty Free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreephilippines.ph\/\" target=\"_blank\">website\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Duty Free Philippines Corporation (DFPC) in collaboration with the Bureau of Immigration (BI) will launch a new validation system in January 2020 that will verify legitimate Duty Free shoppers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":51894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12174,12175,12176,12173],"class_list":["post-51891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events","tag-bureau-of-immigration-bi","tag-duty-free-new-online-shopping-system","tag-duty-free-new-online-shopping-system-on-january-2020","tag-duty-free-philippines-corporation-dfpc"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/Untitled-design-2020-01-03T155150.869.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51891"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51903,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51891\/revisions\/51903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}