The case for an online store in Craiova
Craiova is a commercial centre in Romania where around 234,000 people live and shop, and one of the places where we build online stores for local businesses.
Romania has SMEs make up 99% of all businesses in the European Union (European Commission). Romania's online market is growing fast, but cash on delivery is still widely used, so flexible payment rules are essential. easybox lockers make delivery cheaper outside big cities.
Shoppers and trade buyers in Craiova already compare options on their phones; an online store that loads fast, shows accurate stock and accepts cash on delivery (ramburs) turns that research into orders.
What makes a Craiova store feel local
A store that works in Craiova respects local habits as well as local law. These are the details we configure first.
Currency and pricing
The store speaks Romanian leu: RON amounts from product page to invoice, so Craiova buyers never convert in their heads.
Language and content
We localise pages, emails and notifications into Romanian where your audience needs it.
Local trust signals
We add the payment logos, courier names and policy pages shoppers in Craiova recognise: cash on delivery (ramburs) and Visa and Mastercard and delivery through Fan Courier.
Domain, phone and contact
Using .ro where it suits you signals a local business to shoppers and search engines. Contact buttons are pre-set with +40, so a customer in Craiova taps once to call or message.
Custom-built for how you sell in Craiova
Craiova businesses tell us what they sell and how they want to sell it; our engineers turn that into a custom online store, an admin system and a mobile app shaped around their operations.
In Craiova we typically work with retail brands, D2C start-ups, speciality shops and manufacturers selling direct, and with sellers in categories such as electronics, fashion, home and DIY and beauty that have strong online demand in Romania.
Before any commitment you get a free requirements meeting, a demo built on your use case and a proposal priced to your budget.
Core modules we build for Craiova clients
Nothing here is fixed: modules are switched on, reshaped or built from scratch around how your Craiova business sells.
Branded storefront
A fast, mobile-first design on your own domain with your colours, typography, banners, landing pages and SEO-ready category structure. Checkout is configured for cash on delivery (ramburs), Visa and Mastercard and PayPal.
Catalogue manager
Categories, brands, variants, bundles, specifications, images, videos and bulk import/export so your team can manage thousands of SKUs. Couriers such as Fan Courier, Sameday easybox and Cargus plug in alongside your own fleet for Craiova orders.
Checkout and payments
Guest and account checkout, local payment gateways, wallets, bank transfer, cash on delivery, coupons and abandoned-cart recovery. Stock can be held in Craiova or anywhere in Romania, with pickup and local-delivery options where they make sense.
Orders and fulfilment
Order confirmation, packing slips, courier booking, tracking links, cancellations, returns, refunds and customer notifications. Dashboards break sales down by product, customer and neighbourhood of Craiova, so you see what to promote.
Inventory and locations
Stock by warehouse or store, low-stock alerts, store pickup, local delivery zones and sync with your existing inventory system. Storefront language, imagery and navigation are set up for Craiova shoppers and available in Romanian.
Growth and reporting
Promotions, loyalty, reviews, email and WhatsApp campaigns, plus dashboards for revenue, products, customers and conversion. Catalogues come in from spreadsheets, ERP exports or supplier feeds, so your Craiova team keeps its current way of working.
Businesses that use NNT Mart in Craiova
Popular online categories in Romania include electronics, fashion, home and DIY, beauty, auto parts and toys. In Craiova, we most often build online stores for:
Retail brands
Retail brands get branded storefront plus checkout and payments workflows tailored to their operations.
D2C start-ups
We map how D2C start-ups sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
Speciality shops
For speciality shops, we usually start with orders and fulfilment, then add accounting and GST/VAT invoicing once orders are flowing.
Manufacturers selling direct
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for manufacturers selling direct in Craiova, connected to the systems you already use.
Grocery and food businesses
Grocery and food businesses get inventory and locations plus branded storefront workflows tailored to their operations.
Multi-outlet retailers
We map how multi-outlet retailers sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
Payments customers in Craiova expect
A store that serves Craiova should let customers pay the way they do offline: cash on delivery (ramburs), Visa and Mastercard, PayPal and Google Pay and Apple Pay.
Gateway selection depends on your category and merchant approval; we connect the provider, reconcile payments, automate retries and refunds, and never store raw card data. Prices, taxes and refunds appear in Romanian leu (RON).
- Google Pay and Apple Pay
- PayPal
- TBI Bank instalments
- Cash on delivery (ramburs)
- Visa and Mastercard
Delivery and fulfilment from Craiova
Your online store can book shipments and share tracking with Fan Courier, Sameday easybox, Cargus, DPD Romania and Poșta Română, or route orders to your own riders and stores across Craiova.
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.
Craiova sellers: marketplace plus your own store
EMAG, OLX and Altex are where many shoppers in Craiova start, which is why sellers list there. The trade-off is commission, limited branding and rules the platform can change overnight.
With your own online store you keep the customer data, set the offers and the packaging, and still push stock to marketplaces from a single admin.
Selling online legally in Romania
For Craiova sellers, tax first: Romanian VAT (TVA) is 21% standard with an 11% reduced rate since August 2025, and B2B e-invoicing through RO e-Factura is mandatory.
On privacy we design around the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy rules on cookies and marketing consent, enforced by ANSPDCP; on consumer rights the store reflects 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 Government Emergency Ordinance 34/2014 on consumer rights.
Controls we implement include compliant invoices, consent capture, policy pages, restricted staff access and audit trails. Please confirm the final legal and tax position with a local adviser in Craiova.
Add a mobile app for Craiova customers
Phones carry most traffic in Romania. A customer shopping app for Android and iOS can share the same catalogue, cart, offers and order history, with push notifications for drops, price alerts and delivery updates.
Apps are published under your own developer accounts and share the same backend as your online store, so offers, stock and orders are always consistent between web and mobile.
Push notifications can be timed to UTC+3 so offers reach Craiova customers when they are awake, and the interface can run in Romanian.
- WhatsApp Business API
- Payment gateways and wallets
- CRM and email marketing
- Google Analytics 4 and Merchant Center
- Accounting and GST/VAT invoicing
- Courier and shipping aggregators
- Meta and TikTok catalogues
- ERP and inventory 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 Craiova
Value first, depth later. For an online store serving Craiova, the usual sequence looks like this:
| Phase | What goes live |
|---|---|
| Launch store | Storefront, catalogue, checkout, payments, shipping and admin go live. Configured for RON, cash on delivery (ramburs) and Fan Courier from the start. |
| Grow | Promotions, loyalty, reviews, marketing integrations and SEO content. |
| Scale | Mobile app, marketplace feeds, multi-warehouse and ERP sync. Reviewed against how Craiova customers actually buy. |
Success is measured on conversion rate, average order value, cart abandonment, repeat-purchase rate, page speed (Core Web Vitals) and return rate — tracked on a dashboard you can see from launch day.
Support hours and communication for Craiova
Craiova 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 Romanian. NDAs are signed on request, and you get a named project lead plus direct access to the engineers building your online store.
Our head office is in Chhapi, Gujarat, with an office in Hyderabad and representation in Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia and Zambia; Craiova clients are served remotely with on-site workshops when the project needs them.
