Why a manufacturer and dealer portal makes sense for Lausanne
Lausanne is a commercial centre in Switzerland where around 145,000 people live and shop, and one of the places where we build manufacturer and distributor portals for local businesses.
Businesses here work in sports bodies, food industry and deep-tech; many are based around the city centre and EPFL Innovation Park.
Logistics are supported by Geneva Airport nearby, which matters when you promise customers fast delivery.
Switzerland has very high spending per online shopper and expects multilingual stores in German, French and Italian. TWINT and invoice payment are must-haves.
That is why more companies in Lausanne are moving from phone, WhatsApp and spreadsheet orders to a proper manufacturer and dealer portal — one place where products, prices, payments, orders and customers are managed together.
Local details we build into every Lausanne project
A store that works in Lausanne respects local habits as well as local law. These are the details we configure first.
Currency and pricing
The store speaks Swiss franc: CHF amounts from product page to invoice, so Lausanne buyers never convert in their heads.
Language and content
Content can be produced in German, French and Italian, so a Lausanne customer reads the store in the language they use at home.
Local trust signals
We add the payment logos, courier names and policy pages shoppers in Lausanne recognise: TWINT and PostFinance Card and delivery through Swiss Post.
Domain, phone and contact
Using .ch where it suits you signals a local business to shoppers and search engines. Contact buttons are pre-set with +41, so a customer in Lausanne taps once to call or message.
Talent and partners nearby
With EPFL and University of Lausanne close by, finding people to manage catalogues, content and support after launch is realistic in Lausanne.
A manufacturer and dealer portal built around your Lausanne business
Whatever your business sells in Lausanne, 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 Switzerland — electronics, fashion, watches and luxury 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.
What your manufacturer and dealer portal includes
Nothing here is fixed: modules are switched on, reshaped or built from scratch around how your Lausanne business sells.
Technical catalogue
Product families, models, variants, specification tables, comparison and application or industry filters. Customers in Lausanne can pay with TWINT, PostFinance Card and Visa and Mastercard, with receipts and refunds handled in the same admin.
Document library
Datasheets, manuals, CAD drawings, certificates and price lists with public, registered or partner-only access. Couriers such as Swiss Post, DPD Switzerland and Planzer plug in alongside your own fleet for Lausanne orders.
Enquiries and RFQs
Project enquiries, quotation requests, lead routing to the right region and status tracking. Inventory can sit in Lausanne, in a partner warehouse or across Switzerland, with click-and-collect where customers want it.
Partner portal
Dealer and distributor sign-in, territory-based catalogues, protected pricing, schemes and targets. Reports show which products, customers and areas of Lausanne drive revenue.
Spares and service
Spare-part lookup by model or serial number, accessories, warranty registration and service requests. Content and design can follow how customers in Lausanne search and buy, including German and French where you need it.
Channel insight
Dashboards for partner orders, secondary sales, product interest and regional demand. Bulk import and sync tools mean the Lausanne team never re-keys stock, prices or descriptions by hand.
How Lausanne customers pay online
A manufacturer and dealer portal for Lausanne must support the way people here actually pay: TWINT, PostFinance Card, Visa and Mastercard, invoice payment, PayPal and Apple Pay.
Provider approval, settlement time and fees differ by business type, so we shortlist gateways with you, then wire up status updates, refunds and reconciliation in CHF — card details stay with the provider.
Business buyers around the city centre often want invoices or bank transfer, while consumers lean on TWINT. We support both flows.
- PostFinance Card
- PayPal
- Apple Pay
- Invoice payment
- TWINT
- Visa and Mastercard
Fulfilment options for Lausanne orders
Your manufacturer and dealer portal can book shipments and share tracking with Swiss Post, DPD Switzerland, Planzer, DHL Express and Quickpac, or route orders to your own riders and stores across Lausanne.
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 — Geneva Airport nearby — makes regional and national dispatch from Lausanne practical.
Rules Lausanne sellers must respect online
Tax basics: Swiss VAT (MWST/TVA) is 8.1% standard with 2.6% and 3.8% reduced rates; foreign sellers above the threshold must register.
Customer data is handled with the revised Federal Act on Data Protection (nFADP), in force since September 2023 in mind, and the storefront follows the Swiss Code of Obligations and the Unfair Competition Act (UWG), which require clear identification and pricing.
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 Switzerland.
Lausanne sellers: marketplace plus your own store
Many Lausanne sellers already list on Digitec Galaxus, Zalando, Brack.ch, Ricardo, Migros Online and Coop. Those channels bring traffic, but they also take commission, control the customer relationship and change rules without notice.
With your own manufacturer and dealer 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 Lausanne
Popular online categories in Switzerland include electronics, fashion, watches and luxury, groceries, home and sports. Local demand in Lausanne is shaped by sports bodies, food industry and deep-tech, so we often design catalogues and B2B ordering around those sectors. In Lausanne, we most often build manufacturer and distributor portals for:
Machinery and equipment manufacturers
Machinery and equipment manufacturers get technical catalogue plus enquiries and RFQs workflows tailored to their operations.
Engineering component makers
We map how engineering component makers sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
Electrical and automation brands
For electrical and automation brands, we usually start with partner portal, then add PIM and DAM for product data once orders are flowing.
Building-material manufacturers
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for building-material manufacturers in Lausanne, connected to the systems you already use.
Auto-parts companies
Auto-parts companies get spares and service plus technical catalogue workflows tailored to their operations.
Importers and master distributors
We map how importers and master distributors sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
Android and iOS apps for your Lausanne business
Phones carry most traffic in Switzerland. 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.
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.
Push notifications can be timed to UTC+2 so offers reach Lausanne customers when they are awake, and the interface can run in German and French.
- ERP and production planning
- Dealer management systems
- PIM and DAM for product data
- WhatsApp Business API
- Warranty and service software
- E-invoicing and tax systems
- CRM and lead routing
- Logistics partners
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 Lausanne
Value first, depth later. For a manufacturer and dealer portal serving Lausanne, the usual sequence looks like this:
| Phase | What goes live |
|---|---|
| Catalogue and enquiries | Technical catalogue, documents and RFQ capture with CRM routing. Configured for CHF, TWINT and Swiss 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 Lausanne 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.
How Lausanne clients work with us
Our team covers UTC+2 — 3h 30m behind India (IST) — through three 8-hour shifts, so a Lausanne client always reaches someone during the local working day.
Project communication is in English; storefront content can be produced in Romansh, Italian and German. You get a named lead, direct engineer access and an NDA if you ask.
Our head office is in Chhapi, Gujarat, with an office in Hyderabad and representation in Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia and Zambia; Lausanne clients are served remotely with on-site workshops when the project needs them.
