The ePages management team has been expanded to include experienced colleagues from the sales, marketing and finance departments (from left to right: Efe Acunaz, Nico Hess, Dr Karsten Peskova, Harm Behrens, Christoph Schönfelder).
Amsterdam / Hamburg, 12.07.2022 – Mollie, one of the fastest growing payment service providers in Europe, and ePages, the European pioneer for webshop software in the cloud, are partnering up to offer effortless payments to more ecommerce businesses across Europe. The new integration with ePages allows online retailers to quickly and easily accept and process payments. The launch means that the payments solution is now available to more than 70,000 ePages customers in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, and France. A further rollout in Spain and other European countries is planned for 2023.
Dublin/Hamburg, 01 July 2022. The financial infrastructure platform Stripe will become the preinstalled payment solution from ePages, one of the leading providers of cloud-based commerce solutions. Small and medium-sized businesses across Europe can bring their business online without any programming knowledge and sell products instantly thanks to preconfigured Stripe payments. The integrated solution is already available on epages.com and will subsequently be made available to ePages provider partners.
The new commerce platform from ePages is built on the MACH principles (Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native and Headless) and thus enables a high degree of flexibility in collaboration with technology partners. The native integration of Stripe as a pre-installed payment provider covers a complete portfolio of local and international payment methods including Apple Pay, Google Pay, Klarna, SEPA direct debit, SOFORT, Giropay and all major credit cards. The advantages for merchants lie in Stripe’s automation options in addition to the simple setup. Along with the Stripe Connect platform, ePages also uses Stripe Billing for its subscription management. Thanks to a large selection of responsive design templates and an intuitive editor, ePages makes it easy and fast to create websites and online shops that are optimised for mobile devices.
“ePages offers many merchants an easy entry into the online economy. We are very excited to support these merchants with our solutions in the future. Stripe works with millions of businesses worldwide, especially also through technical platforms like ePages,” says Marcos Raiser do Ó, Head of DACH & CEE at Stripe.
Wilfried Beeck, CEO of ePages, comments: “As a leading provider of cloud commerce solutions with more than 20 years of experience, we combine our competencies with those of Stripe to offer flexible payment processes that adhere to the highest technology standards.”
Efe Acunaz, Head of Marketing at ePages, adds: “With the improved user experience in the checkout on both the merchant and customer side, the integration with Stripe helps us to secure yet another competitive advantage for our customers in the digital transformation.”
About Stripe
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. From start-ups to the world’s largest corporations, millions of organisations use Stripe to accept payments, increase revenue and unlock new business opportunities. Headquartered in San Francisco and Dublin, the technology company’s mission is to grow the GDP of the Internet.
About ePages
ePages (www.epages.com) is the leading European provider of cloud-based online shop solutions. More than 100,000 merchants operate their online stores on the ePages platform; complete with up to 15 languages, search engine optimisation and responsive designs for mobile devices. Permanent updates to the cloud platform ensure that the stores are always up to date. ePages provides integrations to more than 80 technology partners such as online marketplaces, comparison shopping websites, payment providers and ERP vendors. ePages partners with hosting providers, telecom companies, payment providers and banks as well as POS and ERP vendors to bring best of breed commerce solutions to their SMB clients. The company is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany and operates offices and development teams in Barcelona and Bilbao.
30 November 2021 – Arsys (www.arsys.es), a United Internet subsidiary and leading cloud hosting provider in Spain, is now offering a new online shop solution from ePages (www.epages.com), the leading European provider of ecommerce platforms for SMBs. The shop packages equip SMBs in Spain with everything they need to sell online and across multiple channels.
The global pandemic has accelerated changes in consumer behaviour and digital transformation by more than 10 years, contributing to the expansion of online trade in Spain. The European Ecommerce Report states that as of 2021, 70% of internet users in Spain are online shoppers. This, in combination with the steady growth of mobile commerce, drives the need for an easy-to-use, multi-channel SMB retail solution that caters to the demand of consumers wherever they prefer to shop.
The state-of-the-art cloud platform from ePages is designed specifically for starters and ambitious online retailers looking for a modern, all-inclusive solution to sell successfully online. Without the need for any technical experience or upfront investments, merchants can easily design their shops by selecting one of the many responsive design templates and manage their content with the intuitive drag and drop editor. Reliability, security, and high performance are guaranteed via the resilient cloud infrastructure of Arsys.
ePages Now provides online merchants with a rich set of features to centralise and streamline their ecommerce activities. Using the powerful commerce cockpit, merchants can add products once and sell them across multiple channels such as Amazon and eBay as well as price comparison portals such as Google Shopping and Idealo; fully synchronised and inventoried. Furthermore, all shop packages with an Arsys domain include a free SSL certificate.
Nieves Franco, CEO & Sales Director at Arsys, comments, “After 14 years of collaboration, we reaffirm our confidence in ecommerce solutions from ePages. Our goal is to offer our SMB customers a reliable and professional platform that can help them grow their business without any technical knowledge. The ePages Now solution makes it easier than ever to create an online shop and sell online successfully.”
Wilfried Beeck, CEO of ePages, adds, “The partnership with Arsys has been of strategic importance for ePages. We are delighted that Arsys has decided to offer our new solution ePages Now that was designed from the ground up to address the needs of mobile shoppers. Our technology and expertise, combined with the excellent service and support by Arsys is a strong offer for small and medium-sized businesses.”
Nacho Heras – PR Manager Arsys
Tel. 941 620 101
Efe Acunaz – Head of Marketing ePages
+49 40 350188-265
With more than 25 years of experience, Arsys leads the Spanish professional market for Internet presence services, cloud computing, managed hosting and IT infrastructure solutions. Arsys specialises in the design of customised cloud projects, always with the maximum guarantees of availability, performance, security and commitment, accompanying companies in all stages of their digital transformation, from initial consultancy to final implementation. All of this with the best business support on the market.
A leader in innovation, it is part of United Internet, the largest European company in the sector. Arsys has more than 290,000 customers and manages more than 120,000 servers from its Data Centres in Spain and its Cloud nodes in the USA, England and Germany. Its Logroño Data Centre is one of the most advanced in Spain and is backed by the main certifications in IT infrastructure outsourcing: Tier III, National Security Scheme, SAP Cloud and Infrastructure Operations Services, ISO 27001 (security), ISO 50001 (sustainability) and ISO 9001 (quality). Since 2015, it has only been powered by 100% renewable energy sources. More information at arsys.es
ePages (www.epages.com) is the leading European provider of cloud-based online shop solutions. More than 100,000 merchants operate their online stores on the ePages platform; complete with up to 15 languages, search engine optimisation and responsive designs for mobile devices. Permanent updates to the cloud platform ensure that the stores are always up to date. ePages provides integrations to more than 80 technology partners such as online marketplaces, comparison shopping websites, payment providers and ERP vendors. ePages partners with hosting providers, telecom companies, payment providers and banks as well as POS and ERP vendors to bring best of breed commerce solutions to their SMB clients. The company is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany and operates offices and development teams in Barcelona and Bilbao.
The coronavirus pandemic and imposed lockdowns throughout Europe are having important ramifications for all merchants. While changes in consumer behaviour pose major challenges to brick-and-mortar businesses and adding pressure on them to digitalise their stores, increased digital interactions present new opportunities for shop owners. A representative study with anonymised data from European online shops conducted by ePages, one of the leading providers of online shop software in the cloud, compares sales results in 2019 and 2020 and highlights an upward trajectory of online sales for SMBs going into 2021.
Extensive preparation for the year-end sales period is absolutely worth it
A review of data gathered from 25,000 ecommerce shops across Europe shows the rising significance of year-end sales for merchants. Taken into consideration was data from brand-new online shops with little to no sales up to established online businesses with 6-digit revenues, totalling 260 million Euros in the last quarter of 2020. Compared to the average month of September, 2020 online sales ramped up 29.9% in October and surged 83.8% in November, including Black Friday & Cyber Monday.
Online sales remain strong going into 2021
A comparison of sales in the second half of 2019 and 2020 from another dataset of representatively selected online shops across Europe confirmed that the upward trend in 2020 extended into December. Following the exceptionally substantial Black Friday & Cyber Monday online sales in November, which marked an increase of 22% compared to the previous year, sales remained strong, with December 2020 sales rising 30% year-on-year. Overall, sales in the last quarter of 2020 were up 47% compared to Q3 of the same year.
Wilfried Beeck, CEO of ePages, says: “In the public perception, Amazon appears to be the main winner of the Corona crisis. In reality, however, small online stores are also receiving significantly more orders than they did in the previous year. Due to imposed lockdowns in physical retail, the trend continued until Christmas and beyond.”
Efe Acunaz
ePages GmbH
+49 40 350188-265
eacunaz@epages.com
ePages (www.epages.com) is the leading European provider of cloud-based online shop solutions. More than 100,000 merchants operate their online stores on the ePages platform; complete with up to 15 languages, search engine optimisation and responsive designs for mobile devices. Permanent updates to the cloud platform ensure that the stores are always up to date. ePages provides integrations to more than 80 technology partners such as online marketplaces, comparison shopping websites, payment providers and ERP vendors. ePages partners with hosting providers, telecom companies, payment providers and banks as well as POS and ERP vendors to bring best of breed commerce solutions to their SMB clients. The company is headquartered in Hamburg, with satellite offices across Europe.
Hamburg, 15 October 2020 – ePages, one of the leading providers of online shop software in the cloud, was named the best online shop platform by the study “Professional User Rating: Digital Solutions 2021”, in which 40 platforms were considered. Within the scope of the independent study, 1,500 users in the German-speaking market have been surveyed on digital solutions in over 60 categories, for example in terms of range of features and user friendliness. Among other online shop platforms including Shopify, Shopware and Adobe Magento, ePages comes out on top as the champion.
techconsult, the independent market research company of the Heise Group, has conducted the study to investigate the satisfaction of users with their online shop solution. Both in the solution and the provider ratings, ePages has ranked first place and was named as champion. In the provider rating, ePages scored especially well in the categories of sales partner network, innovation and online presence. In the solution rating, ePages achieved good to very good ratings across the board in the surveyed criteria. Users were particularly impressed by the simple administration, modern design and range of functions. When asked whether users would recommend the solution to others, ePages was the only platform to receive 5 of 5 stars.
Wilfried Beeck, CEO of ePages, says: “We have often been rated very favourably in expert comparisons. But the PUR study stands out as it is based on evaluations from real users. This is much more practical than the sometimes superficial comparisons by functionality. We are therefore extremely proud of the fact that we have been rated as the best platform here. Continuous feedback from our users, which has been incorporated into product development over many years, has made a significant contribution to this.”
Further information about the study, including a comparison of the best online shop platforms, is available at epages.com/pur2021.
Efe Acunaz
ePages GmbH
+49 40 350188-265
eacunaz@epages.com
ePages (www.epages.com) is the leading European provider of cloud-based online shop solutions. More than 100,000 merchants operate their online stores on the ePages platform; complete with up to 15 languages, search engine optimisation and responsive designs for mobile devices. Permanent updates to the cloud platform ensure that the stores are always up to date. ePages provides integrations to more than 80 technology partners such as online marketplaces, comparison shopping websites, payment providers and ERP vendors. ePages partners with hosting providers, telecom companies, payment providers and banks as well as POS and ERP vendors to bring best of breed commerce solutions to their SMB clients. The company is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany with additional offices in London, Barcelona and New York.
Hamburg, 26 March 2020 – ePages, one of the leading providers of online shop software in the cloud, wants to help brick-and-mortar merchants in the coronavirus crisis with free online shops so that they can keep running their business. Small shop owners have the option of creating their own free online shop to mitigate the economic consequences of the current situation while their customers can continue to order safely from home. The service will remain free of charge at least until the end of June and beyond if the regulations on shop closures persist, or if risk groups still need to be protected.
The measures against the coronavirus, which include the closure of brick-and-mortar shops, pose major challenges for the retail sector. “Brick-and-mortar retailers are particularly affected by the corona crisis, especially small shop owners,” says Wilfried Beeck, founder and CEO of ePages. “While online trade is booming, physical retail is partly fighting for its existence. We have brought partners with a resilient infrastructure on board, so that we can immediately provide a quick solution for thousands of merchants.” The “stayopen” initiative is supported by many international ePages partners. In Germany, leading payment service provider Payone, the joint venture of the Ingenico Group and Deutscher Sparkassenverlag, and VR Payment, the payment organisation of the Volks- und Raiffeisenbanken, and Worldline/SIX Payment Services, in Switzerland the largest hosting provider Hostpoint, in France Box e-commerce, in Spain Hostalia, in Finland the Vilkas Group, in Australia eCorner and in Portugal Dominios have joined the initiative so far. Updates on the participating partners can be found at epages.com/stayopen.
The free online shops can be created via the following websites:
www.payone.com/corona in Germany
www.vr-payment.de/stayopen in Germany
www.six-payment-services.com/e-commerce-packs in Germany und Austria
www.hostpoint.ch in Switzerland
www.boxecommerce.com in France
www.hostalia.com in Spain
www.vilkas.fi in Finland
www.ecorner.com.au in Australia
www.dominios.pt in Portugal
More information about the “stayopen” initiative and the offers of the ePages partners can be found at epages.com/stayopen.
ePages (www.epages.com) is the leading European provider of cloud-based online shop solutions. More than 100,000 merchants operate their online stores on the ePages platform; complete with up to 15 languages, search engine optimisation and responsive designs for mobile devices. Permanent updates to the cloud platform ensure that the stores are always up to date. ePages provides integrations to more than 80 technology partners such as online marketplaces, comparison shopping websites, payment providers and ERP vendors. ePages partners with hosting providers, telecom companies, payment providers and banks as well as POS and ERP vendors to bring best of breed commerce solutions to their SMB clients. The company is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany with additional offices in London, Barcelona and New York.
Madrid, 07 November 2019 – acens (www.acens.com), a Telefónica company and leading cloud hosting provider in Spain, is now offering a new online shop solution from ePages (www.epages.com), the leading European provider of e-commerce platforms for SMBs. At an affordable price range, the shop packages equip SMBs in Spain with everything they need to sell online and across multiple channels.
Ecommerce continues to expand significantly in Spain. The Ecommerce Foundation reports that 63% of the online population in Spain are online shoppers as of 2019. This, in combination with the steady growth of mobile commerce, contributes to the need for an easy to use, multi-channel SMB retail solution that caters to the demand of consumers wherever they choose to shop.
The state-of-the-art cloud platform from ePages is designed specifically for starters and ambitious online retailers looking for a modern, all-in-one solution to sell successfully online. Without the need for any technical experience or upfront investments, merchants can easily design their shops by selecting one of the many responsive design templates and manage their content with the intuitive drag and drop editor. Reliability, security, and high performance are guaranteed via the resilient cloud infrastructure of acens.
ePages Now provides online merchants with a rich set of features to centralise and optimise their ecommerce activities. Using the powerful commerce cockpit, merchants can add products once and sell them across multiple channels such as Amazon and eBay as well as price comparison portals such as Google Shopping; fully synchronised and inventoried. Furthermore, all shop packages with an acens domain include a free SSL certificate.
Daniel Ribaya, Marketing Director at acens, comments, “After 11 years of working together, we reaffirm our confidence in the ecommerce solutions from ePages. Our goal is to offer SMBs and self-employed customers a reliable and professional ecommerce platform that can help them grow their business without any technical knowledge. The ePages Now platform makes it even easier to create an online shop and sell online safely.”
Wilfried Beeck, CEO of ePages, adds, “The collaboration with acens and Telefónica has been the most trusted partnership for us in Southern Europe. We are extremely pleased that acens is now offering our new platform ePages Now that was designed from the ground up to address the needs of mobile shoppers. Our technology and expertise, combined with the excellent service and support by acens, is a strong offer for small and medium-sized businesses.”
Media Relations
Inma Castellanos
Head of Communications
acens technologies
+34 911 418 525
inma@acens.com
Efe Acunaz
Head of Communications
ePages GmbH
+49 40 350188-265
pr@epages.com
About acens
acens (https://www.acens.com/), a Telefónica company, is a leader in the field of hosting, housing, and telecommunications solutions for the corporate market, covering from small to large business plans. It has a client base over 100,000 businesses and two data centers with over 6,000 square meters. The company is a pioneer in the development of comprehensive cloud solutions in competitive markets. Operating since 1997, acens offers services in Spain, Brazil, Peru and Mexico. acens manages 350.000 domains and more than 1 million email accounts. It hosts 150.000 websites in their 14.000 servers which occupy 11 Petabytes of storage, and manages an output rate Internet over 4 Gigabits through a multi-operator backbone with presence in the Internet exchange point (Espanix, Catnix …). acens Cloud Hosting offers small and large companies more flexible working patterns, safe and effective, in private as well as public and mixed cloud environments.
About ePages
ePages (www.epages.com) is the leading European provider of cloud-based online shop solutions. More than 100,000 merchants operate their online stores on the ePages platform; complete with up to 15 languages, search engine optimisation and responsive designs for mobile devices. Permanent updates to the cloud platform ensure that the stores are always up to date. ePages provides integrations to more than 80 technology partners such as online marketplaces, comparison shopping websites, payment providers and ERP vendors. ePages partners with hosting providers, telecom companies, payment providers and banks as well as POS and ERP vendors to bring best of breed commerce solutions to their SMB clients. The company is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany with additional offices in London, Barcelona and New York.
Leading global payments provider, and global commerce technology platform are partnering to offer an all-inclusive shopping tool with a built-in payments gateway and acquiring solution in the UK and Ireland. The eShop will enable small businesses to extend and synchronise an online and in-store presence to meet the needs of modern consumers
