Ricardo.ch launches online shopping center

Ricardoshops.ch offers an extensive new goods assortment with around 2.5 million products within the eight product categories "Fashion & Jewelry", "Cosmetics & Health", "Electronics & Computers", "Children & Games", "Entertainment & Media", "Living & Household", "Wine & Pleasure" and "Sports & Leisure", according to a statement. The offer comes from over 30 major online retailers from Switzerland and Germany. New retailers are being added all the time and the range is constantly being expanded.

Simple shopping experience and transparent prices

Switzerland premiere: On Ricardoshops.ch can be ordered also with foreign dealers simply, carefree and transparently. The Ricardoshops.ch team takes care of the goods transport from Germany to Switzerland, customs clearance and all other necessary formalities. For the customers there is no difference whether they buy on Ricardoshops.ch at home or abroad and it follow in the retrospect guaranteed no unpleasant surprises such as high delivery fees or unexpected customs bills. If you are not satisfied with the ordered item, you can send it back to a Swiss return address and Ricardoshops.ch will take care of the rest.

The online platform is "responsive" in design, i.e. it automatically adapts to the respective screen size (smartphone, tablet, desktop) of the consumer and thus offers a contemporary, simple and convenient shopping experience on all end devices - there is no need for an additional app download. Many Swiss people already have a Ricardo.ch account and can use it to log in directly to Ricardoshops.ch as well. If not, a new account can be created during the payment process or orders can be placed as a guest. ricardoshops.ch is also one of the few platforms in Switzerland to enable fee-free payment: "We refrain from charging additional fees when paying by credit card or on account. This is standard practice abroad, but still longstanding in Switzerland," says Heinz Krienbühl, Managing Director of ricardoshops.ch. No additional and previously hidden fees are added during the ordering process, and prices are stated transparently right from the start.

Marketplace and partner of the trade

Ricardoshops.ch is not only an online shopping center, but also a marketplace for large commercial retailers: "Ricardo.ch is already an established partner of Swiss SMEs, which is highly trusted. With Ricardoshops.ch we now go one step further and offer professional retailers - traditional as well as online - and even manufacturers directly a simple and attractive online sales channel", says Christian Kunz, CEO of Ricardo.ch.

Ricardoshops.ch, as a professional partner for commercial traders, solves many of the challenges of online trading from a single source: a modern web and mobile presence, connection of individual store and logistics systems to the platform, central management of the online marketing channel and a fully integrated online payment system: traders benefit from a complete e-commerce package for the successful sale of their products and Ricardo.ch's many years of e-commerce experience. In this way, Ricardo.ch supports Swiss merchants in competition with foreign providers. In addition, Ricardoshops.ch as a marketplace is also open to foreign suppliers in order to offer Swiss consumers the widest possible product range of new goods at attractive prices.

Swiss competence and international experience

The sister platform Ricardo.ch has already existed for 15 years and is the largest online marketplace in Switzerland. "On the one hand, we benefit from our many years of local experience and expertise; on the other hand, we are part of the globally active Naspers media group and can draw on international know-how. With ricardoshops.ch, we are opening the next big chapter in Swiss e-commerce," explains Christian Kunz.

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