The City’s Urban Management Directorate invites all vendors, informal traders and crafters to register their businesses for the soon-to-be-launched Cape Town Online Market, a piloted professional e-commerce platform, which will assist them to sell their products online. The deadline for registration is Wednesday, 12 May 2021.
The Cape Town Online Market is a City of Cape Town initiative, which will be launched on Thursday, 27 May 2021 and run until Wednesday, 9 June 2021. This pilot virtual market platform is available to Cape Town-based vendors and aims to provide an e-commerce platform to support small businesses by selling their products online.
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Assisting the informal sector with increased economic opportunities
“When the City engaged with leadership of all informal traders’ associations under the theme, “Trading and living amid Covid-19” in July 2020, we made a commitment to find innovative ways of doing business and assisting the informal sector with increased economic opportunities to minimise the negative economic impact caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. I am excited to pilot this online market initiative and would like to encourage vendors, informal traders and crafters to register and participate,” said Alderman Grant Twigg, Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Management.
“Please come market your product or service to a broader online audience beyond the borders of South Africa. We encourage vendors to come sell their products online on a professional e-commerce platform. We will provide professional online product displays through product styling and photography as well as hassle-free delivery options,” he added.
What applicants need to know:
- Cape Town Online Market live dates: 27 May 2021 to 9 June 2021
- Vendor applications opened on Thursday, 29 April 2021 and the deadline has been extended to Wednesday, 12 May 2021.
- Email: ctom@zafanzone.co.za and apply for your business listing. All listings are subject to approval by our business liaison team.
- A member of the business liaison team will contact applicants within 48 hours of their application and provide the relevant information, including arrangements for product styling and photoshoots.
- For general enquiries about the online market, please contact the informal trading call centre on 021 400 3131.
“Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity that will provide an enabling environment to do business in an innovative and environmentally friendly manner. Our aim is also to help Improve vendors’ product offering through data analytics and customer feedback to improve our service to the people,” said Alderman Twigg.
