Cross-border selling in Romania
Cross-border sales have increased by 75% since the beginning of the year, compared to the last months of 2019, amid the increase in online orders, but also the improvement of delivery services, according to Coletăria.ro. The situation generated by the measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 in Romania generated a significant increase in orders from abroad, so that, in the first 5 months of the year, the volume of parcels entering Romania from EU countries doubled.
Among the most common types of products delivered from Romania abroad we find products from the following segments: books, Health & Beauty, Fashion, children’s products, toys, sporting goods, gaming and IT accessories. The most sold products abroad are: IT&C, many products in the fashion category, accessories, gadgets, Health & Beauty products, children’s products, sports items, Home & Deco, auto-moto.
The most accessible markets are, first of all, the neighboring countries – Hungary and Bulgaria, but also Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, UK, Italy and Spain, where the transport price is affordable, both for stores in Romania and for customers in those countries, where there are large Romanian communities and stable marketplaces.
Coletăria.ro offers entrepreneurs who want to sell their products outside Romania the guarantee of an advantageous delivery cost. It ensures the connection of stores in Romania with marketplaces in Europe, for a rapid expansion of the online business and offers, through the already existing network of partners, legal consulting services, setting up companies, for opening bank accounts, payment methods, translations, marketing etc.
Coletăria.ro continues to expand the network of pick-up points, offering online stores a cheap and efficient solution for transporting packages, with prices starting from 6 lei / package, lower, on average, by up to 40% compared to the price competitors. Recently, it also launched the home delivery service and increased the number of pick-up points in GSM and printing service stores.
Apart from local activities, Coletăria.ro also offers international delivery to 30 countries in Europe, including UK, Ukraine, Russian Federation and Switzerland. Starting on April 1, Coletăria.ro expanded services to the United States of America, where it operates deliveries at prices starting from 60 lei / package.