How online second hand shops reacted to the partial lockdown

Now that the lockdown has made shopping much more complicated, many people realise that it isn’t necessarily just a chore – it could also be actual fun! Fun we have to forget about for a time... Or do we? Jófogás and Vatera, two leading Hungarian online second hand shops report no drop in the number of neither sellers nor buyers. They chalk it up to two factors: the trust of their customers and the option of contactless delivery. And FOXPOST has promised more automatic parcel locker terminals this year.

The traffic at Jófogás remained average until 13 March, but with the partial lockdown in place the figures would change: the number of visitors to the site sharply fell by 20 percent, and there was a similar trend in the number of new items.

– So far 18 March was the bottom of the curve, and even that paled in comparison to what our fellow companies in Milan and Barcelona saw. Since then numbers have been trending upwards, back to the normal levels. Traffic at the Jófogás website has been on the increase ever since, and even though they are not yet back to the pre-13 March levels, I see no reason to expect a negative trend – managing director of Adevinta Classified Media Hungary Kft. – operator of Jófogás – Géza Palocsay revealed. He added that they have been making efforts to inform their private individual customers regarding the safe options of selling, buying and delivery. They also help their customers by offering various discounts and new package offers...

Source: piacesprofit.hu

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