MANILA - Registrations of names for online businesses skyrocketed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Trade and Industry said on Monday.
The Trade chief said that based on the DTI’s business name registration system, there were 86,726 business names registered for online businesses from April to December last year. The DTI chief meanwhile also said the government’s efforts to digitalize its processes have helped make doing business easier in the Philippines, even as the country struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic.