Serving Canadians

Malama.ca is the one-stop shopping destination for Canadians from Vancouver to St. John's. We listened to your most common complaints about shopping online in Canada, launched our company in the summer of 2014, and began designing solutions. Now you can save time and money with MSearch, our high-powered shopping search engine that brings you the best results and biggest discounts from all of Canada's best online shopping sites and most trusted brands. Prices site-wide are in CAD$ for your convenience and when there are extra border fees, we let you know right away up front. We also offer fast shipping (12-24 hours delivery in Metro Vancouver), easy returns, and make cross-border shopping simpler than ever with our new MBuy service, giving you access to millions of great deals south of the border.

Boosting Small Business

But we're more than just a shopping comparison site: a key part of our business model is providing an friendly, easy-to-use e-commerce platform through which individuals and companies of all stripes and sizes can make their innovative, cost-effective products available to Canadian consumers. We offer completely free-to-open online shops for sellers interested in reaching the Canadian market. Sound too good to be true? It's not.

Are you new to e-commerce and want to get involved? Check out our Dream Shop, a low-risk, low-commitment way to make your products immediately available to Canadians with a minimum of hassle and worry. For more established sellers, our Professional Shop provides a high-powered, efficient selling platform that is guaranteed to meet and exceed all your business needs.

Fast, Secure Shipping Guarantee

Malama.ca offers unparalleled shipping speed and efficiency, particularly for consumers residing in the Vancouver and Toronto areas. With warehouses located across Canada in most major city centers, we are able to ensure you will receive your products promptly, usually within 2-5 business days.

We guarantee that all sellers must to ship their products within 3 business days of receiving your order and payment. If you do not receive shipping confirmation from the seller within 3 business days of placing your order, you may contact us and receive compensation equal to up to 100% of the order value from the seller.

Satisfied Customers

For proof that Canadians are consistently satisfied with the goods and services we provide, look no further than the enthusiastic product reviews and positive feedback evident everywhere on Malama.ca.

For a closer look at some of the businesses already selling on Malama, check out our Featured Shops section on the blog. If you have any questions or concerns about any aspect of our platform, please let us know at service@malama.ca. We'll respond right away and do everything within our power to improve your shopping experience.

What Does "Malama" Mean?

We know of two definitions of "Malama," both of which are well-matched with the philosophy of our company. In Chinese, depending on the pronunciation, Malama can mean either "Buy quickly" or "Sell quickly." The emphasis here is on the rapid and continuous exchange of goods and ideas, and the intimate connection between buying and selling: buyers are often sellers themselves, and vice versa. If shop owners forget to take on a buyer's perspective, they will soon lose touch with their customers and send their business into a tailspin.

Malama is also a word in Hawaiian culture, where it means "to take care of, to serve and to honor, to protect and watch over." In this sense, Malama is a very benevolent and respected concept, leaving no room for deception and fraudulent behaviour. It encourages us to act with integrity in our day-to-day lives, and in business it represents a responsible use of one's assets.