ExpandCart launches its latest package of free-charged online stores for clients without having to pay any monthly or annual subscriptions, Invest-Gate reports.

The new package aims to align itself with the state’s plans and targets through shoring up small and medium-sized enterprises and changing course towards the digital economy, according to a company press release on March 11.

“Setting up the platform came first to mind back in 2013. Later on, it was developed and expanded to include additional services as of 2017,” Chief Executive of ExpandCart, Amr Shawqi, is quoted as saying.

“One package that the platform introduced last February help traders set up electronic stores, showcase a maximum of 300 products, receive orders, and manage selling and freight for free,” Shawqi adds.

“Setting up electronic websites and stores is a more effective selling solution than social media websites. The former exhibits products and provides clients with tutorials sets prices and receives purchasing orders, as it provides solutions to support the youth and traders wishing to start their online businesses for free, he elaborates.

The platform services became available in several foreign markets in the presence of a strong worldwide client base and branches outside Egypt, he explained, noting that founders of the startup are Egyptian youths, and co-founders of diverse nationalities came along afterward, the statement continues.

Regarding the platform’s five-year plan, the company seeks to increase its customers to 500,000 by putting in place new mechanisms that expedite and simplify the process of setting up websites with the aim of reaching out to a broader base of customers, Shawqi reveals.

ExpandCart’s platform helps clients set up electronic stores in a simple manner using Arabic tutorials that enable them to create their stores and display its services smoothly. Also, technical support and maintenance services are made available. The company has a broad base of customers of leading brands in Egypt, KSA, Kuwait, the Arab countries, and North Africa.

ExpandCart is the first Arabic electronic platform that provides its services to around 40 countries worldwide. It has branches in Egypt and the United States with more than 20,000 clients, and will soon expand into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The platform’s customers tripled last year and edged up sales by 70%, up from conventional selling methods, the statement concludes.