The case for a B2B ordering portal in Praia
Praia is a capital of cape verde, where around 159,000 people live and shop, and one of the markets in Cape Verde where we build B2B and wholesale portals.
Businesses here work in government, commerce, banking, tourism and services; many are based around Plateau, Achada Santo António and the port area.
Logistics are supported by Nelson Mandela International Airport and Port of Praia, which matters when you promise customers fast delivery.
Cape Verde is a stable, Portuguese-speaking island economy with a large diaspora and tourism-driven spending. Inter-island logistics and Vinti4 card payments define good store design.
That is why more companies in Praia are moving from phone, WhatsApp and spreadsheet orders to a proper B2B ordering portal — one place where products, prices, payments, orders and customers are managed together.
Local details we build into every Praia project
Conversion in Praia depends on small local signals — the right currency, the right words and the right payment and courier names.
Currency and pricing
Everything a Praia shopper sees — price, tax, delivery fee, refund — is in CVE, written the local way.
Language and content
Storefront copy, product pages and emails can run in Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole and English, with local date and number formats.
Local trust signals
Badges for SISP Vinti4 cards and Visa and Mastercard, Correios de Cabo Verde delivery and clear return terms reassure first-time buyers in Praia.
Domain, phone and contact
Using .cv where it suits you signals a local business to shoppers and search engines. Click-to-call and WhatsApp buttons use the +238 calling code so customers reach you without dialling errors.
Talent and partners nearby
Praia draws on University of Cape Verde and Jean Piaget University, which means plenty of local staff, interns and technology partners to run the store after launch.
Designed to your requirements, not a template
If you run a business in Praia and want to sell online, we build an e-commerce platform and mobile application to your exact requirements, from the first product page to the last delivery update.
Typical clients include FMCG distributors, industrial suppliers, electrical and hardware traders and medical and institutional suppliers. Categories that sell especially well online in Cape Verde — tourism products, coffee and rum, fashion and electronics — get catalogue structures and filters designed for them.
We start with a requirements meeting, show you a working demo within 24 hours, and only then propose scope, milestones and budget.
What your B2B ordering portal includes
Each module below is configured — or custom-developed — to your requirements. You choose what launches first and what follows in later phases.
Business accounts
Registration, KYC and approval, company hierarchies, branches, buyers and approvers with their own permissions. Couriers such as Correios de Cabo Verde, DHL and Inter-island ferries plug in alongside your own fleet for Praia orders.
Contract pricing
Price lists by customer, group or territory, quantity slabs, pack sizes, minimum order values and negotiated rates. Stock can be held in Praia or anywhere in Cape Verde, with pickup and local-delivery options where they make sense.
Quick and bulk ordering
SKU-code entry, spreadsheet upload, saved lists, re-order from history and scheduled repeat orders. Revenue reports by product, repeat buyer and delivery area of Praia guide stock and marketing decisions.
Quotes and approvals
Request-for-quotation, counter-offers, purchase-order upload and multi-level approval before submission. Content and design can follow how customers in Praia search and buy, including Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole where you need it.
Credit and payments
Online payment, credit limits, pay-later terms, outstanding statements and payment reminders where approved. Product data imports from your existing sheets or ERP, so Praia teams do not re-type thousands of items.
Sales-team tools
Order on behalf of customers, territory assignment, visit notes and performance dashboards for representatives. Checkout is configured for SISP Vinti4 cards, Visa and Mastercard and bank transfer.
How Praia customers pay online
Checkout is where most online sales are won or lost. In Cape Verde, customers expect to pay with SISP Vinti4 cards, Visa and Mastercard and bank transfer, and many also look for cash on delivery, PayPal and mobile wallets.
We integrate suitable gateways and providers for your business category and merchant eligibility, handle payment status, failed-payment retries and refunds, and keep sensitive card data with the provider rather than on your servers. All amounts are shown in Cape Verdean escudo (CVE).
Business buyers around Plateau often want invoices or bank transfer, while consumers lean on SISP Vinti4 cards. We support both flows.
- Mobile wallets
- PayPal
- Visa and Mastercard
- SISP Vinti4 cards
- Cash on delivery
- Bank transfer
Shipping, couriers and local delivery in Praia
Your B2B ordering portal can book shipments and share tracking with Correios de Cabo Verde, DHL, Inter-island ferries, TACV cargo and Local couriers, or route orders to your own riders and stores across Praia.
We set up shipping zones, cut-off times, free-shipping thresholds, cash-collection rules and returns so the promise on the product page matches what your team can deliver.
Connectivity in the area — Nelson Mandela International Airport and Port of Praia — makes regional and national dispatch from Praia practical.
Selling online legally in Cape Verde
Cape Verde charges 15% VAT, with VAT registration required above a turnover threshold.
Customer data is handled with Law No. 133/V/2001 on personal data protection, overseen by the National Data Protection Commission (CNPD) in mind, and the storefront follows the Consumer Protection Law and the Electronic Commerce Decree.
Our job is the engineering: price display with tax, invoice numbering, cookie and marketing consent, return and terms pages, role-based access and logs. Legal and tax conclusions stay with your own adviser in Cape Verde.
Your own store alongside local online classifieds and Facebook Marketplace
Many Praia sellers already list on local online classifieds, Facebook Marketplace, Amazon (cross-border), Instagram shops and Local portals. Those channels bring traffic, but they also take commission, control the customer relationship and change rules without notice.
NNT Mart gives you a channel you own: your domain, your customer list, your pricing and your brand. Where it helps, we connect product feeds and orders from marketplaces so stock stays in sync and your team works from one dashboard.
Industries in Praia we work with
Popular online categories in Cape Verde include tourism products, coffee and rum, fashion, electronics, fish and food and crafts. Local demand in Praia is shaped by government, commerce, banking, tourism and services, so we often design catalogues and B2B ordering around those sectors. In Praia, we most often build B2B and wholesale portals for:
Wholesalers
We map how wholesalers sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
FMCG distributors
For FMCG distributors, we usually start with quick and bulk ordering, then add accounting and e-invoicing once orders are flowing.
Industrial suppliers
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for industrial suppliers in Praia, connected to the systems you already use.
Electrical and hardware traders
Electrical and hardware traders get quotes and approvals plus sales-team tools workflows tailored to their operations.
Medical and institutional suppliers
We map how medical and institutional suppliers sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
Dealer networks
For dealer networks, we usually start with business accounts, then add logistics and freight partners once orders are flowing.
Android and iOS apps for your Praia business
Phones carry most traffic in Cape Verde. A dealer and sales-representative app lets buyers re-order in seconds, scan products, check statements and receive scheme announcements, while reps take orders at the counter even with patchy connectivity.
Apps are published under your own developer accounts and share the same backend as your B2B ordering portal, so offers, stock and orders are always consistent between web and mobile.
Push notifications can be timed to UTC−1 so offers reach Praia customers when they are awake, and the interface can run in Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole.
- BI and reporting tools
- Accounting and e-invoicing
- ERP (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Tally, Zoho)
- Warehouse and inventory systems
- CRM and lead management
- Logistics and freight partners
- WhatsApp and SMS notifications
- Credit and payment gateways
Integrations above are examples; we connect any system that offers a suitable API, database access or approved import and export process.
From first demo to growth in Praia
We launch the journeys that create value first, then add depth. A typical roadmap for a B2B ordering portal in Praia:
| Phase | What goes live |
|---|---|
| Launch portal | Accounts, contract pricing, catalogue, ordering and ERP order sync. Configured for CVE, SISP Vinti4 cards and Correios de Cabo Verde from the start. |
| Automate | Quotes, approvals, credit, statements and notifications. |
| Expand | Dealer and sales-rep apps, analytics and new territories. Reviewed against how Praia customers actually buy. |
We track order-entry time, share of orders placed online, order accuracy, days sales outstanding, repeat-order frequency and sales-rep productivity on a live dashboard from day one, so Praia results are visible, not promised.
Support hours and communication for Praia
Our team covers UTC−1 — 6h 30m behind India (IST) — through three 8-hour shifts, so a Praia client always reaches someone during the local working day.
We work in English and can deliver storefront content in Cape Verdean Creole and Portuguese. NDAs are signed on request, and you get a named project lead plus direct access to the engineers building your B2B ordering portal.
Our head office is in Chhapi, Gujarat, with an office in Hyderabad and representation in Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia and Zambia; Praia clients are served remotely with on-site workshops when the project needs them.
