43% 60% INTERNET USER IN THE GCC ARE MAKING ONLINE PURCHASES 25 YEARS Source: Wamda - 25 Essential Stats on E-Commerce in the Middle East REGIONAL ECOMMERCE POTENTIAL eBUSINESS TRENDS
Credit Card Cash on Delivery 2011 29% 71% 2012 29% 71% 2013 27% 73% 2014 24% 76% It is still a COD market and etailers promote it! Mainly domestic COD today but changing! GLOBAL ECOMMERCE SALES? OPS, PAYMENT & RETURNS
Why? - Orders are made with credit card - Addresses are correctly structured in Europe and customers provide accurate addresses including postcode - Carriers can leave at a safe place or deliver to a neighbor if the customer wasn’t available OPS, PAYMENT & RETURNS
- Delivery on time - Affordable price Objectives: - Satisfied - Deliver on time - Affordable cost Focus: How to get them closer, physically and technically? (information and consistency) ALL NEW
- C2C communication, bypass the CC - Live tracking and avoid calls - Online payment, reduce cash management - Big data analysis: - Non payers - Not at home - Same address delivery, don’t call… TECHNOLOGY is making it happen (mobile in specific with more than 90% penetration) App App ALL NEW
Classify clients by shipping tiers o Provide shipping rates based on tier volumes o Advance COD payment which equates to paying of COD amounts upon shipping o July 1st 2015