Selling in Dott (Marketplace)

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Dott is a Portuguese online shop that emerged from the association between CTT and SONAE (which is one of the main business references of Portugal, which has a presence in sectors such as tourism, telecommunications, industry, financial and distribution, etc.), which aims to change the way people buy and sell online, and help digitize Portuguese brands by opening the doors to the world for their businesses. It is the first Portuguese market designed by Portuguese.

They have more than 600 sellers and more than 1.5M of products.

Within the Portuguese population we can distinguish two types of users that are: Internet users and online consumers, where we can see that there has been a great increase in online purchases).

Dott intends to help develop the Portuguese market, as Portugal often stays behind online purchases when compared to other countries like England. That’s why most Portuguese companies are behind the European average for online sales.

What does Dott want to promote?

• There are new habits: where Portuguese buy more online. Only 36% buy online (compared to 43% that is the EU average)

• Promoting new behaviors: putting the younger population to buy on Portuguese websites, as 82% of the thousands make purchases on foreign websites

• New channels: where not only Portuguese people buy, but also sell their products online. 27% of Portuguese companies make online sales.

What are the advantages of selling at Dott’s Marketplace?

• They offer a Marketplace with a strong national identity, which focuses on the proximity and convenience with its sellers

• There are no entry fees and the commissions are competitive for the sellers; prices are also competitive for consumers

• Be the first choice for Portuguese consumers when buying online

• They offer an excellent omnicanal experience with their sellers

What does Dott offer to their sellers to sell on their platform?

• Onboarding and continuous support

• Distribution and logistics of products

• Tools for sellers to manage their real-time sales

• System integration, that is, that both on the web and in the app you can manage and control your sales

• They offer advertising to your products

• Analysis and reporting

In addition, Dott offers its sellers to invest in a premium page dedicated to the products they are going to sell, within that page they can invest in campaigns and other advertising initiatives (banners both on the home page of your online store and within the categories where you sell your products), so that your product will be in the first search.

Dott distribution process and operations

The entire delivery process is in charge of Dott, so the seller should not worry about the responsibility of the distribution. They offer two distribution options:

Categories Dott offers to sell

There are many types of products from various brands, so today they have 16 categories that are: