“The upward trend of 2018 is largely because of the rise in sales of expensive PC components early in the year, generated by the cryptocurrency mining. The demand caused stocks of graphics cards to run out and a rise in the price of such products because demand outstripped supply; the sales of graphics cards in the first three months were higher in value than the sales in the rest of the year,” the cel.ro official said.
“The sales of graphics cards also led to a rise in the sales of expensive power supply units and motherboards they cannot operate without.”
Last year also led to a rise in sales of home appliances, large and small. Besides its RON271 million revenue, cel.ro also generated sales of more than RON10 million for its partners. The marketplace launched early in 2018 and by the end of the year it grew to 950 partners and almost 1 million products, Tiberiu Pop said.(EUR1=RON4.7526)
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)