• Interactive & personalized ‘chat-to-shop’ experience over WhatsApp
  • Featuring curated local brands across categories such as fashion, lifestyle, wellness, fun experiences, and bespoke gifting

Dubai, UAE – Zbooni, the homegrown Middle East pioneer in cCommerce (connected commerce) is excited to announce the launch of its first chat-to-shop marketplace. cShop Market (cshop.market) brings businesses and customers together in a live, interactive shopping forum, showcasing highly rated local brands. Customers can discover unique listings and then chat-to-shop directly with UAE businesses.

For the initial launch phase Zbooni has onboarded 50 local companies across a variety of categories, making it the perfect place to find curated gifts for Eid al Fitr. Over the next 12 months, the platform will scale up, drawing from its community of over 5,000 UAE-based Zbooni merchants, and look to welcome an estimated 2 million visitors.

Ramy Assaf, CEO and co-founder of Zbooni said, “cShop market connects the local community and offers a more human approach to commerce. For shoppers today, their options are either to visit static online marketplaces, or go to a mall and shop in person. This is something new, that offers the best of both.

 Over the years, we’ve empowered thousands of businesses with tools to sell online. Now, we’re making them more accessible and helping promote local brands to new audiences. Every business is a verified Zbooni merchant which helps ensure security and trust. When it comes to local fashion, food or fun gifts, there might be a hidden gem we can help you discover on cShop Market.” 

While the cShop Market has been rolled out to customers in the United Arab Emirates initially, the business intends to introduce this to other selected GCC and North African countries over the course of the year.
 

Hero local brands that are already live on cShop Market include photography specialists AnalogTheRoom, children’s event brand Princess Parties, luxury salon and spa Maison Privee, candles and pampering business Soapretty, bicycle brand The Adam Store, and perfume brand By Cloud Fragrance, plus many more.

Assaf added, “Many of the brands are exclusive to cShop Market and won’t appear on any other online marketplace like noon or Amazon. We’re bringing a concierge approach to online retail, so a customer can ask questions, request product customization and add personal touches for special occasions.”

Businesses will have several benefits from being on Zbooni’s cShop Market, including exposure to more customers, the ability to interact via popular chat channels like WhatsApp and offer personalized sales in real-time.

To give back to the local community and support gifting in Ramadan, Zbooni is offering two months of free listing on the cShop Market, for businesses that sign-up during April. The promotion is worth 200 USD (over 700 dirhams) in free marketplace listings. Plus, each business can take advantage of hassle-free onboarding to cShop Market, with a one-on-one account manager taking brands through the necessary steps to listing, receiving customers and generating orders in as little as 24 hours. 

For more information about Zbooni’s cShop Market, please visit cshop.market.

cShop Market, a basket full of local gems.

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About Zbooni 

Zbooni is pioneering cCommerce in the MENA region, and since the launch of its app in 2018 has helped thousands of businesses to interact, engage and sell more effectively, powering transactions for hundreds of thousands of customers and generating multimillion dollar sales revenue every month. Its expert team is based across offices in United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt, scaling rapidly to meet the growing needs of the cCommerce revolution. The Zbooni platform provides tools and solutions that empower businesses, both big and small, to capture orders, accept payments, sell more, and track every order. To find out more about Zbooni, visit www.zbooni.com or download the app via the Google Play Store or Apple App Store.

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