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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sunday, February 11th, 2001 |
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SHOP@MAKTOOB LAUNCHED
Unique Facility offers Arab Products to Vast Maktoob community
Dubai: Maktoob.com, the largest Arabic online community,
has underlined its commitment to promote Arab arts and heritage by
announcing the launch of yet another trend-setting service, the
Shop@Maktoob concept, which offers a wide range of Arabic
products.
The unique service will allow online buyers from all over the
world to browse and securely order a variety of products from
different Arab countries from intricate carpets to HandiCrafts,
from Arabic sweets to Dead Sea products -all at the touch of a
button.
At the same time, the facility would make perfect business sense
for vendors, allowing their products a high exposure through the
large community of Maktoob members 800,000 at last count. Shop@Maktoob
has too many advantages that cannot be ignored by both shoppers
and sellers, explained Deema Bibi, E-Commerce Manager at
Maktoob.com.
Through this secure shopping service, Arab Vendors can market and
sell their products and services online by easily setting up their
own virtual store within Shop@Maktoob mall. Moreover, shoppers
from all over the world can place orders and pay through credit
card or cash upon delivery as diversity of online and offline
payment methods.
For reasons of simplicity and convenience, Shop@Maktoob contains
different products listed under categories. Each product is
featured along with a brief description, photo display,
specifications and price. A shopper can place an order by simply
adding the product to his shopping cart in an easy and secure
manner. The product will be delivered to the buyer through ARAMEX.
We are experiencing a rapid growth in demand for Shop@Maktoob
services, chiefly because online transactions are becoming an
inevitable part of business operations in the world, and in
particular in the Gulf, United States, Canada and Europe, where
most of Maktoob members are based, Bibi pointed out.
Already, an impressive portfolio of vendors has endorsed Shop@Maktoob
by featuring more than 100 different products on the web service.
These include Zalatimo, Hallab, Silsal Ceramics, Nour El Hussein
Foundation, Zara and LaCure (Dead Sea Products), Jordan River
Foundation and Alburgan HandiCrafts.
Maktoob.com is the first Arabic / English web-based email
solutions provider and leading virtual community for Arabs around
the world. Launched in October 1998, Maktoob.com gained instant
success among Arabs around the world. It currently boasts of a
membership base of 800,000 users worldwide.
Besides the free email service, the company offers a range of
interactive web-based facilities including Voice Mail, WAP, a
comprehensive business directory, Arabic music, chat, online
auction, electronic greeting cards and information services.
For more details, please contact,
Edward DMello
Headline Public Relations
Tel: 009714 3475006; Fax: 009714 3475013
e-mail:
edward@headlinepr.com
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