Fashion, health and beauty account for the majority of Germany's eCommerce market, so it's no surprise that these sectors are well-represented in fulfilmentcrowd's customer base. However, they are by no means alone.

fulfilmentcrowd provides fulfillment services for an array of companies shipping everything from books, media, toys and giftware to homewares, soft furnishings, electronics, beverages and chilled foods. Put simply, if a product comes in a box or will fit in a box (or a bag), we can handle, store and ship it from any of our fulfillment centers. 

The fulfilmentcrowd platform supports all major channels and marketplaces, including popular ones like:

• Shopify
• PlentyMarkets
• Prestashop
• Amazon
• eBay
• Magento
• BigCommerce
• WooCommerce

To name but a few....

Integration is 'plug and play' which means that you can easily link your website with the fulfilmentcrowd app and start selling in minutes. On average, it takes 8 days to complete the onboarding program and start shipping from our fulfillment centers. 

If you want to create your own integrations with any third party software, the fulfilmentcrowd platform has an open API and webhook support. 

We build custom fulfillment services around the needs of our customers. Examples of our most recent work include:

• Fully-licensed fulfillment centers for the storage and shipping of alcohol.
• Amazon Fulfilled by Merchant ('FBM')
• Amazon Seller Fulfilled Prime ('SFP')
• Amazon Vendor Central integration and timed delivery into their fulfillment centers.
• Batch number and expiry tracking for date-sensitive goods.  

At fulfilmentcrowd, when we need more space, we don't just go out and build bigger fulfillment centers. This would be costly and have a negative impact on the environment, swallowing up green space, not to mention the energy consumed by construction.

We believe that there are literally hundreds of millions of square feet of underutilized space in existing fulfillment centers around the world and we seek to fill this space, making the very best of what is already there.

We have trusted partners around the world who offer under-utilized space and resources. Often these partners are retailers in their own right with decades of experience in the management of fulfillment centers and shipping of orders. 

We fulfill and ship thousands of orders every day. What may seem like huge volumes to most online retailers is just another day at the office for fulfilmentcrowd.

We've been developing software to manage the collection, processing and shipping of orders for nearly 40 years and trusted to manage fulfillment services for some of the world's best-known online retail brands. Literally hundreds of e-commerce businesses have trusted us to deliver for their customers. You can too. 

Germany is the sixth largest market for eCommerce with a revenue of US$109 billion in 2021, placing it just behind South Korea and the United Kingdom. Whilst invoice / cash on delivery remains a popular form of payment for online purchases, Credit/Debit Card and Paypal accounted for 67% of orders in 2020.

Shopify is the most commonly used ecommerce platform, but is challenged by local players such as Shopware OXID, ePages and Plentymarkets.

With an increase of 14%, the German eCommerce market contributed to the worldwide growth rate of 29% in 2021. Revenues for eCommerce continue to increase.

Market expansion in Germany is expected to continue over the next few years, as indicated by the Statista Digital Market Outlook. It is predicted that the compound annual growth rate over the next four years will be 5%. Compared to the year-over-year growth of 14%, this decrease suggests a moderately flooded market. Another indicator of market saturation is the online penetration of 72% in Germany; in other words, 72% of the German population have bought at least one product online in 2021.

In general, German customers can be characterized as very demanding; they expect the shopping experience to be without problems and have high expectations of product quality.
 
Germans are in general conservative and skeptical; they value reliability and, for that reason, locating operations within the country and offering free shipping and returns helps to build trust. Moreover, for the best results, your ecommerce store or product listings should be localized to Germany which means flawless German language, prices in EUR and compliance with the German legal requirements (such as the need for an ‘Impressum’ page).

The biggest player in the German eCommerce Market is amazon.de. The store had a revenue of US$18.1 billion in 2021. It is followed by otto.de with US$5.1 billion revenue and zalando.de with US$2.7 billion revenue. Altogether, the top three stores account for 25% of online revenue in Germany.

Electronics & Media is the largest market segment in Germany accounting for 27% of eCommerce sales. This is followed by Fashion with 24%, Toys, Hobby & DIY (22%). Furniture & Appliances (14%) and Food & Personal Care (13%).

In Germany, Deutsche Post DHL is used by 82% of online stores operating in the country. Hermes and DPD complete the top three with 21% and 17% market share respectively.