Local online shopping/auction marketplace meets rising expectations as global retail e-commerce traffic reaches 22 billion monthly visitsBidorbuy, one of South Africa’s largest online shopping and auction marketplaces, has strengthened its shipping offering with an easy-to-use facility that will source quotes from leading courier companies and offer the most competitive rate at the time of shipping.
The platform, called bidorbuy Shipping, is made possible through a partnership with uAfrica.com, a technology company that assists online merchants with omni-channel solutions, streamlining their order-fulfilment and shipping processes.
This comes as Statista, a global business-data platform, announced last Monday that global retail e-commerce traffic stood at a record 22 billion monthly visits, significantly influenced by the covid-19 pandemic, with demand exceptionally high for everyday items like groceries, clothing and consumer tech.
For smaller, independent and localised merchants who trade on platforms such as bidorbuy, the order-fulfilment process has up to now differed from one merchant to the next, because a standard shipping facility wasn’t built into the offering.
“Consumers in South Africa are now comfortable with selling or buying online, and with that comes an evolving set of needs and expectations, one of them being a commitment on how shipments are delivered and at what cost.” In a quick and easy four-step process, the bidorbuy seller may log in, navigate to the selling section, click on ‘Sign up with bidorbuy Shipping’, and follow the on-screen prompts.
uAfrica.com’s aggregating facility ensures that the buyer gets bang for their buck, but also allows the seller to maximise their profit on each transaction.