Cdiscount.com
As the largest French-owned marketplace and with an estimated 24 million unique site visitors each month, Cdiscount is a no-brainer for expansion if you're looking to expand beyond Amazon.
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Highlights
A No-Brainer for French Expansion
The second largest marketplace in France, Cdiscount is an obvious choice
For French buyers looking to support a local business, Cdiscount is often their first choice ahead of Amazon
Sell Cross-Border
Cdiscount has many options to sell beyond France
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Selling on Cdiscount with eCommeleon
Benefit
Convert Your Existing Data
Translate Your Listings
Don't have French data yet? That's OK! We can help you translate your current data to French
Quicker Onboarding
By providing Cdiscount with quality data, you can race through the onboarding process
Key Information
Geography
Located in France, Cdiscount is the second largest marketplace (after Amazon) in one of Europe's leading eCommerce markets. As such, it's a no-brainer expansion option. Cdiscount is available in the following countries: - Germany - Spain - Italy - The Netherlands - Portugal - Ireland - Austria - Belgium - Luxembourg. Furthermore, once you're successfully selling on Cdiscount, you can take advantage of their membership in the "International Marketplace Network" to start selling on partner marketplaces Kaufland (DE), ePRICE (IT) & eMAG (RO, PL, BG, HU)
Categories
Don't let the name fool you, despite a reputation as a place to go for a cheap-buy, Cdiscount offers products at all price points across most major categories. Give the buyers what they're looking for and offer the best prices around
Selling Options
Cdiscount offers both B2B & B2C models, but B2C is their primary focus. In addition to offering a marketplace, Cdiscount offers a range of logistics solutions designed to compete with Amazon's FBA.
Competition
You likely won't find Gucci or Rolex listed here, but like Amazon, you can buy whatever you need from most well-known brands on Cdiscount, so you'll be in great company here.
Fees
Cdiscount charge a monthly fee of 39.99 + VAT, as well as their category-specific commission rates (between 5-20%) which you'll find [here](https://marketplace.cdiscount.com/tarifs/#detail-des-commissions).
eCommeleon sellers benefit from a 3 months waiver of the monthly fee as well as a dedicated account manager to help you get started.
Payments
Cdiscount will pay out the proceeds of your sales on the 1st, 11th & 21st of each month.
Selling Requirements
It's relatively straightforward to start selling on Cidscount and you only need a registered business entity and French product data to do so. There are no known requirements about needed an EU entity, so for non-European sellers, Cdiscount offers a great chance to make the most of your EU-based inventory and any French translations. If you don't have translations, Cdiscount offer a free machine-translation service, but the quality of this can vary, so talk to eCommeleon about alternative solutions to machine translations for selling on international marketplaces.
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