Why Kandy businesses are investing in manufacturer and distributor portals
Kandy is a second largest city in sri lanka, home to about 120,000 people, and one of the markets in Sri Lanka where we build manufacturer and distributor portals.
The local economy is driven by tourism and tea industry, and commercial activity concentrates around the city centre.
Logistics are supported by Highway links, which matters when you promise customers fast delivery.
Sri Lanka's online shopping is growing quickly, especially gift delivery and diaspora orders. Reliable island-wide delivery and LankaQR payments build trust.
For a business in Kandy, the opportunity is to own the customer relationship: your own manufacturer and dealer portal keeps your margin, your data and your brand, while marketplaces and social channels become additional sales routes instead of the only one.
Localised for Kandy, not translated into it
Conversion in Kandy depends on small local signals — the right currency, the right words and the right payment and courier names.
Currency and pricing
Prices, taxes, shipping and refunds are shown in Sri Lankan rupee (LKR), formatted the way Kandy customers read them.
Language and content
Storefront copy, product pages and emails can run in Sinhala, Tamil and English, with local date and number formats.
Local trust signals
Badges for Visa and Mastercard and LankaQR, Sri Lanka Post delivery and clear return terms reassure first-time buyers in Kandy.
Domain, phone and contact
A .lk domain (or your own) builds local trust and search relevance. Click-to-call and WhatsApp buttons use the +94 calling code so customers reach you without dialling errors.
Talent and partners nearby
With University of Peradeniya close by, finding people to manage catalogues, content and support after launch is realistic in Kandy.
Custom-built for how you sell in Kandy
Whatever your business sells in Kandy, N&T Software designs and develops the manufacturer and dealer portal and the matching mobile app exactly to your requirements — your catalogue, your prices, your payment and delivery rules.
Typical clients include engineering component makers, electrical and automation brands, building-material manufacturers and auto-parts companies. Categories that sell especially well online in Sri Lanka — fashion, electronics, gifts and groceries — get catalogue structures and filters designed for them.
Before any commitment you get a free requirements meeting, a demo built on your use case and a proposal priced to your budget.
Features of your manufacturer and dealer portal in Kandy
Each module below is configured — or custom-developed — to your requirements. You choose what launches first and what follows in later phases.
Technical catalogue
Product families, models, variants, specification tables, comparison and application or industry filters. Reports show which products, customers and areas of Kandy drive revenue.
Document library
Datasheets, manuals, CAD drawings, certificates and price lists with public, registered or partner-only access. Content and design can follow how customers in Kandy search and buy, including Sinhala and Tamil where you need it.
Enquiries and RFQs
Project enquiries, quotation requests, lead routing to the right region and status tracking. Product data imports from your existing sheets or ERP, so Kandy teams do not re-type thousands of items.
Partner portal
Dealer and distributor sign-in, territory-based catalogues, protected pricing, schemes and targets. Payment steps are built around Visa and Mastercard, LankaQR and FriMi and Genie wallets, the options shoppers here already trust.
Spares and service
Spare-part lookup by model or serial number, accessories, warranty registration and service requests. Couriers such as Sri Lanka Post, Domex and Koombiyo plug in alongside your own fleet for Kandy orders.
Channel insight
Dashboards for partner orders, secondary sales, product interest and regional demand. Inventory can sit in Kandy, in a partner warehouse or across Sri Lanka, with click-and-collect where customers want it.
Checkout and payment methods for Kandy
A manufacturer and dealer portal for Kandy must support the way people here actually pay: Visa and Mastercard, LankaQR, FriMi and Genie wallets, Koko BNPL, cash on delivery and bank transfer.
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 Sri Lankan rupee (LKR).
Zone-based payment rules let you offer different options for the city centre than for outer parts of Kandy.
- Cash on delivery
- Bank transfer
- Visa and Mastercard
- LankaQR
- FriMi and Genie wallets
- Koko BNPL
Fulfilment options for Kandy orders
Your manufacturer and dealer portal can book shipments and share tracking with Sri Lanka Post, Domex, Koombiyo, Pronto Lanka and Prompt Xpress, or route orders to your own riders and stores across Kandy.
Delivery rules can price by distance, weight, postcode or zone, offer same-day slots in dense areas, and switch on pickup points or click-and-collect where customers prefer them.
Connectivity in the area — Highway links — makes regional and national dispatch from Kandy practical.
Selling online legally in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan VAT is 18% after the 2024 reforms, administered by the Inland Revenue Department.
Customer data is handled with the Personal Data Protection Act No. 9 of 2022, being phased in in mind, and the storefront follows the Consumer Affairs Authority Act No. 9 of 2003.
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 Sri Lanka.
Marketplaces vs. your own manufacturer and dealer portal in Kandy
Many Kandy sellers already list on Daraz.lk, Kapruka, ikman.lk, Wasi.lk and Takas.lk. Those channels bring traffic, but they also take commission, control the customer relationship and change rules without notice.
Your manufacturer and dealer portal becomes the hub: marketplaces and social shops become extra outlets fed from one catalogue, while repeat customers buy directly from you at better margins.
Businesses that use NNT Mart in Kandy
Popular online categories in Sri Lanka include fashion, electronics, gifts, groceries, tea and spices and home. Local demand in Kandy is shaped by tourism and tea industry, so we often design catalogues and B2B ordering around those sectors. In Kandy, we most often build manufacturer and distributor portals for:
Machinery and equipment manufacturers
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for machinery and equipment manufacturers in Kandy, connected to the systems you already use.
Engineering component makers
Engineering component makers get document library plus partner portal workflows tailored to their operations.
Electrical and automation brands
We map how electrical and automation brands sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
Building-material manufacturers
For building-material manufacturers, we usually start with spares and service, then add dealer management systems once orders are flowing.
Auto-parts companies
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for auto-parts companies in Kandy, connected to the systems you already use.
Importers and master distributors
Importers and master distributors get channel insight plus document library workflows tailored to their operations.
Add a mobile app for Kandy customers
Dealer, field-sales and service-technician apps can scan QR codes on products, look up spares, register warranties and place orders from the shop floor or the customer site.
Apps are published under your own developer accounts and share the same backend as your manufacturer and dealer portal, so offers, stock and orders are always consistent between web and mobile.
Order alerts, offers and abandoned-cart reminders go out on Kandy time (UTC+5:30), in Sinhala and Tamil if you want.
- WhatsApp Business API
- Logistics partners
- CRM and lead routing
- ERP and production planning
- Dealer management systems
- PIM and DAM for product data
- E-invoicing and tax systems
- Warranty and service software
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 Kandy
We launch the journeys that create value first, then add depth. A typical roadmap for a manufacturer and dealer portal in Kandy:
| Phase | What goes live |
|---|---|
| Catalogue and enquiries | Technical catalogue, documents and RFQ capture with CRM routing. Configured for LKR, Visa and Mastercard and Sri Lanka Post from the start. |
| Partner portal | Dealer sign-in, protected pricing, ordering and ERP sync. |
| Service and apps | Spares, warranty, service requests and field apps. Reviewed against how Kandy customers actually buy. |
Success is measured on qualified enquiries per month, quote-to-order conversion, dealer portal adoption, secondary-sales visibility, spare-part order accuracy and time to answer technical queries — tracked on a dashboard you can see from launch day.
Working with our team from Kandy
Our team covers UTC+5:30 — the same clock as our engineers in India — through three 8-hour shifts, so a Kandy client always reaches someone during the local working day.
We work in English and can deliver storefront content in Sinhala and Tamil. NDAs are signed on request, and you get a named project lead plus direct access to the engineers building your manufacturer and dealer portal.
Our head office is in Chhapi, Gujarat, with an office in Hyderabad and representation in Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia and Zambia; Kandy clients are served remotely with on-site workshops when the project needs them.
