German parcel firm Hermes Logistik has announced an extension of its successful partnership withthe global marketplace eBay to continue offering simple and favourable delivery solutions to
customers trading with eBay in Germany.Under the new partnership, Hermes will extend its online presence through its own partnerportal on all German eBay websites with immediate effect. Private and business eBay customers canprofit from an extended product and service portfolio in addition to various online tools such asthe cost calculator or printing option for parcel labels.
In addition, the two companies will provide a special sales offer from October 5 – 26, 2009.During this period, eBay customers can benefit from a 25% reduction, and send small items (parcelsize S) for €2.99 instead of €3.99 via Hermes’ shop2shop mode, meaning a pick-up at one Hermesparcel shop and drop-off at another parcel shop.
Due to the increasing customer relations and logistics requirements of professional onlinesellers in e-commerce, Hermes expects further growing popularity of its services and productsthrough the partnership.
“We have maintained a very successful cooperation with eBay for the last few years and wewant to work even closer together,” said Frank Iden, Hermes managing director marketing and sales. “ Millions of German users have turned eBay into a strong partner for us and we are convinced thatwe can gain even more sellers with our offer of practical services and products.”
“We continuously support our online retailers by offering additional services and products.Therefore we are looking forward to extending our successful cooperation with Hermes. We feelconfident that our users will benefit from the additional sales services and we will increaseattractiveness of our eBay online portal,” said Jens Fischler, Head of Cooperations and StrategicPartnerships of eBay Germany.
