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Omentra.com, the latest revolution in the global e-commerce space, was launched as the one stop solution for all businesses in Sri Lanka.
Omentra.com is a complete Business-to-Business (B2B) e-commerce portal, which enables businesses to purchase products/services, compare products/services, obtain information, obtain quotations, and generate business solutions for their daily array of B2B procurement and business related needs. Omentra.com currently caters to eight different industry verticals, namely, engineering, construction, manufacturing, lighting and electrical, IT products, raw materials, office supplies and business services.
Omentra.com aims to provide solutions to all such common issues faced by businesses such as sourcing for reliable suppliers; finding product/service specifications; finding the best quality products/services at the best prices etc. The online marketplace will enhance the ability for business entities to reach out to their target market by generating genuine sales leads and track information that would enable better customisation of products and services.
Omentra.com is the pioneer B2B e-commerce space operating in Sri Lanka and takes inspiration from global B2B e-commerce platforms, Omentra.com has been designed with the goal of providing businesses unique solutions by providing B2B procurement solutions at the finger-tips of procurement managers and other key decision markers.
The main features of Omentra.com is allowing its users (buyers) to search for products, services or suppliers in a single marketplace, providing fast and quick access to a large base of information, providing the ability to compare products/services, providing decision review systems such as safety guarantee/quality assured suppliers/money back guarantee/customer feedback and rating, the ability to identify options for financing available for their purchase requirements, and to make a B2B purchases in a few clicks.
According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, e-commerce has become important to firms in developing countries as it provides greater market reach, enhances participation in international supply chains, and improves firm-level and market efficiencies. E-commerce is being recognised as “the great equalizer in international trade”, providing new B2B opportunities that previously did not exist.
B2B e-commerce is projected to increase at a faster rate (19%) year-over-year compared to B2C e-commerce (17%). From a global perspective, B2B e-commerce sales are forecasted to reach $6.7 trillion by 2020, more than twice the total of B2C e-commerce ($3.2 trillion).
Accordingly, Omentra.com enables businesses as suppliers, to leverage on the promising latest development of e-Commerce at an international level. The process is made highly convenient and fast in order to encourage local businesses to list themselves and their respective products and services on Omentra.com, enabling them to reach their potential market base throughout Sri Lanka and also across the globe.
The word Omentra stands for “freedom” in the language of ancient Greeks, which stands for the main drive and focus of Omentra.com to provide all businesses across Sri Lanka to achieve “freedom” in their daily B2B requirements.