Selling on Conrad

Why sell on Conrad?

Conrad is a marketplace visited by millions of businesses and people every month. Conrad is active worldwide with more than 6 million products. It is a marketplace designed specifically for technology and electronics.

The primary target groups of Conrad are B2B mainly: industry, construction, installation technology, schools, healthcare and office environments.

Fully integrate Conrad with your systems

Do you want to manage Conrad and any future or current marketplaces in one place? At e-tailize you can accommodate the following functionalities:

• Sell ​​on marketplaces across Europe (over 100 integrations)
• Centralized order management (automatic & manual)
• Centralized inventory management
• Full PIM system specifically designed for marketplaces
• Easily place products on marketplaces from one screen
• Integration with all kinds of fulfillment software (e.g. MyParcel or Picqer)
• Connection with the well-known CMS platforms (Shopify, WooCommerce and more)

Possible Problems and Challenges

Knowledge | Quite a bit of knowledge is needed to be able to compete well with the current sellers on Conrad. That’s where an analytical tool like e-tailize can help you. Our dashboard gives you the insights and pointers you need to take the fight.

Errors | It is important that you as a seller keep your performance score as high as possible. Stable stock synchronization and reliable order forwarding are therefore critical. In addition, you also want to be able to efficiently process a high number of returns. With a tool like e-tailize you can be sure that there are no (synchronization) errors between your marketplaces, webshop(s), fulfillment parties, and the PIM system.

Scaling | When you have Conrad under control, you will want to expand the number of channels – and thus your reach. If you import your products into a PIM system, you can also upload the products to other marketplaces in addition to Conrad. Plus your order management and stock synchronization will immediately be arranged.

What categories do you have on Conrad

The main categories (click here for the sub-categories) in which you can sell via Conrad are:

• Computer & Office
• Multimedia
• Leisure, car & household
• Tools & Workshop
• Installation technology & Lighting
• Cables & Connectors

• Measurement technology & Energy
• Development Kits & Teaching Packages
• Active components
• Passive components
• Electromechanics
• Automation

The costs & conditions

Conrad charges a monthly subscription fee (€99 a/m), and you also pay a commission per item sold. To sell products on Conrad it is helpful to have at least the category, title, brand, article number, content information, manufacturer part number, images, and a complete description of the product.

Advertise on Conrad

Once you sell on Conrad there are a number of ways to advertise. There are three different packages for advertising on Conrad:

1. Small
   This package has banners on category-, assortment-, and product level.
   
2. Medium
   This package includes everything that is included in the “small” package plus push promotions in the newsletter.
   
3. Large
   This package includes things from the “small” and “medium” package plus an SEO-optimized landing page for your brand.
   
   

How to learn to sell through Conrad

Conrad has its own Partner Central where you can find documentation about selling on Conrad. Also, there are blogs with useful tips about marketplaces such as Conrad. At e-tailize we also offer the tools such as our ‘Analyze’ module, which generates insights for you and gives you an overview of the data via marketplaces. This way you can manage quickly and efficiently on ‘Actionable Metrics‘.

Conclusion

Conrad is a frontrunner when it comes to marketplaces selling B2B electronics and technology. Conrad is also gaining traction among consumers. There are many opportunities and it is easy to get started. It is important that you set up your processes properly from the start. So look carefully for a software that can take some of the burdens away . Not only in terms of processes but also in features related to data analysis.