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Cdiscount, one of the largest eCommerce marketplace in France has mobilized its resources to deliver the essential items to handle the Covid-19 pandemic. This pressure is all over the world and is making the sellers to temporarily shut their business.
Cdiscount has announced 6 months of free subscription without any cancellation fees for the new sellers who want to start selling on Cdiscount. To support the sellers in this situation, Cdiscount has also released to offer the Amount of April subscription to all the sellers who have switched their store to Vacation mode. Cdiscount will be the refunding amount of 39.99€ HT as a voucher during the next decade.
For sellers using the Cdiscount Fulfillment service, it is necessary to remember that the warehouses usually operate to protect staff, partners, and customers in compliance with the safety instructions. Therefore, all orders in Fulfillment can continue to ship, giving priority to orders for products that satisfy the immediate needs of the French population.
Recently, Cdiscount Marketplace introduced an external fulfillment system. This enables the service to be used by all channels for all orders. Cdiscount Marketplace also sends daily updates to its seller group to keep them up-to-date, via email. They have also released a FAQ page for the sellers. Here they have dedicated discussed articles related to crisis management and recommendations on the same. They have also arranged for webinars for answering the seller’s questions live.
CedCommerce, the official channel integration partner with Cdiscount has come up with the following services to support the sellers in this crisis:
A-The warehouse is still working well on small items (-30 kg) and large items (+ 30), but they are not accepting packages of more than 20 kg at the moment if they are not placed on a pallet. You can continue to make appointments for these goods (livraisons.clogistique@cdiscount.com) your request will be taken into consideration. It is taken by the Cdiscount Fulfilment department in order to help you with deliveries.
A- Regular distribution of 15 to 30 kg goods is no longer available via their regular carriers in France. You can use an express delivery at an additional cost of 5 € per shipment for all your declined orders. Some areas in France (in particular Postal Code 38, 74, 91, 92, 93 to 94) are temporarily inaccessible via their regular carriers.
You may use an express delivery at an additional cost of 3 € per shipment for all your declined orders. The time to plan can be extended by 2 days. Due to their carrier modifications and to safeguard the health of the staff, distribution and preparation time can be extended by 2-3 days. Deliveries are also made without a signature for the avoidance of safety risks.
A- They prohibit publication for medical purposes of the respiratory safety masks.
Also any business practices which take advantage of the current situation by that prices are in the prohibit list. Rates concerning hydroalcoholic handsoap are an acceptance as per the regulations.
A- Yes, their Seller Support team is actively working to continue to help you with managing your operation in this context at best. Using the “I would like to be called back” option when you open a new case to connect with experts. In the meantime, they are inviting you to open a new case to which the teams will reply to you. You can also write to them via My Account > > Coronavirus query.
A- Yes it is on every accepted order. You can deactivate the automatic order acceptance through your Settings > > Store settings > > Other parameters (tick or untick the option). If you are unable to receive or ship your orders, you can activate the Holiday mode via the same tab. If your package is blocking at a point of withdrawal they will invite you to suggest a new shipment or make the order refund.
To help the sellers in this pandemic, not only Cdiscount but the other giant marketplaces like Amazon and eBay also have announced various offerings to help their sellers and the whole eCommerce community is coming together.
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