A Dutch company technology company developed an application that enables buyers to order, pay and receive a shipment.

Belcash Technology Solutions Plc launched the e-commerce platform, HelloMarket shipments, with an estimated investment of one million dollars.

The application, which was designed with the major aim of allowing local suppliers and manufacturers to promote and sell their products, will provide leather products, crafts, traditional clothing, souvenirs, homemade seasonings and other similar items manufactured by small and medium-sized enterprises.

The e-commerce platform, integrated with Hellocash, a mobile and agent banking app for the purpose of making electronic payments, has a delivery system in place through Belcash agents around the country.

The application has two versions to work with both online and offline users. The first version is downloadable by online users, while the second version is developed for offline users embedded in tablets provided by Belcash and distributed through its agents.

Accordingly, customers can make payments and place orders with one of the Belcash agents and wait for the delivery of their items.

The delivery, which depends on the location where the order is placed, can take up to three days, and customers get a notification message when their items are delivered.

“For the implementation of the system, Hellocash is working with various partners with a capacity of providing the required logistics,” said Mahdi Abdelnur, HelloMarket director.

Small and medium enterprises will place their products in a warehouse, owned by Belcash, where the quality and quantity of the products are checked before making it available on the platform.

Belcash successfully piloted the app for three months and officially launched it in July 2019. It has supplied 200 tablets to its agents. Thus far, 50 small and medium enterprises have signed up and placed their products on the HelloMarket platform.

“The small and medium enterprises are required to take an introductory training on the HelloMarket app provided by BelCash,” said Mahdi.

In the next three years, the company plans to have 5,000 small and medium enterprises join the HelloMarket platform. In addition, it also aims to integrate Hellomarket to multiple electronic payment providers, so that customers have multiple options to make payment.