Business

Since 1.2.2009 the zentrada.network GmbH & Co. KG has been running as a licence holder for the Schimmel Media Verlag GmbH & Co. KG (www.schimmel-media.com) the trading network “zentrada.network” comprising marketplaces and service offices in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Poland, United Kingdom, Italy, Hungary and Spain.

zentrada was founded in 2002 and incorporates to this day more than 200.000 commercial members all over Europe, of which 3.350 are suppliers with approx. 400.000 listed wholesale articles and prices. Approx. 50% of the members and articles are allotted to Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The zentrada.network GmbH & Co. KG employs in the service providing and partner companies of the network 50 staff members.

zentrada.network is the leading network of marketplaces, online shops and showrooms for online wholesale of consumer goods in Germany and Europe.

More than 200.000 commercial members and approx. 3.350 suppliers use the trading platforms and information services for the transnational purchase and sale of all kinds of trade goods in smaller and large quantities. To this day zentrada.network has been running subsidiaries and marketplaces in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom, Italy, Hungary and Spain.

zentrada.network exclusively appeals to commercial users, such as wholesalers, producers, importers, retailers, mail order companies, eBay powersellers and online traders that count among specialized or retail trade. The basic membership is free of charge and for all commercial buyers available.

In May 2011 we have introduced TradeSafe, an order and payment processing system on a trust basis that is especially geared to multilingual online order and payment proceedings in wholesale trade. TradeSafe ensures payment security for the seller and reliability of supply (buyer protection) for the commercial buyer.

Management zentrada network GmbH & Co. KG

Ingo Schloo, Manager for Strategy, Marketing, Technology and Business development
Contact: ingo.schloo@zentrada.de

Martina Schimmel, Manager for the Media zentrada.magazin and zentrada.TV
Contact: martina.schimmel@zentrada.de

Gudrun Schimmel-Wanner, Managment for Finances and Commercial Processing
Contact: gudrun.schimmel-wanner@zentrada.de

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