{"id":5543,"date":"2025-01-06T14:24:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T06:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5543"},"modified":"2025-01-06T14:24:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T06:24:59","slug":"daily-markup-1138-carsome-marks-a-decade-of-bringing-trust-and-affordability-to-car-ownership-in-sea-with-3-profitable-quarters-and-500k-cars-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=5543","title":{"rendered":"Daily Markup #1138: CARSOME marks a decade of bringing trust and affordability to car ownership in SEA, with 3 profitable quarters and 500k cars sold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXc189oKp22PiT-etW-nbuE3DDDLCEBtIEEL_vjBDFgzcpeXtiDVTiEiYpOS7fUf5j5-T3KsUrwjGZNOWeLz4FupyyznUhd_X09cNnqw5tebvBW7l68uS_Lq3hZlqO4cPhPyNQz1Yw?key=1SXvVGAoj7QRNEg1AFvP2Xr-\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatlerasia.com\/people\/eric-cheng\">Tatler<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New year, new era<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2024 was a landmark year for 500-backed integrated car e-commerce platform <a href=\"http:\/\/carsome.my\">CARSOME<\/a>. 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