The case for a B2B ordering portal in Patras
Patras is a commercial centre in Greece home to about 174,000 people, and one of the places where we build B2B and wholesale portals for local businesses.
Key sectors include port and universities, with business districts such as the city centre and port.
Logistics are supported by Port of Patras, which matters when you promise customers fast delivery.
Greece has SMEs make up 99% of all businesses in the European Union (European Commission). Greek shoppers research heavily on Skroutz and expect cash-on-delivery and IRIS options. Island delivery rules and Greek-language product content are important.
For a business in Patras, the opportunity is to own the customer relationship: your own B2B ordering portal keeps your margin, your data and your brand, while marketplaces and social channels become additional sales routes instead of the only one.
What makes a Patras store feel local
Conversion in Patras depends on small local signals — the right currency, the right words and the right payment and courier names.
Currency and pricing
The store speaks euro: EUR amounts from product page to invoice, so Patras buyers never convert in their heads.
Language and content
Storefront copy, product pages and emails can run in Greek, with local date and number formats.
Local trust signals
Trust is local: familiar names such as Visa and Mastercard and IRIS instant payments and ELTA Courier sit next to the buy button.
Domain, phone and contact
A .gr domain (or your own) builds local trust and search relevance. Click-to-call and WhatsApp buttons use the +30 calling code so customers reach you without dialling errors.
Talent and partners nearby
With University of Patras close by, finding people to manage catalogues, content and support after launch is realistic in Patras.
Custom-built for how you sell in Patras
We do not hand Patras businesses a ready-made theme: we study how you sell, then build the online platform and Android/iOS app your customers and staff actually need.
Typical clients include FMCG distributors, industrial suppliers, electrical and hardware traders and medical and institutional suppliers. Categories that sell especially well online in Greece — electronics, fashion, beauty and home — 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.
Features of your B2B ordering portal in Patras
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. Product data imports from your existing sheets or ERP, so Patras teams do not re-type thousands of items.
Contract pricing
Price lists by customer, group or territory, quantity slabs, pack sizes, minimum order values and negotiated rates. Checkout is configured for Visa and Mastercard, IRIS instant payments and PayPal.
Quick and bulk ordering
SKU-code entry, spreadsheet upload, saved lists, re-order from history and scheduled repeat orders. Couriers such as ELTA Courier, ACS and Geniki Taxydromiki plug in alongside your own fleet for Patras orders.
Quotes and approvals
Request-for-quotation, counter-offers, purchase-order upload and multi-level approval before submission. Stock can be held in Patras or anywhere in Greece, with pickup and local-delivery options where they make sense.
Credit and payments
Online payment, credit limits, pay-later terms, outstanding statements and payment reminders where approved. Reports show which products, customers and areas of Patras drive revenue.
Sales-team tools
Order on behalf of customers, territory assignment, visit notes and performance dashboards for representatives. Pages, search filters and wording are tuned to how people in Patras look for products, in Greek if your audience needs it.
How Patras customers pay online
Shoppers in Patras rarely abandon a cart over price alone — they leave when their usual method is missing. Here that means Visa and Mastercard, IRIS instant payments and PayPal, then cash on delivery (antikatavoli), bank transfer and Klarna.
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 euro (EUR).
Zone-based payment rules let you offer different options for the city centre than for outer parts of Patras.
- Cash on delivery (antikatavoli)
- IRIS instant payments
- Visa and Mastercard
- Klarna
- PayPal
- Bank transfer
Fulfilment options for Patras orders
Your B2B ordering portal can book shipments and share tracking with ELTA Courier, ACS, Geniki Taxydromiki, Speedex and BOX NOW lockers, or route orders to your own riders and stores across Patras.
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 — Port of Patras — makes regional and national dispatch from Patras practical.
Rules Patras sellers must respect online
On tax: Greek VAT (FPA) is 24% standard with 13% and 6% reduced rates, and lower rates on some Aegean islands.
Two frameworks shape the build: the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy rules on cookies and marketing consent, enforced by the Hellenic Data Protection Authority, and the EU Consumer Rights Directive (14-day withdrawal right), the Digital Services Act and, from June 2025, the European Accessibility Act for online shops and Law 2251/1994 on consumer protection.
We build the technical controls — tax-inclusive pricing, compliant invoices, consent banners, terms and return pages, data-access roles and audit logs. We are not a law firm, so final legal and tax positions should be confirmed with your own adviser in Greece.
Owning your channel in Greece
Skroutz, Public and Plaisio are where many shoppers in Patras start, which is why sellers list there. The trade-off is commission, limited branding and rules the platform can change overnight.
With your own B2B ordering portal you keep the customer data, set the offers and the packaging, and still push stock to marketplaces from a single admin.
Businesses that use NNT Mart in Patras
Popular online categories in Greece include electronics, fashion, beauty, home, food and olive oil and tourism products. Local demand in Patras is shaped by port and universities, so we often design catalogues and B2B ordering around those sectors. In Patras, we most often build B2B and wholesale portals for:
Wholesalers
For wholesalers, we usually start with contract pricing, then add ERP (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Tally, Zoho) once orders are flowing.
FMCG distributors
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for FMCG distributors in Patras, connected to the systems you already use.
Industrial suppliers
Industrial suppliers get quick and bulk ordering plus credit and payments workflows tailored to their operations.
Electrical and hardware traders
We map how electrical and hardware traders sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
Medical and institutional suppliers
For medical and institutional suppliers, we usually start with sales-team tools, then add credit and payment gateways once orders are flowing.
Dealer networks
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for dealer networks in Patras, connected to the systems you already use.
Add a mobile app for Patras customers
In Patras, shoppers browse on phones first. 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.
One backend serves the website and the apps, and the apps ship under your own Google Play and App Store accounts — so what you change once appears everywhere.
Order alerts, offers and abandoned-cart reminders go out on Patras time (UTC+3), in Greek if you want.
- ERP (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Tally, Zoho)
- WhatsApp and SMS notifications
- BI and reporting tools
- Credit and payment gateways
- Warehouse and inventory systems
- CRM and lead management
- Logistics and freight partners
- Accounting and e-invoicing
Integrations above are examples; we connect any system that offers a suitable API, database access or approved import and export process.
A phased launch plan for Patras
Value first, depth later. For a B2B ordering portal serving Patras, the usual sequence looks like this:
| Phase | What goes live |
|---|---|
| Launch portal | Accounts, contract pricing, catalogue, ordering and ERP order sync. Configured for EUR, Visa and Mastercard and ELTA Courier from the start. |
| Automate | Quotes, approvals, credit, statements and notifications. |
| Expand | Dealer and sales-rep apps, analytics and new territories. Reviewed against how Patras 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 Patras results are visible, not promised.
Support hours and communication for Patras
Patras runs on UTC+3, which is 2h 30m behind India (IST). With three 8-hour shifts we are available 24×7, so meetings, demos and urgent fixes happen in your working hours.
We work in English and can deliver storefront content in Greek. 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; Patras clients are served remotely with on-site workshops when the project needs them.
