Hello webuserid-ga,
I’ve been able to collect both general retail and food retail online
shopping sites for Malta. I’ve also included a selection of
portals/directories and general articles about the business climate
and online demographics to help you understand the current status of
e-commerce in Malta. I was surprised that some of the “usual suspects”
are not big players in the Maltese online shopping scene. For example,
there are very few computer and electronics vendors or bookstores.
It seems that online shopping is in very early stage development in
Malta and many of the stores that offer this service are members of
shopping services offered by the major Maltese portals/directories.
I’m sorry that I wasn’t able to evaluate or size the revenues or
traffic volume for any of the sites I found. I think this would
probably be available only with expensive market research reports.
I hope that the information I’ve collected will give you a good start
for this section of your project.
czh
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GENERAL RETAIL WEB SITES B2C IN MALTA
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http://www.nmsuperstores.com/home.cfm
New Millennium On-Line Superstores
Welcome to the New Millennium Computer Superstores on-line. This is
our brand new web site which allows you to buy all your computer
hardware or software requirements from the comfort of your home. We
offer high quality computer products with unbeatable prices, please
take your time and browse our site.
http://www.fxb.com.mt/web/default.asp
FXB Online Shopping Site
The FXB GROUP OF COMPANIES is the leading Maltese furniture
manufacturer and retailer. Ten subsidiary companies most of which are
wholly owned by FXB Holding have been incorporated to form the FXB
Group of Companies.
http://www.maltagifts.com/
Maltagifts.com has been set up in year 2000 to offer you a hassle free
online shopping experience, where you can choose at leisure from the
comfort of your home at any time, a wide variety of novelties. … Most
of our prices are less than the normal retail prices! We make free
deliveries within 48 hours to anywhere in Malta. (For Gozo check our
policies). Gifts are professionally wrapped free of charge.
http://www.shopping.net.mt/
Malta's First Internet Shopping Mall
Global Net Internet Service Providers, a division of Tabone Computer
Centre Limited started and operates Malta's First Internet Shopping
Mall. http://web.global.net.mt/release.asp
***** Shopping categories include books, computer products, flowers,
household, paintings, silverware, skincare and perfumes, sports,
stationery, toys, wines and more.
http://tabone.shopping.net.mt/
Tabone Computer Centre
Established in 1982, today we are the biggest computer product
distributor in Malta. Products offered range from the smallest
computer accessories to complete clustered computer systems.
http://www.kasco.com.mt/index2.htm
Kasco Trading Limited offers paper and printing supplies.
***** Sells products to industry as well as “office and home user.”
http://www.mol.net.mt/plantstudio/index.htm
Plant Studio
***** Affiliated with Interflora. It’s the first online shop for the
planned eShop to be operated by the Malta Online portal.
http://www.teleflor-malta.com/main.htm
Teleflor-Malta
We deliver flowers to any corner of the world. All you have to do is
click on 'Send flowers' and follow the instructions.
http://www.passiononline.com.mt/about-us.html
PASSION ONLINE MALTA
We are a mail order company that offers customers home shopping for a
wide range of adult gifts, via post, telephone or internet ordering.
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FOOD RETAIL WEB SITES B2C IN MALTA
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http://www.smart.com.mt/
Smart Supermarket
This enormous exercise of placing our products online was done in
collaboration with our suppliers. They have themselves decided how
their products should appear listed (if at all) and they have supplied
us with the details. We are also placing a list of all participating
suppliers online.
There are thousands of products available online in our different
sections. With the help of our suppliers, we are constantly adding
products in different areas, so as to make the choice available as
wide as possible.
***** This is Malta’s largest supermarket. The Web site offers online
shopping and scheduled delivery of purchases from the supermarket and
its suppliers.
http://www.wandsdirect.com/policies.asp
Wands Cash & Carry
Operations
wandsdirect.com is operated by Wands Limited of Trident House, 303
Qormi Road, Marsa, HMR 17, Malta - importers of fine wines, high
quality spirits, beers and non-alcoholic beverages. Wands is a
subsidiary of Simonds Farsons Cisk plc - the largest beverage group in
Malta. http://www.farsonsdirect.com/
Delivery of Orders
Orders will be delivered to any address in Malta within 48 hours of
receipt (except Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays). Deliveries to
addresses located in Gozo will be made within seven days from receipt
of order.
Orders will be accepted from any country, however, no deliveries can
be made to addresses outside the Maltese Islands.
http://www.islandbeverages.com/
Island Beverages
Today, Island Beverages manufactures and distibutes a wide range of
non-alcoholic beverages both still and cabonated in PET and
Polycarbonate bottles.
***** Offers online ordering for full range of company products.
http://www.marsovin.com.mt/indexb.html
The name Marsovin is synonymous in Malta with fine wines. The roots of
this well-earned status were planted almost a century ago when Chev.
Anthony Cassar founded the company under the name of A&G Cassar back
in 1919. Marsovin was incorporated in 1956 and as a family-run company
grew to become a significant part of the history of wine-making in
Malta.
http://shop.marsovinwinery.com/marsovin1seller/classic.html
Our wines can be dispatched to most countries. It is, however, the
responsibility of the buyer to clear the goods from customs upon
receipt in non-European Union countries.
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MALTA PORTALS AND DIRECTORIES
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http://www.aboutmalta.com/
Directory and Portal -- The online guide to everything about the
Maltese Islands
http://www.aboutmalta.com/FOOD_and_DRINK/index.shtml
FOOD and DRINK
*****There is a directory listing of about 50 establishments ranging
from bars and restaurants to supermarkets, manufacturers and
exporters.
http://www.searchmalta.com/index.shtml
Directory and Portal
http://www.di-ve.com/dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=9702&pid=9700
di-ve.com is the Internet choice for Maltese users. It brings you to a
community of users with different interests in an interactive
multimedia environment where you can browse web content with a local
touch, contribute with your views, meet other net users, chat and move
on to other areas of the vast infinity that is the Web.
http://merchant.di-ve.com/diveseller/
***** Directory of online shops.
http://www.searchmalta.com/store/
Search Malta Store:
All these products are provided by merchants based in Malta. All
orders shipped to Malta addresses will be delivered by normal local
post FREE OF CHARGE unless otherwise specified. Orders shipped to
overseas addresses will be sent by air mail within 2 working days from
date of order and should reach their destination within a fortnight.
http://www.mol.net.mt/
Malta Online
http://www.mol.net.mt/quickstartindex/online_merchants.htm
ESHOP - A massive online shopping mall for the Maltese Islands. Has
practically anything you would want to buy online whether you are are
local or foreign.
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MALTA E-COMMERCE BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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http://www.lowtax.net/lowtax/html/jmaecom.html
Malta e-commerce
The Malta Communications Authority announced in March, 2002, that it
intends to act as a catalyst for e-commerce rather than a regulator in
the initial period of development. Although e-commerce - together with
telecommunications and the country's postal service - is one of the
statutory areas under the competence of the MCA, the Authority has
revealed that during the developmental stages of the sector, its job
will principally be to bring together the main players, provide advice
and assistance, and explain the implications of new legislation as and
when it is implemented.
The most active e-commerce sector in Malta has been betting and
gaming; there are said to be 15 betting and gaming e-commerce
operations in total on the island.
***** This is an excellent article about the e-commerce climate and
current trends in Malta. The additional links from this page provide a
very comprehensive view of doing business in Malta.
http://www.lowtax.net/lowtax/html/jmacfir.html#population
Population, Language and Culture
In 2000 the total population of the islands was around 381,600. The
official languages are Maltese and English; Italian is also widely
spoken.
Malta is one of the ten countries due to join the EU in May, 2004, and
will be the first of those countries to hold a referendum on joining,
set for 8th March, 2003.
http://www.countryprofiler.com/malta/
Welcome to CountryProfiler's Malta Country Report: 2001/2002
View interviews with key companies, government and organisations in
Malta!
http://www.mol.net.mt/
Malta Online
http://www.pcworldmalta.com/archive/iss30/europe.htm
From "eEurope" to "eMalta": are we on track?
The European Commission has launched an initiative entitled "eEurope -
An Information Society for All", which proposes ambitious targets to
bring the benefits of the Information Society within reach of all
Europeans. The initiative focuses on ten priority areas, from
education to transport and from healthcare to the disabled. The
initiative is a key element in the President's strategy to modernise
the European economy.
The European Commission is aware of the weakness and the strength of
the EU-member states in the filed of Information and Communications
technologies. It is aware that it must overcome the handicaps that are
holding back the rapid uptake of digital technologies:
--generally expensive, insecure and slow access to the Internet and
e-commerce
--an insufficiently digitally literate on-line population
--lack of a sufficiently dynamic, entrepreneurial, service-oriented
culture
--a public sector which is no playing a sufficiently active role in
enabling the development of new applications and services
http://www.etcnewmedia.com/review/default.asp?SectionID=11&CountryID=75
Malta -- Usage Patterns
Europemedia (Europemedia) reported that according to the Maltese
National Statistics Office (National Statistics Office), in 2001,
25.4% of the population in Malta was online. This represented an
increase of 12.1% from 2000. (Nua Internet Surveys at Nua, August
2002)
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