A new platform since autumn, expansion inside and outside the borders, as well as new services for buyers and sellers are its “weapons”. Shopflix in the “battle” for first place, which his administration has set as a goal for the next three years. In this context market the interests of the Marinachi family, which has completed one year of work, is launching an investment of about 6 million euros for the period up to 2025, while an investment of another 4 million euros has already been made.

“We are already in second place, despite being in business for only a year,” said Shopflix CEO Mr. Christ Kalogerakiswhich means that the Public Marketplace created during his time at Public has moved to a third marketplace.

In addition, management aims to become profitable over the next three years. It is noted that the first place in the markets means the first place for the Greek market and in general e-commerce. Today is the first marketplace Skrutz, and the share of Amazon is estimated at about 10%. Immediate steps include mobile and tablet app functionality expected in the next few weeks, delivery of a new service in a month that will have a strong green footprint (no further details were given), and the operation of 500 pickup points. orders from buyers. These points will work not only for receiving orders (pick-up points), but also as points for returning goods (points of return).

We are not talking about parcel receiving machines (lockers), but about various stores with extended opening hours, such as convenience stores, minimarkets, etc. In fact, the buyer will have the opportunity to redefine the pickup point of interest even during the shipment of the order.

In a year of operation, it is in second place after Skroutz.

Installing lockers or collaborating with a provider of this service is being considered by Shopflix management, as it is estimated that 15-20% of e-commerce orders will be delivered this way in the coming years, however without, pending changes over the next two years.

The upgrade of the platform is considered an important step for the further development of the company, its new look is expected at the end of summer. The new platform will be available in other languages ​​as Shopflix plans to start shipping orders outside of Greece from autumn, first to Cyprus and then to other countries. The plans also include a subscription plan with subscriber benefits in line with Amazon Prime standards outside of Greece and Skroutz Plus within borders.

1050 stores

The Shopflix Marketplace now operates with 1,050 stores, up from 136 last year, and has over 3.5 million product codes, up from 168,000 in March 2022. It employs 120 people and is expected to reach 200 staff over the next two years. From March 2022 to date, over 17 million people have visited Shopflix.