D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (d/b/a “Hepsiburada”)
(NASDAQ: HEPS), a leading e-commerce technology platform in
Türkiye, and Vodafone Türkiye, a leading mobile telecommunications
company, have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at
enhancing customer experience in the e-commerce and
telecommunication sectors.
The collaboration integrates the new
“Hepsiburada for Vodafone Users” platform into the Vodafone Yanımda
app, which has over 16 million users. Hepsiburada will manage the
end-to-end e-commerce operations on this new platform, providing
easy access to Hepsiburada’s 280 million SKUs across more than 30
product categories. Customers shopping on this platform will
benefit from rewards, including free data, special discounts, and
promotions.
The collaboration also provides additional
benefits to new Vodafone Red members, including a complimentary
one-year membership to Hepsiburada’s loyalty program, Hepsiburada
Premium. Hepsiburada Premium offers a variety of benefits,
including free delivery, scheduled shipping, 3% cashback, a 50%
discount on furniture assembly services and a complimentary
subscription to BluTV, a video-on-demand service by Warner Bros.
Discovery.
At a joint event announcing the initiative,
Vodafone Türkiye CEO Engin Aksoy stated, “Partnering with
Hepsiburada allows us to redefine e-commerce with an innovative
platform that provides excellent shopping experience and exclusive
rewards. This partnership marks the beginning of a long-term
collaboration in e-commerce.” Hepsiburada CEO Nilhan Onal
Gökçetekin added, “Hepsiburada is proud to partner with Vodafone to
offer a seamless shopping experience. This collaboration combines
the strengths of two industry leaders to bring added value to
millions of Vodafone Türkiye customers, further cementing our
position as the most recommended e-commerce platform in
Türkiye.”
This initiative is expected to provide both
companies with the opportunity to expand their customer base while
offering customers a fast, convenient, and highly rewarding
shopping experience.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the Safe Harbor provisions of the US Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and encompasses all
statements, other than statements of historical fact contained in
this press release, and include but are not limited to, statements
regarding our collaboration with Vodafone. These forward-looking
statements can be identified by terminology such as “may,” “could,”
“will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “aims,” “future,” “intends,”
“plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “targets,” “likely to” and
similar statements.
These forward-looking statements are based on management’s
current expectations. However, it is not possible for our
management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of
all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or
combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ
materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements
we may make.
These statements are neither promises nor guarantees but involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors
and circumstances that may cause Hepsiburada’s actual results,
performance or achievements to be materially different from its
expectations expressed or implied by the forward-looking
statements, including conditions in the U.S. capital markets,
negative global economic conditions, potential negative
developments resulting from epidemics or natural disasters, other
negative developments in Hepsiburada’s business or unfavorable
legislative or regulatory developments. We caution you therefore
against relying on these forward-looking statements, and we qualify
all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary
statements. For a discussion of additional factors that may affect
the outcome of such forward-looking statements, see our 2023 annual
report filed with the SEC on Form 20-F on April 30, 2024
(Commission File Number: 001-40553), and in particular the “Risk
Factors” section, as well as the other documents filed with or
furnished to the SEC by Hepsiburada from time to time. Copies of
these filings are available online from the SEC at www.sec.gov, or
on the SEC Filings section of our Investor Relations website at
https://investors.hepsiburada.com. These and other important
factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those
indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press
release. Any such forward-looking statements represent management’s
estimates as of the date of this press release. These
forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as
representing Hepsiburada’s views as of any date subsequent to the
date of this press release. All forward-looking statements in this
press release are based on information currently available to
Hepsiburada, and Hepsiburada and its authorized representatives
assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in
light of new information or future events. Accordingly, undue
reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking
statements.
About Hepsiburada
Hepsiburada is a leading e-commerce technology platform in
Türkiye, operating through a hybrid model that combines first-party
direct sales (1P) and a third-party marketplace (3P) with
approximately 100 thousand merchants.
With its vision of leading the digitalization of commerce,
Hepsiburada serves as a reliable, innovative and purpose-driven
companion in consumers’ daily lives. Hepsiburada’s e-commerce
platform offers a broad ecosystem of capabilities for merchants and
consumers including last-mile delivery, fulfillment services,
advertising solutions, cross-border sales, payment services and
affordability solutions. Hepsiburada’s integrated fintech platform,
Hepsipay, provides secure payment solutions, including digital
wallets, general-purpose loans, buy now pay later (BNPL) and
one-click checkout, enhancing shopping convenience for consumers
across online and offline while driving higher sales conversions
for merchants.
Since its founding in 2000, Hepsiburada has been purpose-driven,
leveraging its digital capabilities to empower women in the Turkish
economy. In 2017, Hepsiburada launched the ‘Technology Empowerment
for Women Entrepreneurs’ program, which has supported nearly 57.5
thousand female entrepreneurs across Türkiye in reaching millions
of customers.
Investor Relations Contact: ir@hepsiburada.com
Media Contact: corporatecommunications@hepsiburada.com
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