Smartphone sales boost orders for online retailer MobileFun.es
MobileFun.es – online retailer of mobile device accessories – named as international group’s fastest growing European website
Bilbao, 26 March 2013. Bilbao based mobile accessories retailer MobileFun.es has increased orders and revenue as it celebrates its first 18 months in operation. The company’s success has positioned it as the fastest growing European website in Mobile Fun’s portfolio.
Vanesa Nunez, Head of Spain at MobileFun.es, was appointed by the international online retailer to set up the Spanish website MobileFun.es in August 2011. After a successful year trading from the UK, Vanesa moved back to Spain to set up an office in Bilbao in May 2012.
Since the launch of Mobilefun.es, the website has generated 16,880 orders for mobile accessories, with 9,012 secured in its first 12 months of trading. Having secured 7,868 orders since August 2012, MobileFun.es is on course to double order volumes this year. Orders in February 2013 alone stand at 1,541, a 60% increase on 2012 figures.
Vanesa Nunez commented on the MobileFun.es website’s success: “While news pages are full of the Euro crisis, company closures and redundancies, MobileFun.es is thriving despite this trend by offering the largest selection of mobile accessories to Spanish consumers. Our UK parent company has provided us with the expertise and infrastructure to set up a successful online business.”
Mobile Fun offers 7,000 accessories and is managed by Vanesa Nunez, with the support of Saioa Dorado in Bilbao and the IT, logistics and accounts teams who are based in the UK.
While the ecommerce sector in Spain is still developing compared to the UK, Germany and France, the number of internet users buying online was estimated at 49.6% in 2012, so the country offers high growth potential for online retailers.
Vanesa continued: “Thanks to the backing of a global online retailer, with presence in 27 countries, we have been able to set up an office and establish our website as the online market leader in Spain. This is proven by our high order growth rate and we are now looking forward to recruiting more team members, to support our positioning as the go-to retailer for all mobile accessories.”
Top selling items from MobileFun.es include accessories for Samsung smartphones and Apple iPhone models. The launches in Spain of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Samsung Galaxy S3 and now the Google Nexus 4 have all been great opportunities.
Independently owned and multi-award winning, Mobile Fun recently announced that it is up for sale and is seeking new shareholders to support its ambitious international growth plans.
In Europe, Mobile Fun now has dedicated websites for Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Further afield, the Company has websites for Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and the USA.
For more information on Mobile Fun’s international websites and wide selection of accessories and other product ranges, visit www.mobilefun.es.
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About Mobile Fun
Mobile Fun is a leading international online retailer of accessories for mobile phones, tablets and other mobile devices, offering a market leading product range from its extensive portfolio of 27 international websites.
With a product range of 7,000 globally-sourced mobile accessories, Mobile Fun has successfully established a market-leading position within the competitive mobile, smartphone and tablet sectors.
The company set up a Spanish website in 2011 and opened an office in Bilbao in 2012.
For more information, please contact Ranbir Sahota at Vitis PR on 0121 242 8048 or ranbir@vitispr.com